﻿III] 
  The 
  Five 
  Islands 
  : 
  Belle 
  Isle 
  225 
  

  

  120 
  feet 
  in 
  sufficient 
  quantities 
  to 
  throw 
  sand 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  derrick. 
  

   It 
  is 
  now 
  bubbling 
  out 
  the 
  hole 
  where 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  easily 
  collected 
  

   and 
  ignited. 
  A 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  gas 
  and 
  oil 
  was 
  struck 
  in 
  hole 
  

   number 
  four. 
  The 
  last 
  three 
  are 
  probably 
  of 
  greater 
  interest 
  

   than 
  the 
  others. 
  

  

  SecHo7i 
  at 
  the 
  shaft. 
  — 
  The 
  shaft 
  was 
  sunk 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  hole 
  11 
  

   so 
  we 
  can 
  feel 
  quite 
  sure 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  there. 
  

  

  Shaft 
  

  

  (Elevation 
  above 
  tide 
  7 
  feet) 
  

  

  Feet 
  In. 
  

  

  Clay 
  4 
  o 
  

  

  Hard 
  sand 
  ... 
  9 
  o 
  

  

  Blue 
  clay 
  17 
  o 
  

  

  Blue 
  clay 
  and 
  sand 
  10 
  o 
  

  

  Hard 
  clay 
  and 
  gravel 
  23 
  o 
  

  

  Blue 
  clay 
  with 
  crystalline 
  masses, 
  from 
  

  

  the 
  size 
  of 
  marble 
  to 
  a 
  man's 
  head, 
  of 
  

  

  baryte, 
  galena, 
  sphalerite, 
  pyrite 
  and 
  

  

  chalcopy 
  rite 
  5 
  o 
  

  

  Blue 
  clay 
  and 
  shells 
  27 
  o 
  

  

  Rock. 
  Impure 
  black 
  limestone 
  and 
  

  

  baryte 
  i 
  6 
  

  

  Blue 
  clay 
  with 
  masses 
  of 
  baryte 
  near 
  

  

  the 
  base 
  6 
  6 
  

  

  Dark 
  colored 
  clay 
  with 
  large 
  salt 
  

  

  crystals 
  14 
  o 
  

  

  Dark 
  colored 
  clay 
  with 
  oil 
  i 
  o 
  

  

  Salt 
  with 
  dark 
  colored 
  clay 
  25 
  o 
  

  

  Discolored 
  salt 
  35 
  o 
  

  

  White 
  limestone 
  o 
  8 
  

  

  Dirty 
  salt 
  becoming 
  white 
  12 
  o 
  

  

  Galena 
  frojn 
  shaft. 
  — 
  The 
  occurrence 
  of 
  galena 
  and 
  associated 
  

   minerals 
  here 
  is 
  even 
  more 
  surprising 
  than 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  rock 
  

   salt. 
  It 
  adds 
  another 
  locality 
  to 
  the 
  lead 
  deposits 
  of 
  the 
  Missis- 
  

   sippi 
  valley. 
  The 
  crystals 
  are 
  all 
  sharp 
  and 
  show 
  no 
  signs 
  of 
  

  

  *This 
  was 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  shaft 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  writer's 
  departtire, 
  

   May 
  19, 
  1899. 
  O 
  

  

  