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Sulphur Mines

One mile north. In 1894 Herman Frasch, using process for first time, forced steam into salt dome caprock, returning solid molten sulphur to surface. Sicily sulphur monopoly was broken.

Located west of Sulphur, LA, Dist. 7, Hwy 90, Calcasieu Parish. 42




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