Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas .. . qual in strength and durability to ordinary are also deposits of hydriulic limestone overlaying a sedi-mentary sandstone formation, which yields an abundance o pure,soft water. The sandstone operates as a filter and the water isabsolutely pure. The hydraulic limestone may be reduced tocement of excellent quality by the ordinary process. A depositof fire (lav was recently discovered in the vicinity of HickoryBluffs, on Red river, underlying a thin strata of bituminous the li divide north to Red river are e
Pictorial review of the city of Paris and Lamar county, Texas .. . qual in strength and durability to ordinary are also deposits of hydriulic limestone overlaying a sedi-mentary sandstone formation, which yields an abundance o pure,soft water. The sandstone operates as a filter and the water isabsolutely pure. The hydraulic limestone may be reduced tocement of excellent quality by the ordinary process. A depositof fire (lav was recently discovered in the vicinity of HickoryBluffs, on Red river, underlying a thin strata of bituminous the li divide north to Red river are extensive deposits ofpotters1 clay of excellent quality. Fuel is abundant and com-paratively valueless as to price, and the local demand for themanufactured product would be sufficient to keep a good potteryin continuous operation. In the northern portion of the countyis a deposit of iron ore, but it has never been developed, and thequality and quantity, are as yet, unknown. Northeast of the ironore deposit, in the vicinity of Hickory Bluffs, a vein of bituminous. I H MMI RESIDENCE OF T. D. CRAIG, PARIS. PARIS, AND LAMAR COUNTY. 53 fcoal was recently discovered, but nothing has yet been done to-ward development. AGRICULTURAL. About nine-tenths of Lamar county is arable and the re-mainder may be utilized for pasturage. One-third is under fenceand one-fourth is in cultivation, the farms containing from 40 to320 acres. There are several large . rms in the county, but avery large portion of the land is divided into farms of moderatesize and cultivated by the owners. Good farms may be rentedtor $ to $4 per acre. The average price of corn is 50 centsand wheat $1 per bushel, and flour $4 per cwt. Up to 1850 thechief product of the soil was corn. It was generally believedthat wheat and similar cereals could not be profitably cultivatedin this climate, and there being no market for small grain in anyconsiderable quantity, agriculture was made to subserve the moreprofitable industrial
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