Download or read book History and Geology of the East Texas Oil Field written by Larry Lynn Walker and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The East Texas of the late 1920's was dotted with sleepy, small towns filled with thousands of hard-working farmers living mostly hand-to-mouth. At first glance, this area appeared to be even more "depressed" than the rest of the country. This part of Texas had once been covered by thick forests of pines. No one could imagine the explosion of wealth and prosperity that was soon to arrive. In 1930, on a peaceful Sunday morning, while most East Texans were in church, a rumble in a field near Kilgore, Texas was to change the region forever. With the successful completion of the Daisy Bradford Well No. 3, one of the world's richest oil fields had arrived. The East Texas Oil Field covers approximately fifty miles north to south and approximately twelve miles east to west. Those who were dirt poor, as Mrs. Daisy Bradford was, were turned into millionaires. The more affluent, such as H. L. Hunt, became billionaires. The East Texas Oil Field, as the name implies, is located in the extreme eastern part of Texas. The discovery of this field was made on October 3, 1930 by C. M. Joiner. The field comprises approximately 130,620 acres and covers portions of Rusk, Cherokee, Smith, Gregg and Upshur Counties The production is derived from sand members of the Eagle-Ford-Woodbine group, of Cretaceous age. The structure of the reservoir is a broad, western-dipping, truncated homocline. Though the importance of the East Texas Oil Field has diminished in the last seventy years, it is still a vital and important part of East Texas.
Download or read book Texas Oil Gas Since 1543 written by C. A. Warner and published by Copano Bay Press. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it was first published in 1939, oil historian James A. Clark called this book, "the most valuable collection of historical, biographical, and statistical data on Texas oil ever assembled." This definitive history of the petroleum industry in Texas exhaustively addresses the geology, technology, and economic impact of the industry that made Texas synonymous with oil. (Technology & Industrial Arts)
Download or read book A Transcript of the Discussion Covering the East Texas Oil Field written by East Texas Geological Society and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Texas Oil and Gas written by Jeff A. Spencer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-16 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas Oil and Gas documents in postcards the rapid growth of the Texas petroleum industry from its beginnings near Corsicana in the 1890s through the next several decades of oil booms throughout the state. The young 20th century opened with the Lucas Gusher at Spindletop in 1901. Thousands rushed from the oilfields of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia to find work and riches. Continued drilling success along the Texas Gulf Coast transformed Houston into a major city and the Beaumont area into a major petrochemical center. Through the 1910s and 1920s, oil booms occurred in North Texas, the Panhandle, Central Texas, and West Texas. The giant East Texas oilfield, the second largest North American oilfield to Alaskas North Slope, was discovered in 1930. Texas oil replaced coal as fuel for the nations railroads and provided fuel for our military in two world wars.
Download or read book Occurrence of Oil and Gas in Northeast Texas written by East Texas Geological Society and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Transcript of the Discussion Covering the East Texas Oil Field written by East Texas Geological Society and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historic Photos of Texas Oil written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 10, 1901, near Beaumont, Texas, an unremarkable knoll of earth the world would soon call Spindletop shot a geyser of oil a hundred feet into the air, confirming the belief of Pattillo Higgins that black gold lay buried there. The Texas oil industry had begun in earnest, and neither Texas nor the world would ever be the same. In the years to come, Texas oil would fuel the nation’s automobiles and help to bring victory to the Allies in both world wars, shaping America’s destiny throughout the twentieth century. Join author and historian Mike Cox in this photographic visit to the heyday of Texas crude as he recounts the stories of key oil-patch discoveries around the state. Nearly 200 images in vivid black-and-white, with captions and introductions, offer a roughneck-close look at this uniquely American tale of dry holes and gushers, ragtowns and riches, boomtowns, blowouts, and wildcatters gone broke.
Download or read book A History of the East Texas Oil Field written by Noble Reverdy Williams and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Geology of East Texas written by Edwin Theodore Dumble and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of the East Texas Oil Field written by Lucile Silvey Beard and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Black Giant written by James M. Day and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of the Black Giant in 1930 was the largest oil strike in the U.S. at that time, and its gushers changed the face of the oil industry. Oilmen, promoters, oil patch workers, and the nation's unemployed streamed into the tiny hamlets of East Texas for their share, but they faced wars between "big oil" and independent oilmen, bootleg or "hot oil," martial law, and legalized price fixing. Yet the Black Giant turned out to be the salvation of the drought-stricken farmers, helped in the fight against Germany and Japan, and made lots of folks "Texas rich." In "The Black Giant," the characters, times and oil industry skullduggery are recalled and explained in dozens of sidebars full of humorous facts and trivia. The author, law professor at Washing College of Law, The American University, practiced oil and gas law for more than 35 years and focused on oil and gas matters during the Arab oil embargo for the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Download or read book Oil in Texas written by Diana Davids Hinton and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2002-03-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic story of the oil boom that transformed the history of a state, drawn from archives and first-person accounts. As the twentieth century began, oil in Texas was easy to find, but the quantities were too small to attract industrial capital and production. Then, on January 10, 1901, the Spindletop gusher blew in. Over the next fifty years, oil transformed Texas, creating a booming economy that built cities, attracted out-of-state workers and companies, funded schools and universities, and generated wealth that raised the overall standard of living, even for blue-collar workers. No other twentieth-century development had a more profound effect upon the state. This book chronicles the explosive growth of the Texas oil industry from the first commercial production at Corsicana in the 1890s through the vital role of Texas oil in World War II. Using both archival records and oral histories, they follow the wildcatters and the gushers as the oil industry spread into almost every region of the state. The authors trace the development of many branches of the petroleum industry: pipelines, refining, petrochemicals, and natural gas. They also explore how overproduction and volatile prices led to increasing regulation and gave broad regulatory powers to the Texas Railroad Commission.
Download or read book Abandoned Oil Fields of the Texas Gulf Coast and the East Texas Basin written by S. P. Dutton and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Geology of East Texas written by E T 1852-1927 Dumble and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1909, this book provides a detailed survey of the geology of East Texas, including the composition and structure of rocks, the distribution of mineral resources, and the history of geological processes in the region. Dumble's work remains a valuable resource for researchers and students of geology today. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Geology and Economic Significance of the East Texas Field written by Basil B. Zavoico and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Geology of East Texas Issue 1869 written by Edwin Theodore Dumble and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book A Reconnaissance Report on the Geology of the Oil and Gas Fields of Wichita and Clay Counties Texas written by Johan August Udden and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
