The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-11-29
HAS SULPHUR MONOPOLY,

Louisiana Also Important Oil, Gas
and Rock Salt Producer-Ssate's
Total Mineral Production Valued
at st5, 100000.
In one respect Louisiana stands
preemlnently in the lead Of the
states Of the Union-that is, III the
production OF sulphur. In 1904 the
rrasch process Tor the recovery or
sulphur from beds underlying a
heaVy cover of quicksand was put in-
TO operation by the Union Sulphur
Company OF Sulphur City, near Lake
Charles, CaIcasieu parish. Since that
time approximately 2,530,0o0 tons OF
refined sulphur have been recovered
from the Louisiana deposits. Prior 10
1904 the only domestic source OF sui
was pyrite, from which sulphuric acid
is made directs and nearly all OF the
sulphur used was imported from 81
clIy. At the present time the domes"
tic output OF refined sulphur, except
from Louisiana, is a negligible guam
tlty, and the quantity and value or
the imports are insignificant COM
pared With what they were ten years
| ago. In 1908. one year before the
| production OF sulphur in Louisiana
uegan to exert an Influence upon
the market, the imports Of sulphur
into the United States amounted to
1sl ,o33 long tons, valued at S3,7o9,-
$50. In 1912 the imports were 29.923
| tons, valued at $553.91&. On the
other hand, the domestic production
of sulphur in 1872 exceeded by more
rnan $4,000 tons, OR nearly -5o per
cent, the imports CT Siellian sulphur
| in 1903 and was more than ten times
the imports of sulphur in 1912.
| increasing Oil Production.
While Louisiana has almost q prac-
/ tical monopoly in the production or
sulphur in this country, the state is
also an important oil producer. Two
years before the development Of the
!. sulphur resources at Sulphur CITY,
prospecting for petroleum, which had
followed the sensational strike OF
oil at Beaumont, Texas, in 1901, re-
suited in the discovery and develop
menG of several oil pools in the Vi
cinlty OF Jennings, La Since that
time productive areas have been de-
! YeIoped in several portions OF the
| state and Louisiana now ranks sixth
otl nraduoad I'D and atshfb IN valve
- A. ~ tinst ~ t,wa vaars IF ri, davalon-
a,a.,+ - 49, +ha - nroa,,e+ion Voc lace than T.
0G05000 barrels each year, but In
! 1904. the year in which the sulphur
nat I snia,,n, . 1 annrox,n1atad : mn mn har.
- 80 ara5 - :, 1an5 +sst o,,t1,,,f Was
tsal,as rn1,o ,,,a,;,,,,,T,, r,,.e,a1,atio,, nf
na+ra1a,,,o wa ! raaohed in 1eI1 when
8 "a ~ 7seAaa harrala vai,ad at sg ass
$50 .,ssss sss.s.,s sa,ss.
sIa.raa sad7 aea 4ag 4,sr-
ra1s h,,f fha paI1Ia ireraa sad ~ an.
Ia9a s27 Tho laraar narf oa the nra-
dnetion 10 ehtained From, nha Caddn
ss aist,,sa+ noar Sire shrava-,art IN tl,e
,,o,.t ,,ru ,etorr, rar+ ~ ro,,;eiana and
r.o,,,- 4 aa,fia ~ rralaasiau nar;shaa
in the southwestern part of the state.
The combined value of the petroleum
and sulphur products OF Louisiana is
| nearly 80 per cent of the states to-
tai mineral value, SO that it may be
considered that only during the last
Item years has Louisiana developed
into prominence as a mineral-produc-
ing state.
Inonor+an+ Denosits os aock sait.
Louisiana u a,so an Important nrc-
d,,oe7. ~ c.f rools saIt IN Witch = rsnIxs
second anongs the states The SAT-
mines nnder1fa so-eailad islands
which ara raaI1v nonn.5s rising anove
tha marsh lands along tha Gulf shore,
. ~ rharia narisb Tha patita Anaa