Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Pioneering the Gulf Coast: A Story of the Life and Accomplishments of Capt. Anthony F. Lucas
The story of a man who adopted a new land and saw in it what its own sons had overlooked.
Persistency and a nimble brain, backed by unwavering confidence in the geological deductions that were the result of years of study - and experience, made Capt. Anthony F. Lucas the foremost figure in the development of the mineral resources of the coastal plain territory of Louisi ana and Texas. It was he who first attached special geo logical significance to the slight elevations on the surface of the Coastal Plain. And it was he who afterward proved these to be domes of great economic importance. Upon these domes is based the development of the vast petro leum, rock salt and sulphur deposits in that part of the United States adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico.
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