. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Saint Jo in Montague county, andnear Palestine in Anderson county. It occurs in smallerdeposits in numerous other localities. 79. Natural Gas. The occurrence of large volumes ofnatural gas in the oil fields is a well-known fact. It isalso found in many other places in the state. That it is anexcellent fuel for both manufacturing and heating purposesand valuable as a luminant, the wonderful development ofthe Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana gas fields during thelast twenty years affords ample proof. MINERAL RESOURCES 103 111 Texas, as yet, there
. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Saint Jo in Montague county, andnear Palestine in Anderson county. It occurs in smallerdeposits in numerous other localities. 79. Natural Gas. The occurrence of large volumes ofnatural gas in the oil fields is a well-known fact. It isalso found in many other places in the state. That it is anexcellent fuel for both manufacturing and heating purposesand valuable as a luminant, the wonderful development ofthe Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana gas fields during thelast twenty years affords ample proof. MINERAL RESOURCES 103 111 Texas, as yet, there has been little effort made toutilize this product, notwithstanding the cost of desirablefuel. A beginning, however, has been made at Corsicanafor heating purposes, and at Matagorda it is employed insome of the rice-irrigating plants. 80. Iron Ores. Brown iron ore, or Limonite, in severalvarieties, occurs over a large part of northeast Texas,covering portions of nineteen counties and an area ofabout one thousand square miles (see Fig. 26). It is.
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