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Stock raising is usually carried on as a separate and distinct business. Very
little feeding is done, except for such stock as is intended for butchers' stock.
This is usually fattened on corn for a month or more before shipment to the larger
cities. The live stock in the county in 1894 was assessed as follows: Horses and
mules, 8,464, value $203,365; cattle, 28,440, value $165,965; jacks and jennets, 42,
value $5,115; sheep, 927. value $1,032; goats, 30, value $15; hogs, 5,439, value
$10,182.
There are 918 farms in the county which produced 3,594 bales of cotton, 160,340
bushels of corn, 24,068 bushels of wheat, 51,300 bushels of oats, 895 bushels of
other small grain, 870 bushels of Irish and sweet potatoes, 172 bushels of peas and
beans, 794 tons of hay, 44 barrels of sorghum molasses, 436 tons of sorghum cane
and 1,797 tons of cotton seed. There were 39,993 acres in cultivation, and the crop
was valued at $251,036. The acreage in orchard and garden was 1,106, and the
money value obtained, $5,945.
Bituminous coal of good quality, and in sufficient quantity to justify mining,
has been discovered in several places in the county. Coal mines are now in opera-
tion at Thurber, alout 4 miles southwest of Gordon, and at Fincastle, about 12y
miles southeast of Thurber. A switch has been built to these mines by the Texas
& Pacific Railway, branching off about half way be- --
tween Gordon and Strawn. The daily output is about
700 tons. In the northern part of the county there -
are several coal deposits which have not yet been
fully developed. Gas has been found in several wells, .
but no effort has as vet been made to turn it to
practical use.
The Texas & Pacific Railway crosses the southern
portion of the county. The Weatherford Mineral
Wells & Northwestern Railway enters the northeast
part of the county, having its terminus at Mineral
Wells. Their combined mileage is 44.12 miles. t -
The assessed value of property, in 1894, was -'-
given at $3,176,873. Improved lands generally
sell for $5 to $15 per acre; unimproved, $2 to$6
per acre. The lands of the Texas & Pacific ,and
Grant, still remaining unsold in this county,
amount to 11,891 acres.
The county has 47 school houses; employs
50 teachers, and has a school population of
1,988.
Palo Pinto, the county seat, has 610 in-
habitants; Gordon, a town on the Texas &
Pacific Railway, 378, and Strawnl, another
station on the same railway, 514 inhabitants.
Mineral Wells is a prosperous town on the
Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern
Railway, 21 miles northwest from Weatherford. _. ;
It has 577 inhabitants, and was settled in 1882.
The waters in the wells of this town have, by .'
chemical analysis, been found to'be equal in cura-
tive powers to the Carlsbad or Hot Springs, and
are considered a specific remedy in cases of chronic
rheumatism, diseased liver, dyspepsia, skin dis-
eases, bronchitis, asthma and general chronic
affections. The town is
visited by thousands of
patients, has ample hotel
accommodations, bath-
houses, etc., for the sick. IEws l;
It is situated on a high MINERAL
plateau, surrounded byl WE
hills, in a very healthful . HIowarde R
locality. Thenumberof Blackbut
wells is over 200, all con 3. Sangara
taining mineral salts. MineraN
LLS.
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