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Excerpt from Report on the Brown Coal and Lignite of Texas: Character, Formation, Occurrence, and Fuel Uses State Geologist E. T. Dumble visited Germany and Austria and made a careful and thorough examination of the mines and factories of those countries to ascertain the character, use, and value of lignites, and by comparison to find out the value of the lignites of Texas, and how same could be best utilized as fuel. The question of cheap fuel, especially for manufacturing purposes, has long been a serious one with Texas, which has been solved by Professor Dumble, as will appear from the results Of his efforts embraced in this Report, for which he deserves great praise. The last few months, includ ing the trip to the other side, has been only a small portion of the time he has given to the utilization of Texas lignites, for it has been a study of years with him, and long before his connection with the State Survey he became interested in the subject and devoted much time and atten tion to it. The result at last achieved has fully repaid him for all work done. Texas will reap the grand benefits, for the capitalists will come and establish industries, the wants of the people will be supplied at home, and prosperity will abound. That the brown coal is the cheap fuel so long needed is no longer a question, for which all Texas should rejoice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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