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[News Clip: Dallas Budget]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 16, 1986, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 38 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Oil Documentary]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 21, 1986
Duration: 4 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Kilgore (Oil)]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 21, 1986, 9:00 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Reagan/ White]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 22, 1986, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Reagan/ White/ Oil]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 22, 1986, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 50 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: White/ Issues]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 1, 1986, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Well Drilling Machine.

Description: Patent for a driving mechanism to reduce the numbers of shafts and other parts needed for well drilling. The invention allows for one main driving shaft to be used as the primary source for well drilling.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Herdman, Adam H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Tank.

Description: Patent for an oil tank that is fire proof and will not explode completely if it is struck by lightning.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Price, James Bain
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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Converting Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an apparatus that can be built at moderate cost, which will enable a high rate of commercially efficient work to reduce "the specific gravity of various grades of hyrdo-carbon oils, especially those of a semi-refined character" (lines 22 - 24).
Date: October 28, 1919
Creator: Adams, Joseph H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Portable Forge

Description: Patent for a portable forge adapted for use in oil well drilling. Used to create a compact form of a forge for easy breakdown and storage, while also making it easier to transport.
Date: March 1, 1921
Creator: Wright, Samuel E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Burner.

Description: Patent for oil-burner that is used by being connected to a steam-boiler. It is simply constructed to produce a very high degree of heat with a comparatively small amount of hydrocarbon oil.
Date: December 16, 1902
Creator: Jenkins, Wellington S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Oil Fields]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 3, 1991, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Device for Unscrewing and Withdrawing Pipe.

Description: Patent for a device for unscrewing and withdrawing pipe from wells, mines, or other similar uses. This tool is attached at the end of a drill stem and threaded in the ordinary right hand direction to unscrew and withdraw.
Date: July 29, 1919
Creator: Fletcher, Harold W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Drill-Bit

Description: Patent for new improvement in drill-bits. The object of the invention is to "provide the driller with advanced knowledge of the formation into which he is about to extend his main hole".
Date: January 11, 1921
Creator: Smith, Primus W.; Bookhout, John J. & Monce, Edwin W.
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
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Drill Bit

Description: Patent for improvements in drill bits, particularly in the application used in drilling in soft formations, such as clay, gumbo, or similar material. The purpose of the invention is to provide a way to prevent the sticking of material to the drill and drill collar while the drilling operation is being performed.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Childs, William L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Roller-Bearing Swivel Wrench Plate.

Description: Patent for improvements on Roller-Bearing Swivel Wrench Plates, including illustrations. The goal of this invention is to make the plates more efficient "for use with any suitable fishing tool, or bit for use in oil fields or water well drilling" (lines 12-14).
Date: January 10, 1922
Creator: Harralson, Charles L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Method of Sealing the Walls of Deep Wells

Description: Patent for a new and useful method of dealing the walls of deep wells in which the means for lining oil wells by the use of the customary metal casing is avoided, the cost is very materially reduced, and numerous expenses and failures are avoided.
Date: November 29, 1921
Creator: Nolan, William E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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