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[News Script: Amtrak]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a decision which may be made to resolve the current difference of opinion as to whether Fort Worth should be dropped from a new Amtrak route.
Date: January 21, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Amtrak Committee]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a special sub-committee of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce which met to discuss possible re-routing of Amtrak passenger train service in North Texas.
Date: January 21, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Fishing Device for Oil Wells.

Description: Patent for "fishing devices for use in oil wells or in like situations for recovering parts of the drilling appliances which may have become detached or lost in the well" (lines 9-13).
Date: January 31, 1922
Creator: Sorensen, Sam
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump-Valve

Description: Patent for improvements in a pump valve. Designed to be used in pumping wells, particularly oil wells (Line 11).
Date: January 18, 1921
Creator: Sandlin, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sample Taking Device

Description: Patent for a sample taking device used in the process of drilling wells using water and a multi-armed unit that rotates to drill the stem into the ground.
Date: January 4, 1921
Creator: Dodds, Redus D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Treatment of Oil Emulsions.

Description: Patent for improvements in apparatus for treatment of oil emulsions by providing a means that will greatly assist in the separation of water from oil emulsions and which will aid the re-absorption or retention of gas.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Piston.

Description: Patent for improvements in pistons (also called follower heads) for pump cylinders that are more designed for oil wells. The principal object of this invention is to provide a means for renewing parts of the head to restore the same to its original diameter after it has become worn and loose.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Miller, William James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydraulic Swivel

Description: Patent for a hydraulic swivel to be used with rotary well drilling machines which will carry water to the drill head through a supply line and maintain that supply line in a given position during drilling operation.
Date: January 26, 1915
Creator: Decker, Harry 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

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

Rotary Boring-Drill

Description: Patent for a simply constructed rotary drill suitable for drilling wells in soft formations such as shale.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well Drilling Mechanism

Description: Patent for a well drilling mechanism. This invention addresses the time consuming labor of screwing together sections of drilling pipe. This invention "contemplates an apparatus adapted to be attached to the frame of the rotary and operated by the driving mechanism of the rotary...screwing and unscrewing accomplished by mechanical means without manual means" (lines 38-44). Illustration included.
Date: January 14, 1913
Creator: Hall, Samuel N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well Mechanism

Description: Patent for a well mechanism that provides a coupling with strong, tight joints for the other parts of the mechanism. Illustrations included.
Date: January 26, 1909
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus for Wells.

Description: Patent for a fire extinguishing apparatus for oil wells, which diverts the oil coming out of the well into a pipe where the the lack of air puts out any burning oil and which can be put in position from a safe distance from the fire.
Date: January 19, 1909
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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