| Publication Citation
MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF GEOLOGY ONLINE PUBLICATIONS Currently available for download
| Publication Type | Mississippi State Geological Survey |
| Title | YAZOO COUNTY MINERAL RESOURCES |
| Author | Frederic Francis Mellen, M.S. & Thomas Edwin McCutcheon, B.S., CER. ENG. |
| Year | 1940 |
| Series | Bulletin |
| Series Number | 39 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Mississippi State Geological Survey |
| Publisher Location | University, Mississippi |
| Description | 132 Pages |
Abstract:
A report on the purely scientific stratigraphic study of the country that led to the discovery of the Tinsley Dome, eventually to the drilling of the first commercial oil well in the state, and a report on the tests of the clays. |