. Geology and agriculture. to discover an important rock salt deposit in NorthAmerica, and, considering the size and magnitude of the deposit,this is no small honor. This discovery. May 6, 1862, had beenpartially foreseen by Thomassy. In 1S60, in speaking of thebrine springs on Petite Ausehe states that they are formed by thedissolution of rock salt by rain water. At the time of Thomassyssecond visit the production was about 40 baskets of rock salt per * Mineral Resources of the United States for 1896. Non-metalHc ProductsExcept Coal. Salt by E. W. Parker. iSth An. Rept. U. S. Geol.

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. Geology and agriculture. to discover an important rock salt deposit in NorthAmerica, and, considering the size and magnitude of the deposit,this is no small honor. This discovery. May 6, 1862, had beenpartially foreseen by Thomassy. In 1S60, in speaking of thebrine springs on Petite Ausehe states that they are formed by thedissolution of rock salt by rain water. At the time of Thomassyssecond visit the production was about 40 baskets of rock salt per * Mineral Resources of the United States for 1896. Non-metalHc ProductsExcept Coal. Salt by E. W. Parker. iSth An. Rept. U. S. Geol. , Part V (con.) p. 1289. f The Emigrants Guide etc. by Wm. Darby, New York 1818 p. 68. J Geologie Pratique p. 78, i860. Geological Survey of Louisiana, Report, 1899 Plate 28 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Shaft 25 26 27 28 ,n? -^ -SO? 150 GULF Mr LEVEL L .>00 ft. L E G E N j D ? Si \m ? « S Sand Sand and gravel Gravel Clay Sand and clay Lignite Salt Grande Cote Well Sections Ij vSuKVKV OK Louisiana, Uuiort, iSgg. Contour Map of the Salt Deposit of Grande Cote. Elevation given in feet betoivBy a. C. VeaTch

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