Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey--Oil Fields of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coastal Plain . well caved in andwas lost. In well No. 2 at the date of visit the drill had reached adepth of 700 feet. LAKE CHARLES. Considerable drilling has been carried on in the neighborhood ofLake Charles, but so far without commercial success. The Watkiniwell No. 1, of the Gulf Oil and Mineral Compaity, near the center ofsec. 1G, T. 10 S., R. 8 W., has been drilled to a depth of 2,400 feetwithout finding petroleum,following section: A condensed log of this well shows the Log of Watkins well No. 1, at
Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey--Oil Fields of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coastal Plain . well caved in andwas lost. In well No. 2 at the date of visit the drill had reached adepth of 700 feet. LAKE CHARLES. Considerable drilling has been carried on in the neighborhood ofLake Charles, but so far without commercial success. The Watkiniwell No. 1, of the Gulf Oil and Mineral Compaity, near the center ofsec. 1G, T. 10 S., R. 8 W., has been drilled to a depth of 2,400 feetwithout finding petroleum,following section: A condensed log of this well shows the Log of Watkins well No. 1, at Lake Charles, La. [Elevation, 22 feet.] Character of strata. Sand and clay Sand and gravel Clay and sand Sand and gravel Sand Sand and gravel Clay Sand, clay, and shale Thickness. From.— Feet. Feet. 400 0 44 400 106 444 40 550 10 590 8 000 42 608 1,750 650 To— 4445505906006086502,400 In the same region the Texas, Louisiana and National Company isdrilling at Hoo-Hoo Park, in sec. 13, T. 9 S., R. 8W. This well hasreached a depth of 951 feet. U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 212 SAND GUSHER AT WELSH, LA. HkeYnne£yD] MINOR LOUISIANA DISTRICTS. 137 OTHER LOCALITIES. The Forward Reduction Oil Company is drilling a number of wellsin the lower Louisiana coast country. The wells of this company arelocated in sec. 25, T. 8 S., R. 7 W., in sec. 18, T. 9 S., R. 10 W., wherethe company has three wells, and in sec. 9, T. 10 S., R. 11 W. Thislast well is south of Edgerly. The well in sec. 25, T. 8 S., R. 7 W.,is reported to have a depth of 2,100 feet, and the presence of oil isclaimed in an 8-inch sand at 1,100 feet, in another 10-inch sand at1,314 feet and again at 1,725 feet. These oil sands are reported to beoverlain with a thin capping of rock. The Pelican Oil Company well No. 1 is being drilled in sec. 22, S., R. 10 W. When visited this boring had a depth of about 800feet. At 509 feet a small seep of oil was passed through. In the Foster well, in Sabine Paris
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