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Men Placing Boilers

Description: Photograph on postcard of men setting up boilers to put out an oil fire at the C.L. Perkins No. 5 oil well in Eastland County, Texas in 1919. Smoke from the fire can be seen over the workers.
Date: 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Oil Well on Fire

Description: Photograph on postcard an oil fire at the C.L. Perkins No. 5 oil well near Ranger in Eastland County, Texas in 1919. Smoke and flames billow into the sky, while debris from the fire can be seen strewn over the ground.
Date: 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Burning Oil Well

Description: Photograph on postcard of the C.L. Perkins No. 5 oil well on fire near Ranger, Texas in 1919. Fire and smoke reach high in the sky, towering over the nearby trees.
Date: 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Heydrick's map of Burkburnett pool extension.

Description: Map shows oil well and dry hole locations, land owners, tract numbers, railroad lines and roads, and some businesses across Wichita County; illustrations of some oil company buildings at their locations on the map; adjacent counties and landowners on north side of Red River in Oklahoma; street layout and oil wells in town of Burkburnett. Includes legend. Scale [ca. 1:24,000].
Date: 1919
Creator: Heydrick Mapping Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Well-Screen.

Description: Patent for a well-screen formed of perforated pipes for oil production to filter sand and detritus, including illustrations.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Mack, James O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump-Jack.

Description: Patent for improvements to pump jacks. Simple gravity actuated devices are provided to aid the power mechanism of the pump jack, resulting in smoother, more even operation.
Date: July 15, 1919
Creator: Dayton, William L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump.

Description: Patent for an improved pump valve designed for a pump for pumping oil from oil wells "which will not be affected by the fluid or gas pressure in the bore" (lines 17-18).
Date: September 30, 1919
Creator: Graf, Sydney H.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washer for Well Screens.

Description: Patent for improvements in a washer for well screens relating to oil wells, using a fluid conducting tube, to be let down in a well.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Mack, James O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sample-Taking Device.

Description: Patent for a device that helps with sample collection at oil drilling sites. The tool is cylindrical and can be placed in the ground to help with sample collection. This patent includes examples of how the tool can be used and tool specifications.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Church, Walter Lee
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe-Wrench.

Description: Patent for the improvement of pipe wrenches necessary for use in well drilling or other circumstances where a wrench of strong construction is needed. This patent provides for a pipe wrench that can be easily adjusted to fit pipes of differing sizes and is easily manipulated for use regardless of direction.
Date: December 9, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe-Pulling Device.

Description: Patent for a pipe pulling device designed for wells. The device will automatically grip and hold pipe at any point of elevation.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Thrift, Homer C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Overshot Fishing-Tool

Description: Patent for improvements to overshot fishing tools, particularly for the use of removing, fishing out, "tools, parts of tools and other articles from" bored or drilled wells (lines 20-21). These improvements are designed to be manufactured cheaply.
Date: July 17, 1919
Creator: Kliewer, Edward A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Deep-Well Pump.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Deep-Well Pumps," (lines 5-6), including illustrations. An improvement on the inventor's previous patent (1013579), with the intention of preventing and removing sand accumulation while pumping oil.
Date: August 19, 1919
Creator: Andrews, Benjamin
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Core-Barrel.

Description: Patent for a core barrel for use in rotary drilling of oil or water wells, that will allow for easy extraction of the upwardly extending column of material.
Date: October 14, 1919
Creator: Humason, Granville A. & Childs, William L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Break-Out Pin.

Description: Patent for a modified break-out pin on an oil derrick which makes it easier to release a wrench for unscrewing pipes when done, but still holds the wrench in place while in use.
Date: October 21, 1919
Creator: Headrick, James O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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