re: Tuscaloosa Marine Shale

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The first two wells have been completed in the search for minerals in the Austin Chalk formation deep below Avoyelles. Early reports indicate that first of the wells, near Dupont, came in producing about 250 barrels a day, and the second, below Goudeau, is producing about 723 barrels a day, with 1400 barrels of water a day which must be disposed of.

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