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  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  [Sect. 
  

  

  passes 
  within 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  of 
  King's 
  salt 
  works. 
  All 
  the 
  other 
  

   licks 
  are 
  at 
  present 
  well 
  removed 
  from 
  railroads. 
  Rayburn's 
  

   nearest 
  railroad 
  is 
  at 
  Bienville, 
  eight 
  miles 
  awa3^ 
  Drake's, 
  in 
  

   addition 
  to 
  the 
  railroad 
  which 
  is 
  projected 
  near 
  it, 
  and 
  which 
  it 
  

   is 
  hoped 
  will 
  be 
  built, 
  has 
  the 
  advantage 
  of 
  water 
  transportation 
  

   for 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  regretted 
  that 
  we 
  are 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  present 
  in 
  this 
  report 
  

   views 
  of 
  the 
  salt 
  works 
  and 
  analyses 
  of 
  the 
  brines. 
  Those 
  will 
  

   appear 
  in 
  a 
  following 
  report. 
  

  

  SUI.PHUR 
  

  

  Sidphur 
  City, 
  Calcasieu 
  parish 
  . 
  — 
  About 
  1868 
  the 
  I^ouisiana 
  Oil 
  

   Company 
  was 
  formed 
  to 
  exploit 
  the 
  oil 
  and 
  gas 
  springs 
  in 
  the 
  

   fresh 
  water 
  swamp 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Bayou 
  Choupique, 
  about 
  15 
  

   miles 
  west 
  of 
  Lake 
  Charles. 
  The 
  well 
  which 
  the 
  company 
  sunk 
  

   was 
  unsuccessful 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  oil 
  and 
  gas 
  was 
  concerned, 
  but 
  

   revealed 
  a 
  very 
  extensive 
  deposit 
  of 
  sulphur, 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  443 
  

   feet. 
  

  

  In 
  1869 
  and 
  '70 
  numerous 
  borings 
  were 
  made 
  which 
  showed 
  

   that 
  the 
  sulphur 
  bed 
  had 
  an 
  average 
  thickness 
  of 
  100 
  feet, 
  and 
  

   occupied 
  a 
  position 
  about 
  425 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  The 
  beds 
  

   of 
  water 
  bearing 
  sands, 
  which 
  overlaid 
  the 
  deposit, 
  rendered 
  the 
  

   sinking 
  of 
  a 
  shaft 
  quite 
  a 
  difficult 
  undertaking. 
  A 
  company 
  was 
  

   organized 
  under 
  Gen. 
  Jules 
  Brad3^ 
  This 
  company 
  succeeded 
  in 
  

   forcing 
  a 
  large 
  sectioned 
  cast-iron 
  shaft 
  down 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  no 
  

   feet, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  abandoned 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  breaking 
  of 
  the 
  lin- 
  

   ing.* 
  After 
  this 
  attempt 
  little 
  was 
  done 
  at 
  the 
  sulphur 
  deposits 
  

   till 
  1895, 
  when 
  the 
  invention 
  of 
  what 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Frasch 
  

   process 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Herman 
  Frasch 
  of 
  Cleveland, 
  Ohio, 
  caused 
  active 
  

   work 
  to 
  be 
  resumed 
  at 
  this 
  locality. 
  The 
  process 
  is 
  briefly 
  

   described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  W. 
  Parker, 
  in 
  the 
  Mineral 
  Resources 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  for 
  1895, 
  as 
  follows: 
  " 
  The 
  method 
  consists 
  of 
  

   forcing 
  superheated 
  water 
  through 
  a 
  lo-inch 
  pipe 
  and 
  a 
  6-inch 
  

   pipe 
  within 
  the 
  other. 
  The 
  heated 
  water 
  melts 
  the 
  sulphur, 
  

   which, 
  being 
  the 
  heavier 
  sinks 
  to 
  the 
  bottom, 
  and 
  is 
  pumped 
  out 
  

   through 
  a 
  3-inch 
  pipe 
  inside 
  the 
  6-inch 
  one. 
  The 
  liquefied 
  

  

  ♦Mineral 
  Resources 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  for 
  1883-84, 
  p. 
  864. 
  1885. 
  

  

  