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8. Myres, Samuel D. The Permian Basin.
Petroleum Empire of the Southwest. First
trade editions.
Volume 1. Era of Discovery from the
Beginning to the Depression. El Paso:
Permian Press, 1973. 708 pp. Illustrated
cloth, illustrated dust jacket. Photos, notes
and references, bibliography, index.
Typography by Carl Hertzog, drawings by
Jose Cisneros.
Volume 2. Era of Advancement from
Depression to the Present. El Paso: Permian
Press, 1977, 624 pp. Illustrated cloth, illustrated
dust jacket. Photos, notes and references,
bibliography, index. Drawings by
Jose Cisneros.
By far the most complete history of
any Texas oil region. A massive effort
by Dr. Myres to document all the
major oil discoveries in West Texas
including Santa Rita, Big Lake, Yates,
McCamey, Humble #1, and others.
Covers the major producers, geologists,
and investors; economic and
social life in West Texas oil towns.***
8b. Limited editions of both volumes,
published separately.Volume 1. 300 copies specially printed
by the Abell-Hanger Foundation,
boxed, numbered, and signed October
25, 1973, by George T. Abell, Gladys
Hanger Abell, Samuel Myres, Berte
R. Haigh, Carl Hertzog, and Jose
Cisneros. Leather bound with brass
graphic of early oil well inset in the
front cover. Dust jacket laid in the
slipcase.
Volume 2. No limitation page. Signed
by Myres. Brass graphic of a modem oil
well set in front cover. Leather bound,
in slipcase with dust jacket. ****
9. Stanely, R. The Early Days of the Oil
Industry in the Texas Panhandle, 1919-1929.
Borger, Texas: Hess Publishing Co., 1973.
414pp. Green cloth in plain printed dust
jacket. Bibliography, index. First trade edition.Very detailed effort by Stanley to
describe oil exploration and a wellby-well
history. Not much on the
social life in the Panhandle oil
towns. Extensive coverage of the
Borger field. Best work on oil in the
Texas Panhandle. ****10. Phillips, William Battle. Texas
Petroleum. Bulletin of The University of
Texas, No. 5. The University of Texas
Mineral Survey Bulletin No. 1, July 1900.
Published July 15, 1901. 102pp. Paper
covers. Early photos of Texas wells,
including one of a flowing Spindletop
well. Bound inside the rear cover is a
large folding map of the Beaumont Oil
Field showing ownership of various leases.
First printing.
This is the first comprehensive academic
survey, field-by-field of the
Texas petroleum industry. Includes a
historical sketch of the industry
between 1883 and 1886, with a comment
that discovery of oil near
Nacogdoches at Oil Springs was
made by Emory Starr and Peyton F
Edwards about 1867. The first professional
composition and technical
data. ***
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