88 
OIL FIELDS OF TEXAS-LOUISIANA COASTAL PLAIN, [bull. 212. 
well considerable trouble was experienced with water, especially in 
the first 600 feet. The following log is furnished by the contractors: 
Log of Sanger well on D. Easley survey. 
[Elevation, 25 feet.] 
No 
Character of strata. 
Clay 
Coarse water sand 
Blue clay 
Alernate layers of clay and coarse white 
sand, clay bine 
Shell rock 
Sand 
Bine clay and sand, more clay than sand 
Shell rock 
Sand 
Bine and red clay 
Sand and clay 
Shells 
Sand and clay 
Sand - 
Clay.___ 
Sand and shells 
Clay 
Thickness. 
Feet. 
6 
150 
6 
438 
40£ 
260 
1 
30 
GO 
239 
1 
27 
30 
20 
From- 
Feet. 

6 
156 
162 
600 
600i 
641 
901 
902 
932 
992 
1,231 
1,232 
1 , 259 
1,289 
1,309 
1,334 
To- 
Feet. 
6 
156 
162 
600 
600£ 
641 
901 
902 
932 
992 
1,231 
1,232 
1,259 
1,289 
1,309 
1,334 
1,419 
Five miles west of Beaumont the American Oil Company's well 
shows a section consisting almost exclusive ly of clays and sands. 
Log of American Oil Company' 's well in sec. 101, Texas and New Orleans Railway 
land. 
[Elevation, 50 feet.] 
No. 
Character of strata. 
Thickness. 
From— 
To— 
1 
Sand 
Feet. 
3 
5 
10 
11 
3 
16 
18 
12 
10 
32 
Feet. 

3 
8 
18 
29 
32 
48 
66 
78 
88 
Feet. 
3 
9, 
Yellow clay .. . . . 
8 
3 
Quicksand 
18 
4 
Yellow clay _ . . - . . . 
29 
5 
Fine sand and shells. - 
32 
fi 
Bine clay _• 
48 
7 
Sand ... 
66 
8 
Bine clay 
78 
9 
Sand . . 
88 
10 
Bine clay 
120 
