Lake Peigneur: The Lake That Swallowed a Drilling Rig
SOURCES AND FOOTAGE REFERENCES

Lake Peigneur historical film and later interviews: Internet Archive preservation copy, georgeweatherby, 2012 upload. Original programme, interview date and camera credits unverified. The upload date is not the interview date.
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

ORIGINAL WITNESS RECORDINGS

Mike Richard Sr. / original interview, published 2021
Mike Richard interview, Choiceology with Katy Milkman, Charles Schwab, “The Power of Negative Thinking” (2021).
https://www.schwab.com/learn/story/power-negative-thinking-with-guests-annie-duke-mike-richard-kelvin-wu
7.940000 seconds / 20 words / one continuous excerpt. Published 2021-10-24; later interview.
Acquired source: 449.280–457.220 seconds.
Original interview voice retained; later recollection, not sound from the disaster itself.

Leonce Viator Jr. / original interview, date unverified
Lake Peigneur disaster documentary preservation copy; original programme title and producer unverified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug
11.449833 seconds / 25 words / one continuous excerpt. Unverified later interview.
Acquired source: 342.150–353.600 seconds.
Original interview voice retained; later recollection, not sound from the disaster itself.

The Viator excerpt is the only spoken material retained from the IA compilation. Other selected film and later interview pictures from that source are muted.
Period mining context: White Wonder (1958), Wilding Picture Productions / Morton Salt Company, Prelinger Archives. Location unconfirmed; not Jefferson Island disaster footage.
https://archive.org/details/WhiteWon1958

FOOTAGE / PICTURE USE IN THIS CUT
Ranges identify the acquired file or, where an excerpt carries master_in, its preservation source. The separate UL Lafayette PE2-103 catalogue has different timecodes. Later views, interviews and moving photographs remain separately labelled.

00:00–00:04 | O01_01 | historical_film | source 333.000–337.250s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

00:04–00:07 | O01_02 | historical_still_move | source 101.000–103.875s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

00:07–00:09 | O01_03 | historical_film | source 303.400–304.817s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

00:09–00:12 | O01_04 | historical_film | source 399.000–402.167s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

00:12–00:16 | O01_05 | historical_photo
Photograph: Hubert A. Lowman · Jefferson Island historical postcard
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126544976208

00:16–00:25 | O02_01 | historical_photo
Photograph: Hubert A. Lowman · Jefferson Island historical postcard
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126544976208

00:25–00:29 | O02_02 | diagram | source 4.000–8.083s
Original GeoNavigate schematic · source references appear in the drawing


00:29–00:34 | O03_01 | diagram | source 8.000–12.708s
Original GeoNavigate schematic · source references appear in the drawing


00:34–00:40 | O03_02 | historical_photo
Photograph: Hubert A. Lowman · Jefferson Island historical postcard
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126544976208

00:40–00:44 | O03_03 | historical_photo
Photo provided by Mike Richard Sr. · SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 4
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

00:44–00:54 | O04_01 | later_witness_photo
Photograph: P.C. Piazza / SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 5
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

00:54–01:00 | P005_01 | later_site_photo
The Center for Land Use Interpretation · date of photograph unstated
https://clui.org/projects/salt-domes-gulf-coast/salt-domes/jefferson-island-salt-dome

01:00–01:05 | P005_02 | historical_photo
Historical photograph: SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 4
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

01:05–01:11 | P005_03 | historical_photo
Photograph: Hubert A. Lowman · Jefferson Island historical postcard
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126544976208

01:11–01:15 | P005_04 | historical_still_move | source 101.000–105.000s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

01:15–01:19 | P006_01 | historical_still_move | source 101.000–105.000s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

01:19–01:24 | P006_02 | historical_context_film | source 981.000–986.125s
White Wonder (1958) · Wilding / Morton Salt · Prelinger Archives, Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/WhiteWon1958

01:24–01:32 | P007_01 | historical_photo
Photograph: Hubert A. Lowman · Jefferson Island historical postcard
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126544976208

01:32–01:37 | P008_01 | historical_photo
Photo provided by Mike Richard Sr. · SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 4
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

01:37–01:42 | P008_02 | historical_photo
Historical postcard: Diamond Crystal Salt Co., Jefferson Island
https://www.ebay.com/itm/225789486954

01:42–01:45 | P009_01 | historical_still_move | source 101.000–104.083s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

01:45–01:50 | P009_02 | historical_still_move | source 199.000–203.583s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

01:50–01:53 | P009_03 | historical_film | source 387.000–390.083s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

01:53–01:57 | P009_04 | historical_still_move | source 208.000–211.833s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

01:57–02:03 | P010_01 | historical_photo
Photograph: Hubert A. Lowman · Jefferson Island historical postcard
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126544976208

02:03–02:08 | P010_02 | diagram | source 4.000–8.500s
Original GeoNavigate schematic · source references appear in the drawing


02:08–02:14 | P010_03 | historical_photo
Photograph: Hubert A. Lowman · Jefferson Island historical postcard
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126544976208

02:14–02:18 | P013_01 | historical_photo
Photograph: Hubert A. Lowman · Jefferson Island historical postcard
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126544976208

02:18–02:28 | P013_02 | diagram | source 8.000–17.792s
Original GeoNavigate schematic · source references appear in the drawing


02:28–02:31 | P013_03 | historical_photo
Historical postcard: Diamond Crystal Salt Co., Jefferson Island
https://www.ebay.com/itm/225789486954

02:31–02:40 | P014_01 | diagram | source 8.000–16.875s
Original GeoNavigate schematic · source references appear in the drawing


02:40–02:46 | P014_02 | historical_context_film | source 1091.000–1096.333s
White Wonder (1958) · Wilding / Morton Salt · Prelinger Archives, Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/WhiteWon1958

02:46–02:51 | P015_01 | historical_photo
Photograph: Hubert A. Lowman · Jefferson Island historical postcard
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126544976208

02:51–02:56 | P015_02 | historical_photo
Historical postcard: Diamond Crystal Salt Co., Jefferson Island
https://www.ebay.com/itm/225789486954

02:56–03:00 | P015_03 | diagram | source 19.000–23.375s
Original GeoNavigate schematic · source references appear in the drawing


03:00–03:06 | P015_04 | historical_photo
Historical photograph: SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 4
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

03:06–03:08 | P017_01 | later_site_film | source 28.000–30.875s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

03:08–03:10 | P017_02 | historical_photo
Historical photograph: SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 4
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

03:10–03:14 | P018a_01 | historical_photo
Historical photograph: SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 4
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

03:14–03:18 | P018a_02 | historical_aftermath_film | source 281.500–284.542s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

03:18–03:29 | V01_01 | original_witness_video | source 342.150–353.600s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

03:29–03:34 | P018_01 | historical_film | source 374.200–379.283s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

03:34–03:42 | P018_02 | historical_photo
Historical photograph: SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 4
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

03:42–03:46 | P018_03 | historical_film | source 399.000–403.667s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

03:46–03:52 | P020_01 | later_interview_film | source 83.800–89.717s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

03:52–03:58 | P020_02 | historical_film | source 429.000–434.917s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

03:58–04:05 | P020_03 | historical_aftermath_film | source 358.900–365.775s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

04:05–04:09 | P022_01 | later_interview_film | source 435.600–439.892s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

04:09–04:16 | P022_02 | historical_photo
Photo provided by Mike Richard Sr. · SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 5
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

04:16–04:19 | P022_03 | historical_aftermath_film | source 577.000–580.625s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

04:19–04:25 | P022_04 | later_site_photo
CLUI photo / The Center for Land Use Interpretation
https://clui.org/projects/salt-domes-gulf-coast/salt-domes/jefferson-island-salt-dome

04:25–04:34 | P023_01 | diagram | source 0.000–9.125s
Original GeoNavigate schematic · source references appear in the drawing


04:34–04:39 | P023_02 | historical_film | source 461.000–466.333s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

04:39–04:42 | P023_03 | historical_photo
Photo provided by Mike Richard Sr. · SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 4
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

04:42–04:56 | P025_01 | diagram | source 0.000–14.000s
Original GeoNavigate schematic · source references appear in the drawing


04:56–05:01 | P025_02 | historical_context_film | source 1076.000–1081.042s
White Wonder (1958) · Wilding / Morton Salt · Prelinger Archives, Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/WhiteWon1958

05:01–05:08 | P025a_01 | historical_photo
Historical photograph: SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 4
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

05:08–05:12 | P025a_02 | historical_film | source 387.000–391.625s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

05:12–05:17 | P025a_03 | historical_photo
Photo provided by Mike Richard Sr. · SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 4
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

05:17–05:21 | P026_01 | historical_film | source 303.400–307.233s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

05:21–05:27 | P027_01 | historical_photo
Photo provided by Mike Richard Sr. · SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 4
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

05:27–05:33 | P028_01 | historical_aftermath_film | source 585.000–591.375s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

05:33–05:38 | P028_02 | historical_photo
Photo provided by Mike Richard Sr. · SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 5
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

05:38–05:43 | P028_03 | later_site_photo
The Center for Land Use Interpretation · date of photograph unstated
https://clui.org/projects/salt-domes-gulf-coast/salt-domes/jefferson-island-salt-dome

05:43–05:47 | P030_01 | historical_still_move | source 199.000–203.042s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

05:47–05:51 | P030_02 | historical_photo
Photo provided by Mike Richard Sr. · SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 4
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

05:51–05:55 | P031_01 | historical_photo
Photo provided by Mike Richard Sr. · SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 4
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

05:55–06:00 | P031_02 | later_interview_film | source 468.800–473.633s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

06:00–06:04 | P031_03 | later_site_photo
The Center for Land Use Interpretation · date of photograph unstated
https://clui.org/projects/salt-domes-gulf-coast/salt-domes/jefferson-island-salt-dome

06:04–06:12 | P033_01 | historical_photo
Historical photograph: SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 4
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

06:12–06:21 | P033_02 | historical_photo
Photo provided by Mike Richard Sr. · SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 5
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

06:21–06:26 | P033_03 | later_site_photo
CLUI photo / The Center for Land Use Interpretation
https://clui.org/projects/salt-domes-gulf-coast/salt-domes/jefferson-island-salt-dome

06:26–06:31 | P033a_01 | later_site_film | source 538.000–543.125s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

06:31–06:32 | P033a_02 | later_site_photo
CLUI photo / The Center for Land Use Interpretation
https://clui.org/projects/salt-domes-gulf-coast/salt-domes/jefferson-island-salt-dome

06:32–06:36 | P034_01 | historical_photo
Photo provided by Mike Richard Sr. · SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 4
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

06:36–06:41 | P035_01 | later_interview_film | source 139.600–144.350s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

06:41–06:47 | P035_02 | primary_document
MSHA, 1981 Annual Report · printed page 55 · evacuation and training
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5260059

06:47–06:52 | P035_03 | historical_photo
Photograph: Hubert A. Lowman · Jefferson Island historical postcard
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126544976208

06:52–06:56 | P035a_01 | historical_photo
Photograph: Hubert A. Lowman · Jefferson Island historical postcard
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126544976208

06:56–06:59 | P036_01 | historical_photo
Photograph: Hubert A. Lowman · Jefferson Island historical postcard
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126544976208

06:59–07:02 | P036_02 | diagram | source 20.000–22.958s
Original GeoNavigate schematic · source references appear in the drawing


07:02–07:06 | P036_03 | historical_aftermath_film | source 585.000–589.417s
Source copy: Internet Archive / georgeweatherby (2012) · programme unidentified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug

07:06–07:10 | P036_04 | later_site_photo
CLUI photo / The Center for Land Use Interpretation
https://clui.org/projects/salt-domes-gulf-coast/salt-domes/jefferson-island-salt-dome

07:10–07:15 | P036_05 | historical_photo
Photo provided by Mike Richard Sr. · SLEMCO Power, Nov/Dec 2019, p. 4
https://slemco.com/wp-content/uploads/Slemco_Power_NovDec2019-1.pdf

07:15–07:20 | P038_01 | historical_photo
Courtesy of Science History Institute · original archive photograph
https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/q900o9d

07:20–07:24 | P038_02 | historical_document
Courtesy of Science History Institute · Project Gasbuggy booklet, 1967
https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/2dabt1q

NARRATION AND RESEARCH SOURCES

The Jefferson Island Mine Inundation
U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration
https://usminedisasters.miningquiz.com/saxsewell/1980_jefferson_island.pdf
Printed pp.9–10,19–20,23,43–44. On p.10 the evacuation plan review on November 17 (P035a); p.19 Gaddison alarm; p.20 La Salle search and escape; pp.43–44 no definitive initiating cause.

Drilling rig breaks into salt mine cavity, draining lake
United Press International
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/21/Drilling-rig-breaks-into-salt-mine-cavity-draining-lake/6665343630800/
Contemporary Viator interview identifies nephew Timmy Dore, boat tied to tree, escape onto bank, and tree entering swirling water; also supports existing opening/aftermath statements.

Fun Fact Friday with Special Collections
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, University Libraries
https://library.louisiana.edu/news-events/news/20221118/fun-fact-friday-special-collections
Date, shallow-lake setting, human survival, eleven barges and nine resurfacing; Harmon F. Roy Collection 178.

The Recent Inundation of the Jefferson Island Mine: Implications
Houston Geological Society Bulletin via AAPG Datapages
https://archives.datapages.com/data/HGS/vol24/no06/02.htm
Jefferson Island as topographic rise and peninsula; salt/petroleum activity; concurrent drilling and mining.

U.S. Gulf of Mexico structural-trap discussion
U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 81-265
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1981/0265/report.pdf
Structural Traps section: salt movement, anticlines, faults, piercement contacts and hydrocarbon traps.

Diamond Crystal—100 Years of Excellence: The Jefferson Island Disaster
Diamond Crystal corporate history, digitized mirror
https://frankmoore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dslt5.pdf
Book pp.40–41: room scale, drilling trouble, alternate 1,000-foot station, orderly withdrawal and company safety preparation.

Heart of Louisiana: Lake Peigneur
WVUE FOX8
https://www.fox8live.com/story/17220637/heart-of-louisiana-lake-peigneur/?outputType=amp
Article lines 55–65 support fishing with nephew, motor churning mud, movement toward water pockets, state-trooper rescue, and boat loss; lines 60–67 support existing Richard filming/shoreline/canal narration.

Geologic Significance of Land Subsidence at Jefferson Island, Louisiana
Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions 34:293–309 via AAPG Datapages
https://archives.datapages.com/data/gcags/data/034/034001/0293.htm?q=%2Btext%3Abrine
Abstract: loss 68.2 acres/27.6 ha; retrogressive rotational slides; dissolution/caprock alteration.

Salt company sues over drained lake, ruined saltmine
United Press International
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/21/Salt-company-sues-over-drained-lake-ruined-saltmine/2980343630800/
Delcambre/Bayou Carlin flow reversal, connection toward Vermilion Bay and Gulf, refilling.

Crude Oil Storage in Salt Domes, EIS-0024 FEIS volume 1
U.S. Department of Energy
https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2014/12/f19/EIS-0024_FEIS-volume1.pdf
Section 2.2.1: salt dissolution by water creates solution-mined storage caverns.

Jefferson Island Salt Dome
Center for Land Use Interpretation
https://clui.org/projects/salt-domes-gulf-coast/salt-domes/jefferson-island-salt-dome
Air and water forced upward from mine entrances; expanded lake and closed mine.

Home for Thanksgiving
United Press International
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/28/Home-for-Thanksgiving/8679344235600/
Fifteen families; stability assessment; Thanksgiving return permitted.

Settlement reached in Jeff Island accident
United Press International
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/07/07/Settlement-reached-in-Jeff-Island-accident/4485426398400/
$260m initial claim; $32m Diamond Crystal settlement; $12.8m gardens settlement; contractor for Texaco.

Tribal Collaboration: Jicarilla Apache / Gasbuggy
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management
https://www.energy.gov/lm/tribal-collaboration
1967 underground nuclear detonation to fracture rock and increase natural gas flow.

The Power of Negative Thinking: With Guests Annie Duke, Mike Richard & Kelvin Wu
Choiceology with Katy Milkman / Charles Schwab
https://www.schwab.com/learn/story/power-negative-thinking-with-guests-annie-duke-mike-richard-kelvin-wu
Mike Richard eyewitness recollection. Exact 20-word excerpt at 00:07:29.280–00:07:37.220 in the acquired official MP3; use source hash because ad insertion may shift later downloads.

Lake Peigneur documentary preservation copy: Leonce Viator Jr. interview
Internet Archive preservation of a georgeweatherby YouTube repost; original programme producer unverified
https://archive.org/details/youtube-Uzk36vf16Ug
Original namecard at 323.000 seconds; same interviewee visibly speaking in selected continuous interval 342.150–353.600 seconds.

SOURCE PROVENANCE
Public preservation access and attribution do not establish publication permission; original programme ownership remains unverified.