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  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  [Sect. 
  

  

  numerous 
  springs 
  of 
  petroleum."* 
  These 
  were 
  the 
  petroleum 
  

   springs 
  which 
  finally 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  sulphur 
  near 
  Lake 
  

   Charles. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  wells 
  at 
  the 
  Sulphur 
  mine 
  yields 
  a 
  small 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  petroleum 
  which, 
  during 
  the 
  sulphur 
  operations, 
  

   was 
  collected 
  and 
  barreled. 
  A 
  slight 
  amount 
  of 
  gas 
  was 
  also 
  

   found 
  at 
  this 
  locality. 
  

  

  Belle 
  Isle. 
  — 
  A 
  spring 
  formerly 
  existed 
  at 
  the 
  place 
  now 
  occu- 
  

   pied 
  by 
  the 
  saw-mill 
  on 
  Belle 
  Isle, 
  which 
  furnished 
  an 
  oil 
  that 
  

   was 
  highly 
  esteemed 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  for 
  its 
  medicinal 
  quali- 
  

   'ties. 
  Capt. 
  Lucas 
  reported 
  a 
  slight 
  amount 
  of 
  oil 
  in 
  several 
  of 
  

   the 
  wells 
  bored 
  by 
  him 
  on 
  this 
  island. 
  Inflammable 
  gas 
  was 
  

   found 
  in 
  holes 
  Nos. 
  4 
  and 
  10. 
  In 
  the 
  latter, 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  120 
  

   feet 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  gas 
  was 
  sufficient 
  to 
  throw 
  sand 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  derrick. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  bubbling 
  from 
  the 
  hole 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  easily 
  

   collected 
  and 
  ignited. 
  

  

  Breaux 
  Bridge. 
  — 
  About 
  2% 
  miles 
  from 
  Breaux 
  Bridge, 
  in 
  St. 
  

   Martin's 
  parish, 
  gas 
  is 
  reported 
  escaping 
  from 
  the 
  " 
  Natural 
  

   Gas 
  Spring" 
  in 
  considerable 
  quantities. 
  The 
  gas 
  is 
  readily 
  

   ignited 
  and 
  once 
  lit 
  continues 
  to 
  burn 
  indefinitely. 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  S. 
  

   Babine, 
  C. 
  E., 
  of 
  Breaux 
  Bridge 
  has 
  furnished 
  us 
  with 
  the 
  

   photograph 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  accompanying 
  plate 
  was 
  made. 
  The 
  

   two 
  pipes, 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  plate, 
  were 
  simply 
  pushed 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  in 
  

   the 
  ground 
  and 
  the 
  gas 
  escaping 
  from 
  their 
  top 
  ignited. 
  This 
  

   is 
  the 
  largest 
  flow 
  of 
  gas 
  yet 
  reported 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  Capt. 
  A. 
  F. 
  

   Lucas 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  engaged 
  in 
  boring 
  near 
  this 
  locality, 
  and 
  we 
  

   are 
  watching 
  for 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  his 
  borings 
  with 
  interest. 
  

  

  Shreveport. 
  — 
  Salt 
  water 
  and 
  gas 
  were 
  struck 
  in 
  the 
  ice 
  factory 
  

   well 
  at 
  Shreveport 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  961ft. 
  (See 
  discussion 
  of 
  Ice 
  

   Factory 
  well 
  in 
  Shreveport 
  Area 
  article.) 
  The 
  gas 
  is 
  collected 
  

   and 
  used 
  for 
  lighting 
  the 
  office 
  at 
  the 
  ice-factory. 
  

  

  Gas 
  is 
  reported 
  from 
  a 
  well 
  about 
  40 
  feet 
  deep 
  near 
  Annanias 
  

   club 
  house, 
  north 
  of 
  Ferry 
  lake, 
  in 
  Sec. 
  9,20 
  N., 
  16, 
  W. 
  This 
  was 
  

   from 
  a 
  local 
  bed 
  of 
  vegetable 
  matter, 
  and 
  the 
  flow 
  of 
  gas 
  soon 
  ceased. 
  

  

  Negreet 
  bayou. 
  — 
  A 
  slight 
  flow 
  of 
  gas 
  accompanies 
  the 
  salt 
  

   springs 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Bayou 
  Negreet, 
  in 
  Sabine 
  parish. 
  

   An 
  oil 
  spring 
  is 
  reported 
  in 
  Sec. 
  16, 
  9N. 
  12 
  W. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  

   •know 
  neither 
  has 
  been 
  used. 
  

  

  *Am. 
  Jour. 
  Sci., 
  vol. 
  35, 
  p. 
  345, 
  1839. 
  

  

  