The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-11-08
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EUmRER 2


NBMRER 2.
In our first number We gensralized
ii our talk about this enterprise, bnt
il this one We viii speak more in de-
tail a. to the strata 10 be traversed in
sinking an extracting shaft.
For the first 100 feet ordinary d.
lnvial formations are to be met, and
after that 3 gaieksaad stratum of
about 2s8 feet IS to be traverssd to
srriva upon the rock formations
40 feet in thickness, which, it is said,
fand we believe it to be relied npon)
oyerlays the sulphur stratum and
completely excludes it from the water
stratum above. The main sulphur
stratum is then at hand, and net to be
exceiled in purity. 1t is 98 per cent
pure crystalline (brimstoDe) sulphur,
and the magnitude Of the deposit,
reasoning from Ambiguous superb
eial conditions, and as further demon
strated by test borings, is inexhaust-
ible, aud must prove of great value.
The country everything this deposit
is not only desirable for the sulphur
beneath it, but for the great petrol
cum deposits found in the sandstone
formation some 40 feet above the sui
phuI.
The bOrings prove that at an in
significant expense petroleum oil is
obtainable here in quantity sufficient
to supply the world for ages. The
quality of this oil is pronounced by
those familiar with this kind of a lu-
brioator to be superior to the Pennsyl-
yapia oils. Therefore, this alone bids
fair to make the lands wonderfully
valuable. But with the double value
sulphur and oil combined, an edo
RADIO of wealth is here.
This section 1.-THE westerly of our
grand old parish has future before
it that beggars description in our esti
nation. The timber here coupled
with the grazing and fertility of the
soil almost anything that will grow
elsewhere is growing here abundantly)
will soon make it as we'll the agricuI-
tuFal portion Of Calcasieu as the min
eral portion.
Then, again, the waters now spont-
ing % feet above the earth's surface
is sulphur water, with the most won
derful curative powers, and being
thermal, is pleasant to drink and for
bathing at all seasons of the year.
This fact is certain TO make the To-
eality one of the finest watering
places in the world, and suggests the
early huilding of large hotel near at
hand. As resort for invalids, it has
been successfully used for many years,
but in the absence of proper accom-.
moda:ions for the sick, or even pleas
ure seekers and want of publicity, il
has remained IN the background but
like all good things, its merits viii
ultimately bring it to the front, and
we expect TO see it receive the patron
age it certainly deserves.
When the present company shal
have opened up the sulphur mine ant
oil wells, and the value of these water
become known, and the eountr,
around become settled up with ener
getie, thrifty farmers, we hope then
if not before, that our demands upop
congress for an appropriation l.
deepen the water IN Caleasieu Pas
will be deemed worthy of eonsidera
ton, or at least eliclta favorabI
accommodation from our nations
engineers, and our great export an
import interests willnot be contempt
onsly iayed aside any longer.
We do not hesitate to call upo
investors to seriously give this seetio
(the westerly Of Caleasieu an exam
ination, for we consider it as a sham
that il should remain any longer IN
noticed.