Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide for 1910 with Map Page: 70
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70 THE TEXAS ALMANAC.
at Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, and New Boston in Bowie County.
These clays are utilized at the present time at Athens, in Henderson
County, where fire brick are manufactured; at Malakoff, where press
brick are manufactured, and at Sulphur Springs, where fire brick and
press brick are manufactured. Pottery clays occur at Strumberg, in
Bexar County, where different grades of stoneware are manufactured:
at Elmendorff, in Bexar County, where stoneware, earthenware and
pottery are manufactured; at Sasapamco, in Bexar County, where sewer
pipe, conduits and hollow blocks are manufactured; at Lavernia, in Wil-
son County, where stoneware jugs are manufactured; at Elgin, in Bas-
trop County, where flower pots are manufactured, near McDade, in Bas-
trop County, where charcoal furnaces and ordinary stoneware are manu-
factured; six miles south of Nacogdoches, where common stoneware is
manufactured; near Denny, in Falls County, where common stoneware
is manufactured; at Athens, in Henderson County, where common and
Bristol glazed stoneware are made; near Henderson, in Rusk County,
where stoneware is manufactured; at Denton, in Denton County, where
stoneware and earthenware are manufactured; at Lloyd, in Denton
County where jugs, etc., are manufactured; Winnsboro in Wood County,
which, is utilized for the manufacture of common stoneware; at Texar-
kana, in Bowie County, where it is worked into common stoneware;
fifteen miles west of Weatherford, where flower pots are manufactured,
and at Rock Creek, in Parker County, which is at present not utilized.
Paving brick clays, pressed brick clays and common building brick clays
are widely distributed in the State and are utilized at a great number
of places. At Thurber in Erath County and at Garrison in Nacogdoches
County vitrified paving brick are manufactured. At Houston, Austin,
Dallas and Waco pressed brick are manufactured, and common brick
are made in a great number of places.
Lime Rock.-The Edwards limestone of cretaceous is well adapted
for the manufacture of lime, many ledges running as high as 95 per cent
pure calcium carbonate. Lime is burned -from it at Round Rock and
McNeill and Duval in Travis County, which is shipped all over the State,
near New Braunfels, in Comal County, where hydrated lime is manu-
factured, and at Leon in Bexar County.
Cement Rock--The Austin chalk together with the underlying Eagle
Ford shale \and the overlying raylor marl is well adapted for the manu-
facture of natural and Portland cements. Two mills at Dallas and one
at San Antonio manufacture large quantities of Portland and natural
cement.
Salt.-In the permian area of Texas thick beds of salt are found
interstratified with beds of clay and gypsum. In the tertiary and coast
prairie regions salt is found in the mounds which are commonly asso-
ciated with the oil of the coastal plain. At Colorado, in Mitchell Coun-
ty, two companies have sunk wells to the salt beds. The salt is raised
as brine, and is manufactured by evaporation. At the salines or mounds
at Grand Saline, in Van Zandt County, and near Palestine, in Anderson
County, salt is also manufactured.
Gypsum.-Gypsum in the form of rock gypsum, alabaster and gyp-
site or gypsum earth is found associated and interstratified with the
materials making up the permian beds of Texas. At Quanah and Acme,
in Hardeman County, hard wall plasters and plaster of Paris are manu-
factured. Additional deposits will be opened up as soon as railroad fa-
cilities become available.
Guanos-Bat guanos are found in limestone caves in Williamson.
Burnet, Lampasas, Llano, Gillespie, Blanco, Bexar, Uvalde and other
counties surrounding the Edwards Plateau. This guano is as good as
the Peruvian, and considerable quantities have been shipped to different
portions of the United States. No shipment is being made at the pres-
ent time.
Fuller's Earth.-Good deposits of Fuller's earth suitable for bleach-
ing and refining purposes occur in the tertiary area of Texas. Two de-
posits have been recently opened up near Somerville, in Burleson Coun-
ty, and near Burton, in Washington County. Good commercial, workable
apd money-making deposits are to be had here.
Glass Sands.-Glass sand occurs at a number of localities in Texas.
A plant near Fort Worth has utilized some of the sands of the Trinity
formation of the cretaceous for the manufacture of glass. Good de-
posits also occur near Marshall, in Harrison County.
Ochres.-Good deposits of red ochres occur in Llano County. They
will be worked as soon as railroad facilities become available. A good
deposit of yellow ochre occurs near Colmesneil, in Tyler County, which
was formerly worked, but operations are at the present time suspended.
Molding Sand.-Good deposits of molding sand occur near Marshall,
in Harrison County, and are utilized by the Marshall Car Works for
molIing purposes.
Sulphur.-Valuable deposits of sulphur are to be found in Trans-
Pecos Texas, but the absence of railroad facilities has prevent their
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Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide for 1910 with Map, book, January 1910; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123780/m1/72/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.