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  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  [Sect. 
  

  

  25, 
  13 
  S., 
  5 
  W. 
  They 
  were 
  not 
  visited 
  by 
  the 
  writers, 
  Hil- 
  

   gard, 
  however, 
  reports 
  the 
  brine 
  stronger 
  here 
  than 
  at 
  either 
  

   Rayburu's 
  or 
  King's. 
  

  

  Bisthieau 
  salt 
  work's. 
  — 
  We 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  obtain 
  any 
  

   very 
  good 
  description 
  or 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  works 
  at 
  this 
  localit3\ 
  They 
  

   are 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Bistineau, 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  

   V. 
  S. 
  & 
  P. 
  R. 
  R., 
  and 
  are 
  very 
  often 
  underwater. 
  None 
  of 
  the 
  

   geologists 
  who 
  have 
  written 
  about 
  the 
  State, 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  vis- 
  

   ited 
  this 
  locality. 
  [Locality 
  just 
  visited 
  byVeatch, 
  Jan., 
  1900.] 
  

  

  Sabine 
  parish 
  salt 
  works. 
  — 
  In 
  18 
  12 
  Stoddard 
  made 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  general 
  statement 
  covering 
  the 
  salines 
  of 
  northern 
  Louis- 
  

   iana 
  : 
  ' 
  ' 
  The 
  country 
  about 
  the 
  Washita 
  and 
  Red 
  rivers, 
  affords 
  

   many 
  instances 
  of 
  salt, 
  where 
  a 
  sufficient 
  quantity 
  of 
  that 
  article 
  

   may 
  be 
  obtained 
  to 
  suppy 
  a 
  crowded 
  population. 
  Several 
  salt 
  

   springs 
  have 
  been 
  discovered 
  about 
  the 
  Sabine; 
  and 
  an 
  excel- 
  

   lent 
  one 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  exist 
  near 
  Catahoula 
  lake."* 
  Salt 
  has 
  

   been 
  made 
  from 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  licks 
  on 
  the 
  Sabine. 
  Hilgard 
  

   reports 
  salt 
  and 
  " 
  soda" 
  made 
  by 
  Governor 
  Allen 
  in 
  the 
  Sabine 
  

   fiat 
  about 
  two 
  miles 
  below 
  Myrick's 
  ferry, 
  in 
  the 
  northwestern 
  

   corner 
  of 
  Sabine 
  parish, 
  f 
  

  

  Near 
  Coal 
  bluff 
  on 
  the 
  Sabine, 
  in 
  Sec. 
  33, 
  6 
  N., 
  13 
  W., 
  is 
  a 
  

   small 
  salt 
  fiat 
  containing 
  several 
  wells 
  and 
  traces 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  

   works. 
  The 
  operations 
  here 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  on 
  a 
  much 
  

   smaller 
  scale 
  than 
  the 
  licks 
  farther 
  east. 
  

  

  As 
  stated 
  under 
  the 
  heading, 
  Lower 
  Claiborne, 
  there 
  are 
  

   numerous 
  saline 
  springs 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Negreet 
  bayou, 
  

   which 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  were 
  utilized 
  for 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  salt. 
  

   The 
  method 
  of 
  obtaining 
  the 
  brine 
  and 
  manufacturing 
  the 
  salt 
  was 
  

   the 
  primitive 
  one 
  of 
  sinking 
  hollow 
  cypress 
  logs 
  vertically 
  over 
  

   the 
  saline 
  sources, 
  and 
  then 
  pumping 
  out 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  the 
  

   logs 
  and 
  running 
  it 
  into 
  kettles 
  along 
  the 
  banks 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  

   artificially 
  evaporated. 
  We 
  have 
  no 
  accurate 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   daily 
  product 
  of 
  this 
  lick. 
  

  

  Other 
  salt 
  springs. 
  — 
  The 
  salt 
  springs 
  on 
  Lake 
  Catahoula, 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  by 
  Stoddard 
  (see 
  this 
  author 
  above), 
  have, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  

  

  *Sketches 
  of 
  Louisiana, 
  1812, 
  pp. 
  399-400. 
  

  

  t 
  SuppL 
  and 
  Final 
  Rept. 
  of 
  a 
  Geological 
  Recon. 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Louisiana, 
  

   New 
  Orleans, 
  1873, 
  p. 
  22. 
  

  

  