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[News Clip: Oil strike ruins good water well]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Haltom City man attempting to drill a water well in his yard and discovering oil instead. The oil is believed to have leaked from a pipeline in the area.
Date: August 12, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 03 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Oil strike ruins good water well]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Haltom City man attempting to drill a water well in his yard and discovering oil instead. The oil is believed to have leaked from a pipeline in the area.
Date: August 12, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bullock]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 12, 1986, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 49 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from James W. Hunt to Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Goss]

Description: A letter from James W. Hunt to Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Goss of Salt Lake City, Utah, dated July 12, 1932. The letter thanks Mr. and Mrs. Goss for a letter of recommendation signed by a number of prominent citizens of Salt Lake City. It also discusses a geologist named Frank and his travels.
Date: July 12, 1932
Creator: Hunt, James W.
Partner: McMurry University Library
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[News Clip: Hoxsey involved in oil lease suit]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the oil lease suit involving Harry Hoxsey and William Nathan.
Date: March 12, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 28 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Transverse-Cutter Rotary Drill

Description: Patent for a rotary boring drill whose head is made of multiple parts, allowing for a larger cutter than a single piece head. The mechanism that holds the multiple parts of the head together also prevents the cross-shaft from rotating with the head.
Date: January 12, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mechanism For Casing Off Water.

Description: Patent for a mechanism for casing off water in wells so that it does not become mixed with oil or escape into the bore and be discharged to the surface.
Date: January 12, 1915
Creator: Fuqua, William Y. & Johnson, Charles J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electrically-Controlled Puller For Oil-Well Casings.

Description: Patent for an improved oil well casing puller that has electromagnets that will lock against the inside of the casing and be pulled out of the well. The pulley within the casing can be used accordingly and can also be locked with the casing or released from it.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Dooley, William D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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