Bogs from which peat is being produced commercially in Lee County, Texas, have stimulated, in recent months, the search for more such bogs in various parts of the State. These new peat bogs have served to show the possibilities of the industry; also, they have revealed in part the geological conditions most necessary for the deposition and accumulation of peat.

No doubt, the factors entering into the future of the peat industry will be the nearness of the bogs to market, transportation facilities, quality and quantity of the product, ease with which the bogs might be drained to allow gathering of the material, and the price received for the product by the producer.

Geological conditions in Polk and San Jacinto Counties are favorable for peat bogs of two distinct types, namely, old meander scar bogs and "bay-galls."

Additional information on the subject of peat in Texas is contained in circulars of the Bureau of Economic Geology as follows:
"Peat Deposits in Texas," by F. B. Plummer, Mineral Resource Circular No. 16, April 1941; and "Peat Bogs in Gonzales County with Notes on Other Bogs," by Carl Chelf, Mineral Resource Survey Circular No. 34, September 1941.