Sample No. 26268 A. W. Friend lease, Section 6-16S-15W. Third zone (Blossom Light lubricating distillate........ 8.4 883-.901 28.8-25.6 LISBON FIELD-UNION COUNTY (Location of lease not given) Reference-Lion Oil & Refining Company, El Dorado, Ark. Zero cold test. Crude-37.2 Baumé. Sulphur-.33%. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Bibliography of Petroleum in Arkansas 1906 Veatch, A. C., "Geology and Underground Water Resources of Norern Louisiana and Southern Arkansas."-U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 46, 1906. Now out of print, but may be consulted in public libraries. 1910 Harris, Gilbert, "Oil and Gas in Louisiana, With a Brief Summary of Their Occurrence in Adjacent States."-U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 429, 1910. Now out of print, but may be consulted in public libraries. 1916 Stephenson, L. W., and Crider, A. F., "Geology and Ground Waters of Northeastern Arkansas."-U. S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 399, 1916. 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C., "Oil and Gas in Northern Louisiana."-Bulletin of American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 6, No. 3, p. 187. Obtainable from American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Business Manager, Box 1852, Tulsa, Okla. U. S. Geological Survey Press Notice 1922L, "El Dorado Field in Arkansas Not on an Anticline." Obtainable from U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C., upon request. Richardson, George B., "Petroleum in 1922."-U. S. Geological Survey Mineral Resources for 1922, Part II, Pamphlet 32, 1924. Obtainable from U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. Rubey, W. H., "Wildcat Exploration in South-central Arkansas."Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 6, pp. 350-358; 1922. Obtainable from American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Business Manager, Box 1852, Tulsa, Okla. Stephenson, L. W., "The Age of the Producing Sands, El Dorado Field, Arkansas."-Bulletin of American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 6, p. 54. 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