Frasch process | Article about Frasch process by The Free
It was proposed by H. Frasch in the United States in 1890 for mining the sulfur deposits along the Gulf of Mexico, which could not be worked by conventional underground mining methods, and has been the leading method for extracting sulfur since 1912. In the Frasch process, wells about 300 mm in diameter are drilled to the sulfur layer. Pipes are placed one inside another in the well for feeding the water