Show sulphur mining in texas texada near freeport tex sulphur Is produced from beds approximately 1000 feet below the surface the sulphur Is melted in place and can then be raised to the surface by means of an air lift superheated Super heated water at a temperature pera ture of degrees fahrenheit and under high pressure la is forced into the sulphur bearing formation the water penetrates the deposit and melts 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 the these be bins are constructed of boards which are raised as tho the mass masa increases the bins finally reaching a height of thirty to thirty five feet the sulphur promptly congeals cong eala on exposure and after a few hours assumes the true sulphur yellow |