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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

Oil map of Callahan County [Texas].

Description: Map shows oil well locations, property tracts, towns, railroads, and land ownership in Callahan county; counties, railroads, major towns, and oil fields in North Texas on two smaller maps. Includes promotional text. Scale not given.
Date: 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Downtown Mineral Wells, Texas : January 11, 1919]

Description: Downtown Mineral Wells, Texas is shown here, as taken on January 11, 1919. The first Crazy Hotel is the prominent building in the right middle portion of the picture. The first Roman Catholic Church can be seen on the side of West Mountain in the upper middle of the picture and the old High School, the "Little Rock School", and the West Ward School are at the base of West Mountain in the far upper left part of the picture. The Dr. A.W. Thompson home is at the foot of East Mountain in the low… more
Date: January 11, 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Wichita County, Texas.

Description: Map shows locations of oil wells and dry holes in Wichita County; city boundaries, plat numbers, land ownership, and railroads; drilling depth for some dry holes. Includes legend. Scale not given.
Date: [1919..1924]
Creator: Dakan & Vinson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

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

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

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

Famous Well

Description: This picture is taken from a series of 17 (4X4) negatives that were enclosed in an envelope from Charles W. Simonds (Route 5, Box 43, Norman, Oklahoma: 73069), postmarked Aug. 4, 1975, and addressed to A.F. Weaver Photography. The photographs were taken January 11, 1919. Also written on the envelope were some telephone numbers and the following: "Father - C.W. Simonds (Clarence Winfield)." The rock building housing the original well was located on Lake Pinto, across West Mountain from … more
Date: January 11, 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Balancing Pump Jack

Description: Patent for increasing the power of pump jacks and providing simple devices for aiding the driving mechanism. A shifting weight helps balance the sucker rod.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Dayton, W.L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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

Well-Cleaner.

Description: This invention relates to an improved well cleaner, and has for its principal object to provide a device of this kind adapted to be positioned in a well casing to direct a volume of air into the casing for cleaning the valves and straining elements thereof. A further object of the invention is to provide an automatic means for sealing the cleaner for holding the fluid within the well casing, against back pressure, during the cleaning operation. (Lines 8-19)
Date: October 18, 1919
Creator: Sargent, Lemuel H.
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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
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

Drill-Bit

Description: Patent for Drill-Bit that is especially designed for purpose of drilling through rock, or other hard formations and is also adapted for use in drilling through softer formation, such as shell.
Date: June 10, 1919
Creator: Culmore, March J. A.
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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