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In T. 5 N., R. 12 W., Sabine Parish, La., the D. M. Foster well gives 
the following log to 630 feet. 
Log of 1). M. Foster well, in T. 5 N., R. 12 W., Sabine Parish, La. 
Character of strata. 
Thickness. 
Prom 
To— 
Feet. 
Feet. 
Feet. 
1 
Soil and clay , - - 
18 

18 
o 
Quicksand 
5 
18 
23 
3 
Blue clay changing to blue shale 
27 
23 
50 
4 
Blue limestone . . ... 
o 
50 
52 
5 
Blue clay with bowlders, first sign of oil at 75 
feet 
23 
52 
75 
6 
Blue shale, oil signs, and plenty of gas 
125 
75 
200 
7 
Lignite 
5 
200 
205 
8 
Blue shale and gas 
135 
205 
340 
9 
Brown gummy shale , oil on water 
10 
, 340 
350 
10 
Blue shale with oil and gas 
80 
350 
430 
11 
Slate-colored talcky rock 
64 
430 
494 
12 
Bluish-gray lime rock, very hard. Gas blew 
out drillings 
8 
494 
502 
18 
Tan-colored shale with yellow sand . . 
40 
502 
542 
14 
Milky-white talcose rock 
38 
542 
580 
15 
Blue shale with small white pebbles 
20 
580 
600 
16 
Blue hard and flinty limestone ; gas under this 
rock ... 
4 
26 
600 
604 
604 
17 
Shells and pebbles with strong indications of 
oil and much gas 
630 
The location of this well is such that the Frio and Fayette sands 
are both absent owing to the extensive erosion that has taken place 
in this region. The gray sandstones occur both to the north and to the 
west of the well. These deposits are considered lignitic by Harris. a 
The red and brown sands, clays, and sandy clays, and the blue and 
red laminated clays which go to make up the series of deposits suc- 
ceeding the Frio clays have in this portion of the State an approxi- 
mate width of from 25 to 30 miles, with a slight increase in width as 
they enter Louisiana. Along their northern border these sands, often 
bleached white or brownish yellow, overlap the underlying beds at 
many places for considerable distances, and in several localities com- 
pletely obscure them. It is a question not yet satisfactorily answered, 
whether much of the grayish sands with fossil palm wood found in 
several localities and over considerable areas overlying the Frio beds 
should not be referred to this series of sands. The palm-bearing 
«Geol. Survey Louisiana, Report for 1899, p. 92 et seq. 
