Annual report for the Bureau of Economic Geology 1975

Lignite is a major energy resource in Texas; as the demand for energy re-
sources grows and reserves of oil and gas dwindle, lignite will become the major
fuel potential in the State. That lignite which is strippable by present technology
occurs in two northeast-trending bands in East Texas (fig. 1); 10.4 billion short
tons covering approximately 1 million acres are potentially available for strip
mining (Kaiser, 1974).