HAYES AND 
KENNEDY. 
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except by the sulphur company itself, and that entirely with reference 
to the sulphur deposits. The company is now enlarging its plant, 
preparatory to mining sulphur on a larger scale than heretofore. No 
attention has been given to the occurrence of petroleum, and although 
oil is the fuel used at the mines, it is shipped from Beaumont. The 
prospects for the development of a productive oil pool at this point 
are very nattering. 
In sec. 28, T. 9 S., R. 10 W., about a mile from the sulphur mine, 
Messrs. Mayo & Mendelsohn have drilled a well to the depth of 450 
feet. This well, which was put down with a hand drill, showed only 
a heavy bed of sand until gravel was encountered, when the work 
was abandoned. 
MINOR LOUISIANA DISTRICTS. 
VINTON. 
This point is about 15 miles southwest of Sulphur. Four wells have 
been attempted, but onty one has succeeded in reaching any consider- 
able depth. At 440 feet a heavy bed of coarse gravel is encountered 
which can not be penetrated with the rotary drill, since the pebbles 
are from 1 to 3 inches in diameter and can not be lifted by the return 
water current. The Stribling well, drilled partly by the rotary 
process and partly with standard rig, is claimed to have reached 
a depth of 1,000 feet. The log of only a portion of this well has been 
obtained, giving the following section: 
Log of portion of T. C. Stribling well at Vinton, La. 
[Elevation, 20 feet.] 
Character of strata. 
Hard clay 
Gray sand, with oil 
Quicksand 
Hard gray sand 
White sand, with water 
Gravel, with black snlphnr water 
Large gravel 
Thickness. 
From— 
Feet. 
Feet. 
20 

10 
20 
270 
30 
50 
300 
75 
350 
20 
425 
9 
445 
To- 
Feet. 
20 
30 
300 
350 
425 
445 
454 
The gravel bed between 400 and 500 feet yields a strong artesian 
flow of black sulphur water. Indications of oil are observed imme- 
diately under the 20 feet of surface clay, and at a depth of 800 feet. 
While the indications thus far afforded are not particularly encourag- 
ing, it can not be said that the possibilities of developing an oil pool 
are exhausted, and they would appear sufficient to warrant the drill- 
ing of a test well to a depth of at least 2,000 feet. 
