38 
OIL FIELDS OF TEXAS-LOUISIANA COASTAL PLAIN, [bui^.212. 
No traces of oil were reported from this well, but considerable 
quantities of sulphur water were found. The upper beds of limestone 
and a portion of the gypsum-bearing beds were found to be badly 
fissured or fractured, occasioning a considerable loss of time and 
additional expense in drilling. 
Log of Well No. 1 of the J. M. Guffey Petroleum ( Umipany. 
[Elevation, (50 feet.] 
Character of strata. 
Gray sand 
Black clay _ . 
Brown sand _ 
Blue clay 
White sand _...__. 
Clay 
Fine gravel 
Sand 
Clay... 
Sand 
Blue shale 
Sand 
Clay 
Blue shale _ 
Sand and shells 
Wood (cypress) . . 
Coarse water sand 
Blue shale 
Lime and sandstone mixed 
Clay... 
Sand and wood (wood 1 foot) 
Hard rock 
Blue shale 
Sand and shells 
Clay... 
Sand rock 
Blue shale 
Sand and shells 
Sand rock. ._ 
Clay 
Sand and cedar log 
Sand rock and gas 
Sand 
Clay . 
Thickness. 
From— 
To- 
Feet. 
Feet. 
Feet. 
3 

3 
15 
3 
18 
22 
is 
40 
5 
40 
45 
20 
45 
65 
20 
05 
85 
6 
85 
91 
39 
91 
130 
9 
130 
139 
19 
139 
158 
32 
158 
190 
9 
190 
199 
22 
199 
221 
16 
221 
237 
18 
237 
255 
2 
255 
257 
40 
257 
297 
36 
m 
333 
:> 
:v.v.\ 
338 
22 
338 
360 
14 
360 
374 
2 
374 
376 
32 
376 
408 
17 
408 
425 
12 
425 
437 
4 
437 
441 
37 
441 
478 
23 
478 
501 
r- 
501 
508 
18 
508 
526 
14 
526 
540 
11 
540 
551 
9 
551 
560 
16 
560 
576 
