76 
OIL FIELDS OF TEXAS-LOUISIANA COASTAL PLAIN, [bull. 212. 
Log of Higgins well No. 2, near southern margin of Spindletop pool. 
[Elevation, 25 feet.] 
Character of strata. 
Soil, black sandy loam 
Yellow clay with red streaks 
Blue clay with limy concretions 
Bluish-gray sand 
Yellowish-colored clay with lime 
Dark-blue clay with some lime and shells 
Gray sand : 
Blue sand 
Blue clay with pyrites 
Blue sand with some clay and small pebbles - 
Fine bluish-gray sand 
Fine gray sand 
Fine gray sand with black sj>ecks 
Bluish-tinted gray sand 
Dark-gray sand with black specks 
Fine dark-gray sand 
Fine grayish -tinted sand 
Fine grayish-green sand 
Fine brownish-gray sand 
Fine brown sand with shells 
Fine brown sand with broken shells _ - 
Coarse blue sand with broken shells 
Very fine muddy sand 
Very fine bluish-gray sand 
Very fine gray sand with bluish tint 
Fine gray sand with bluish tint 
Fine sandy clay (fish bones at 628 feet) 
Fine blue sandy clay 
Very fine light-blue sand 
Light-blue rock 
Bluish-gray sand 
Light-gray sand with shells 
Marl with small shells 
Light bluish-gray sand and shells 
Fine sand and shells 
Very fine dark brownish-gray sand 
Hard grayish-blue sandy clay, with shells and 
heavy indications of oil 
Dark rock 2 feet, shells 1 foot 
Dark grayish-blue sand with some clay 
Lignite 
Thickness. 
From— 
To- 
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Feet. 
Feet. 
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4 
12 
4 
10 
G 
10 
22 
8 
22 
30 
10 
30 
40 
10 
40 
50 
13 
50 
09 
51 
09 
120 
20 
120 
140 
10 
140 
150 
31 
150 
187 
10 
187 
197 
05 
197 
202 
9 
202 
271 
44 
271 
315 
35 
315 
350 
50 
350 
400 
40 
400 
440 
30 
440 
470 
21 
470 
491 
9 
491 
500 
47 
500 
547 
17 
547 
504 
48 
504 
012 
12 
012 
024 
42 
024 
606 

006 
672 
13 
072 
685 
43 
085 
728 
8 
728 
736 
14 
730 
750 
G 
750 
750 
5 
750 
701 
04 
701 
825 
49 
825 
874 
20 
874 
900 
3 
900 
903 
12 
903 
915 
5 
915 
920 
