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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1921
Page
1
A geologist’s field report on the Bone Springs district finds workable coal seams of good quality and favorable oil and gas prospects. The assessment highlights promising subsurface conditions and potential mineral resources for development.
Geologist J. H. Ritchie analyzes the Bone Springs Basin in Brewster County Texas. He notes extensive cretaceous oil bearing formations, several anticlines and terraces, coal seams, and water scarcity prompting shallow to deep wells.
The church announces services on the second and fourth Sundays each month at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday School is held every Sunday at 10 a.m. Pastor W A Belcher invites all to attend and promises a welcoming message and fellowship.
Notice to live stock shippers warns about selling livestock 700 miles from home and promises payment by wire or letter to Hausman Bros and exporters in Eagle Pass Texas. It states no commission is charged and offers market price with reference to State Bank and Trust Co Eagle Pass.
A poetic note frames Brewster County as an undressed gem awaiting development. The speaker imagines a future Garden of Eden where strength and intellect will unlock a divine gift.
An Alpine valley near Alpine in Brewster County holds vast marble deposits spanning five hundred acres. The piece notes the marble’s pure white and rainbow-hued varieties and discusses whether to develop or protect this world class resource. It cites exploration by Avalanche representatives with John Young of Alpine and Jor Ritchie of Uncle Sam Owl company and questions if outside interest should aid placing the stone into global use. The write up likens the view to a biblical temptation framed by the surrounding peaks.
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