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Seismograph Party in a Field. Illustrating the Path of the Reflection and Record

Drawing demonstrating how a seismograph records data in the field, portraying how vibrations moving through the ground, the equipment necessary to record seismographs, and labelling all the elements of the drawing.

Date: 1938

Creator: Independant Exploration Company

Item Type: Image

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Perry Sayles to R. H. Reaves, September 19, 1936]

Letter from Perry Sayles to R. H. Reaves stating he joined in execution of the oil and gas lease for B. I. Terry's land. The lease will only be delivered if the test well is drilled. Sayles states their royalty interest is of no value now unless the well produces and advises Reaves to join in the lease to cover his share of the royalty.

Date: September 19, 1936

Creator: Sayles, Perry

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photostat Copy of Seismograph Party in a Field. Illustrating the Path of the Reflection and Record]

Photostat copy of a drawing demonstrating how a seismograph records data in the field, portraying how vibrations moving through the ground, the equipment necessary to record seismographs, and labelling all the elements of the drawing.

Date: 1938

Creator: Independant Exploration Company

Item Type: Image

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Danevang Lutheran Church Congregration at Oil Well]

Copy print of the Danevang Lutheran Church congregation at the sight of the first oil well drilling at Clemville, Texas. They surround a pool of water surrounded by a plot of land that is mostly sediment and dirt. Some of the people carry umbrellas, and the majority wear formal attire. Included in the group are also children. On the far right, there appears to be a pipe blowing a black liquid unto the water.

Date: 1930/1950

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Clipping: Saxet Field Oil Test Running Wild]

Newspaper clipping featuring a photograph of a mangled oil derrick spewing crude oil into the air. On the back of the newspaper clipping are various local news stories and an advertisement for a local Walgreen.

Date: April 14, 1939

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

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

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.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: McMurry University Library

Oil Rig

Photograph of an oil well in Crockett County, Texas in 1939

Date: 1939

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Oil Rig

Photograph of an oil well in Crockett County, Texas in 1939

Date: 1939

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Hendrick Oil Well

Photograph of the Hendrick #4 oil well in Winkler County, Texas. There is a car sitting in front of the well.

Date: 1930~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Joe Hathaway Poses by Rig

Photograph of Joe Hathaway, farm boss, posing in a hat and coat in Gaines County, Texas. The Amerada 1-A Averitt discovery well is visible in the background.

Date: 1936

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Abe Hendrickson on Rig

Photograph of Abe Hendrickson standing on the Landreth No. 1 Kirk well in Gaines County, Texas in 1936.

Date: 1936

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Hendrick Oil Well

Photograph of the Hendrick #10 oil well in Winkler County, Texas in about 1930.

Date: 1930~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Hendrick Oil Well

Photograph of the Hendrick #1 oil well in Winkler County, Texas in about 1930.

Date: 1930~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Photograph of Man at Lucas Gusher Site]

Photograph of a man standing in a field at Lucas Gusher site with many oil derricks across the skyline behind him.

Date: November 1939

Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of Batson Oil Well Historical Marker]

Photograph of the Batson Oil Well historical marker, with an inscription that reads "Discovery well, Batson Oil Field, Paraffine Oil Co. No. 1, total depth 790 ft., initial production 600 bbls., completed Oct. 31, 1903."

Date: November 1939

Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of Sheep at Lucas Gusher Site]

Photograph of sheep in a field at the Lucas Gusher site, with oil derricks in the background.

Date: November 1939

Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lamar University

Lee Harrington and Oscar Wells at the Oil Well on the Brite Ranch

Photograph of Lee Harrington (L) and Oscar Wells (R) at the Brite oil well near the rimrock section of the Brite Ranch in April 1937. Ranch hands served as casing crews when needed. The men stand near two vehicles and a dog.

Date: April 1937

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

M.D. and Doug Bryant by Well #1

Photograph M.D. and Doug Bryant standing in front of State Lease #20174, Well #1 in the Yates Field at Iraan, Texas in 1937..

Date: 1937

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Oil Derricks]

Photograph of an oil field in Kilgore, Texas with many oil derricks grouped together.

Date: [1931..1936]

Creator: Rogers, J. R.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dublin Historical Museum

[Photograph of Oil Well Fire]

Photograph of an oil well fire in East Texas, with black and white smoke billowing over trees in the distance.

Date: [1931..1936]

Creator: Rogers, J. R.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dublin Historical Museum

[Photograph of Sinclair Oil Well Fire]

Photograph of Sinclair oil well fire of April 30, 1931 in Kilgore, Texas, with smoke visible above buildings in the distance, taken from inside a sparse forest.

Date: April 30, 1931

Creator: Rogers, J. R.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Dublin Historical Museum

[Clippings: Splendora Oil Lease]

Several newspaper clippings from stories on oil exploration, wells, and leases in Montgomery County, Texas, near Splendora in the 1930s.

Date: 1934-01-24/19XX

Item Type: Collection

Partner: Private Collection of the CC Cox Family

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