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  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  I,ouisiana 
  [Sect. 
  

  

  Artesian 
  Well 
  2,% 
  Miles 
  Southwest 
  of 
  Jeannerette* 
  

  

  Depth 
  Feet 
  

  

  1. 
  0-140 
  Soil 
  and 
  gray 
  mottled 
  clay 
  140 
  

  

  2. 
  140-142 
  Shell 
  bed 
  ; 
  2 
  

  

  3. 
  142-152 
  Organic 
  bed 
  j 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  10 
  

  

  4. 
  152-217 
  Sand 
  and 
  gravel 
  65 
  

  

  Two 
  other 
  wells 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  region 
  give 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  

  

  sections. 
  

  

  Glencoe 
  zvell 
  section. 
  — 
  A 
  deep 
  well 
  at 
  Glencoe 
  although 
  quite 
  

   near 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  shows 
  an 
  increased 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  

   upper 
  beds. 
  

  

  Artesian 
  Well 
  Glencoe* 
  

   Depth 
  Feet 
  

  

  1. 
  o- 
  I 
  Soil 
  I 
  

  

  2. 
  I- 
  12 
  Yellow 
  clay 
  12 
  

  

  3. 
  12- 
  24 
  Quicksand 
  12 
  

  

  4. 
  24-224 
  Blue 
  clay 
  200 
  

  

  5. 
  224- 
  ? 
  Shale 
  and 
  clay 
  ? 
  

  

  6. 
  ?-625 
  Coarse 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel. 
  Water 
  ? 
  

  

  Although 
  this 
  section 
  is 
  quite 
  incomplete 
  the 
  depth 
  below 
  the 
  

  

  top 
  of 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel 
  strata 
  at 
  which 
  water 
  is 
  usually 
  found 
  

   would 
  lead 
  us 
  to 
  suppose 
  that 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel 
  

   here 
  is 
  at 
  least 
  500 
  feet. 
  

  

  Thomassy'' 
  s 
  section. 
  — 
  On 
  his 
  way 
  from 
  New 
  Iberia 
  to 
  Grande 
  

   Cote, 
  Thomass}' 
  passed 
  b}^ 
  a 
  Mr. 
  Zenon 
  Oliver's 
  plantation. 
  

   This 
  was 
  probabh' 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Prairie 
  Au 
  Large. 
  

   Here 
  he 
  obtained 
  the 
  following 
  section 
  : 
  

  

  Section 
  of 
  well 
  at 
  Prairie 
  Au 
  Large 
  \ 
  

  

  1. 
  Yellow 
  to 
  chocolate 
  clay 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  ft. 
  

  

  2. 
  Yellow 
  sand 
  5 
  to 
  6 
  ft. 
  

  

  3. 
  Red 
  sand 
  containing 
  flint 
  pebbles 
  and 
  gravel 
  which 
  

  

  are 
  entirely 
  foreign 
  to 
  the 
  alluvium 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mississippi. 
  Not 
  passed 
  through 
  25 
  ft. 
  

  

  * 
  A 
  Preliminar)^ 
  Report 
  upon 
  the 
  Florida 
  Parishes 
  of 
  East 
  Louisiana 
  and 
  

   the 
  Bluff, 
  Prairie 
  and 
  Hill 
  Land 
  of 
  Southwest 
  Louisiana 
  by 
  W. 
  W. 
  Clen- 
  

   denin. 
  Part 
  III, 
  Bull. 
  La. 
  State 
  Expt. 
  vStations, 
  1896. 
  

  

  f 
  Geologic 
  Pratique 
  de 
  la 
  Louisiane, 
  p. 
  82. 
  

  

  