A core of rock salt containing potassium salts and fossil algae was recently taken, at a depth of 4,800 feet, from Gray No. 1 well of the Rycade Oil Corporation at the Markham, Texas, salt dome. This is the first occurrence of potassium salts reported from the salt domes of the United States, and is probably the most important contribution of fact to a study of their origin for a score of years.
The first appreciable step toward a knowledge of the real structure of the domes was the discovery of the main salt mass of Petite Anse, one of...
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