Show sulphur mining in texas near freeport tex sulphur Is produced p ro from beds approximately 1000 feet below the surface the sulphur Is melted in place and ran can then be raised to the surface by means of an air lift superheated Super heated water at a temperature pera ture 0 of degrees fahrenheit and under high pressure is forced into the sulphur bearing formation the water penetrates the deposit and melts me its the sulphur whose melting point Is degrees fahrenheit which then flows to a pipe from which it issues at the surface and runs into bins these bins are constructed of boards which aro are raised as the mass increases the bins finally reaching a height of thirty to thirty live five feet the sulphur promptly congeals on ex exposure and after a few hours assumes the true sulphur yellow |