HAYES AND"] 
KENNEDY. J 
REGION SURROUNDING SPINDLETOP. 
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On the Caswell tract in the immediate vicinity of Beaumont a well 
drilled to a depth of 1,518 feet gave the following: 
Log of "(Jaswell well" on Caswell tract, Beaumont, Tex. 
[Elevation, 30 feet.] 
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Character of strata. 
Clay 
White sand 
Blue clay . _ 
Sand 
Clay.. 
Rock showing oil 
Clay 
Rock showing oil 
White quicksand with black specks 
Blue clay 
Sand 
Blue clay 
Sand, salt water at 930 feet 
Clay and coarse brown sand showing oil 
Hard blue clay 
Sand 
Clay and shells 
Hard white clay . 
Sand showing oil 
Three beds of limestone with 1 foot of oil and 
asphalt (?) , 
Oil sand 
Thickness. From 
Clay 
Sand 
Clay 
Thin bed of sandstone 
Clay 
Sand 
Hard red clay drying to light pink 
Feet. 
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Feel. 

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To— 
Feet. 
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1,406 
1,518 
This well was abandoned on account of caving when setting the 
casing. 
South of the above the Bayou City well was drilled on the eastern 
end of the Iowa Colony lands and east of the Beaumont and Port 
Arthur public road. This well has a depth of 2,009 feet. No traces 
whatever of oil have been recorded from the Bayou City well. 
