Report of the U.S. Army Engineers describing the geography of Natural gas resources of parts of North Texas including the likelihood of floods and benefits of flood control.

This text contains the general orders, circulars, and bulletins issued by the U.S. War Department between February 15, 1881 and December 31, 1915, organized by regulation article numbers. The compilation is not comprehensive as some items were not included due to unimportance, prior establishment of orders, bulk, or other factors documented in the Letter of Transmittal (p. 3). Index starts on page 605.

Diagram of soil compositions at three gas wells in north Texas -- labeled Southern Methodist University, Magnolia Refining Co. (Corsicana, Tex.), and Focke well No. 2 -- with illustrated textures noting the layers of soil and stone types.