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  Historical. 
  Review 
  : 
  Second 
  Part 
  

  

  25 
  

  

  Kirkman's 
  Well 
  

  

  Depth 
  

  

  Ft. 
  

  

  Thick- 
  

   ness 
  

  

  Ft. 
  

   354 
  

  

  96 
  

  

  450 
  

  

  Materials 
  

  

  Blue 
  and 
  yel- 
  

   low 
  clay 
  some 
  

   sand 
  strata 
  

  

  cV»5 
  

  

  

  ,t»^* 
  

  

  Sandy 
  pipe- 
  

   clay, 
  4 
  ft. 
  

  

  I,ouisiana 
  Oil 
  Co.'s 
  Well 
  

  

  Depth 
  

  

  Ft. 
  

  

  160 
  

  

  333 
  

  

  343 
  

  

  583 
  

  

  443 
  

  

  543 
  

  

  690 
  

  

  Thick- 
  

   ness 
  

  

  Ft. 
  

   160 
  

  

  173 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  60 
  

  

  ICO 
  

  

  147 
  

  

  540 
  

  

  Materials 
  

  

  Blue 
  clay, 
  

  

  sometimes 
  

  

  with 
  layers 
  of 
  

  

  sand 
  soaked 
  

  

  with 
  

  

  petroleum 
  

  

  Loose 
  sand 
  

  

  and 
  gravel, 
  138 
  

  

  to 
  153 
  ft. 
  very 
  

  

  pebbly; 
  153 
  to 
  

  

  173 
  ft. 
  finer 
  

  

  material 
  

  

  Gray 
  lami- 
  

   nated 
  cla}- 
  

   ( 
  "soapstone" 
  

  

  Blue, 
  sandy, 
  

   nodular 
  lime- 
  

   stone, 
  with 
  

   marine 
  shells 
  

   Petroleum 
  

   and 
  gas 
  

  

  Soft, 
  white, 
  

   crystalline, 
  

   crumbling 
  

   limestone; 
  

   tube 
  driven 
  

   through 
  

  

  Pure 
  

  

  crystalline 
  

   sulphur 
  

  

  Sulphur 
  and 
  

  

  gypsum, 
  

   alternating 
  

  

  About 
  

   I 
  sulphur. 
  5ft. 
  

   Sulphur 
  bed 
  

  

  at 
  650 
  ft. 
  

  

  10-15 
  ft. 
  bed 
  

  

  at 
  680 
  ft. 
  

  

  Pure 
  gypsum 
  

   Dense, 
  gran- 
  

   ular 
  and 
  

   coarsely 
  cr3'S- 
  

   talline, 
  gray- 
  

   ish 
  or 
  white 
  

  

  Formations 
  

  

  Port 
  

   Hudson 
  

   Group 
  

  

  Orange 
  

  

  Sand 
  

  

  Group 
  

  

  Vicksburg 
  

  

  Group 
  

  

  Cretaceous 
  

  

  Formation 
  

  

  