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Gulf Oil Gusher

Description: Photograph on postcard of a Gulf Oil Company oil well in Breckenridge, Texas spouting a 12,000 bbl. gusher. Oil is blasted high into the air over the derrick.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Texas Studio
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Burning Oil Well

Description: Photograph on postcard of the burning of the National Oil Well. Flames shoot high into the air, and smoke billows from the flames.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Texas Studio
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Burning Oil Well

Description: Photograph on postcard of the burning of the National Oil Well. Two men look on as flames shoot high into the air, and smoke towers over the landscape.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Texas Studio
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Clipping: American Glycerin Company et al. v. Kenridge Oil Company et al., No. 301]

Description: Journal clipping discussing cause no. 301, American Glycerin Company and Nelson Mosier vs. Kenridge Oil Company et al., in the Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland, heard on April 29, 1927. The original cause was brought by Kenridge Oil Company and others for damage to an oil well due to the premature explosion of a nitroglycerin shell, and the district court's judgement in favor of the plaintiff was appealed by the American Glycerin Company and Nelson Mosier.
Date: 1927~
Creator: Hickman, J.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Bailer.

Description: Patent for improved bailer for deep wells (e.g., oil wells), cheaper to use and manufacture, with a better delivery gate and improved method for triggering gate closure upon bailer withdrawal.
Date: July 26, 1921
Creator: Swartz, Ira
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Gas-Release Packer.

Description: Patent for automatic gas release packer that uses constant pressure regulated by spring-controlled valves for better control when lifting oil out of wells.
Date: April 11, 1922
Creator: Cummings, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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