[An Aerial View of Mineral Wells, Texas]

An aerial view of Mineral Wells, Texas, taken by A. F. Weaver on April 29, 1967 looks North on Oak Avenue. Identifiable in the picture are the Baker Hotel to the middle right of the picture, The Crazy Hotel in the middle left, the old Post Office (now the Ladies Club) one block north of The Baker, and the Nazareth Hospital (one block left of The Crazy Hotel). Also in the picture are now-destroyed buildings: The Damron Hotel (just left of center), the Baker Water Storage Building (mid-upper right, small white building just to right of Baker Hotel), the Oxford Hotel (just right of center, now [2008] Lynch Plaza) and the Convention Hall(upper left).
Date: January 21, 1964
Creator: Weaver, A. F.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Index. (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 215, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 21, 1903 (open access)

The Daily Index. (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 215, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 21, 1903

Daily newspaper from Mineral Wells, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 1903
Creator: Newton, W. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Wolters Trumpet  (Fort Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1966 (open access)

The Wolters Trumpet (Fort Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1966

Weekly newspaper from Fort Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army and civilian personnel at Fort Wolters along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power Potential of Geothermal Wells Related to Reservoir Temperature (open access)

Power Potential of Geothermal Wells Related to Reservoir Temperature

Abstract: For equal flows of hot water wells, the electric power which can be generated increases with feed water temperature. However, high temperature wells discharge greater flows than that of lower temperature wells of similar permeability, with the result of enhanced power potential. In fact, where fluids are exploited utilizing two-stage flash, these factors combine to give a power potential which is proportional to the cube of the feed water temperature in degrees celsius. Hence a feed of 315 C would generate twice the power of that of water at 250 C for wells of good permeability and where the reservoir exists under conditions of boiling point with depth. Higher temperature water (exceeding 300 C) has, however, a commensurate higher tendency to mineral deposition in reinjection water lines and this disposes design to single-stage flash with slightly reduced power, compared with the two-stage alternative.
Date: January 21, 1986
Creator: James, Russell
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Customized Well Test Methods for a Non-Customary Geothermal Well (open access)

Customized Well Test Methods for a Non-Customary Geothermal Well

Recent testing of Thermal 4, The Geysers blowout well, has shown that the flow has two different components: a low enthalpy, mineral-laden flow from a well drilled within the existing wellhead and a high flowrate, high enthalpy annular flow. The commingled flows were mechanically separated and individually tested. The results of the test show that the flows are from two very different sources that are in weak hydraulic communication. Work is in progress to apply this information to bring Thermal 4 within compliance of the 1986 air quality regulations.
Date: January 21, 1986
Creator: Burr, Myron
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Elk City Daily News (Elk City, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 99, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 21, 1959 (open access)

The Elk City Daily News (Elk City, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 99, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 21, 1959

Daily newspaper from Elk City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 1959
Creator: Wells, Virgil
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Marshall Morning News (Marshall, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 115, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1921 (open access)

The Marshall Morning News (Marshall, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 115, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1921

Daily newspaper from Marshall, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 1921
Creator: Price, Homer M. & Wells, E. L., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
ANALYSIS OF OIL-BEARING CRETACEOUS SANDSTONE HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS, EXCLUSIVE OF THE DAKOTA SANDSTONE, ON THE JICARILLA APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION, NEW MEXICO (open access)

ANALYSIS OF OIL-BEARING CRETACEOUS SANDSTONE HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS, EXCLUSIVE OF THE DAKOTA SANDSTONE, ON THE JICARILLA APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION, NEW MEXICO

An additional 450 wells were added to the structural database; there are now 2550 wells in the database with corrected tops on the Juana Lopez, base of the Bridge Creek Limestone, and datum. This completes the structural data base compilation. Fifteen oil and five gas fields from the Mancos-ElVado interval were evaluated with respect to the newly defined sequence stratigraphic model for this interval. The five gas fields are located away from the structural margins of the deep part of the San Juan Basin. All the fields have characteristics of basin-centered gas and can be considered as continuous gas accumulations as recently defined by the U.S. Geological Survey. Oil production occurs in thinly interbedded sandstone and shale or in discrete sandstone bodies. Production is both from transgressive and regressive strata as redefined in this study. Oil production is both stratigraphically and structurally controlled with production occurring along the Chaco slope or in steeply west-dipping rocks along the east margin of the basin. The ElVado Sandstone of subsurface usage is redefined to encompass a narrower interval; it appears to be more time correlative with the Dalton Sandstone. Thus, it was deposited as part of a regressive sequence, in contrast to the …
Date: January 21, 2000
Creator: Ridgley, Jennie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1887 (open access)

The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 21, 1887
Creator: Lowry, James A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pressure-Temperature-Spinner Survey in a Well at the Geysers (open access)

Pressure-Temperature-Spinner Survey in a Well at the Geysers

This paper presents results from a flowing pressure-temperature-spinner log run in a well drilled by GEO Operator Corporation (GEOOC) at The Geysers. Analysis and interpretation of the log data are also presented. The data indicated superheated steam with a temperature of 600 F (316 C) and an enthalpy of 1316 BTU/lbm (725 cal/gm) entered the wellbore below 8000 feet (2438 meters). This temperature and enthalpy is much higher than most Geysers steam wells which produce steam at or below 475 F (246 C) and 1240 BTU/lbm (683 CALIgm). The high temperature and enthalpy are even more puzzling since static pressure and temperature measurements conducted with Kuster type instruments six months later, indicate a ''normal'' vapor-dominated system existing at 475 F (246 C) and 500 psia (35 Kg/cm{sup 2}). Conceptual reservoir models which can explain these unusual thermodynamic conditions are presented.
Date: January 21, 1986
Creator: Drenick, Andy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Significant Silica Solubility in Geothermal Steam (open access)

Significant Silica Solubility in Geothermal Steam

Abstract: Although it is widely believed that silica solubility in low pressure (5 to 10 bar) geothermal steam is negligible, when one takes into account steam flows exceeding 10 million tonnes a year--at Wairakei, for instance--it is found that the amount transmitted in the vapor has the potential to give significant deposits on turbine nozzles and blades. A 150 MWe power station, when based on flows from a hot water reservoir at (a) 250 C or (b) 315 C, and with separator pressures of 6 bar, is found to carry about 100 and 200 kg/year respectively in the steam phase. In the case of a similar sized station exploiting a dry steam reservoir such as The Geysers, equivalent silica flows are obtained, dissolved in steam and carried as dust--the latter as solid particles precipitating from the vapor en route from source to turbine, and not preexisting in the formations as is commonly considered. Choking or coating of subterranean rock near such dry steam wells due to exsolving silica, may be the principal cause of declining steam discharge under production. Silica from completely dry or superheated steam can also seal the cap and sides of steam reservoirs when expanding below the …
Date: January 21, 1986
Creator: James, Russell
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Natural State Model of the Nesjavellir Geothermal Field, Iceland (open access)

Natural State Model of the Nesjavellir Geothermal Field, Iceland

The Nesjavellir geothermal system in southern Iceland is very complex from both a thermal and hydrologic point of view. There are large pressure and temperature gradients in the wellfield and zones with drastically different pressure potentials. Thus, natural fluid flow is substantial in the system and flow patterns are complex. We have developed a two-dimensional natural state model for the Nesjavellir system that matches reasonably well the observed pressure and temperature distributions. The match with field data has allowed determination of the energy recharge to the system and the permeability distribution. Fluids recharge the system at rate of 0.02 kg/s/m with an enthalpy of 1460 kJ/kg. The permeability in the main reservoir is estimated to be in the range of 1.5 to 2.0 md, which agrees well with injection test results from individual wells. Permeabilities in shallower reservoirs are about an order of magnitude higher. Most of the main reservoir is under twephase conditions, as are shallow aquifers in the southern part of the field. The model results also suggest that the low temperatures in the shallow part of the northern region of the field may be due to the young age of the system; i.e., the system is gradually …
Date: January 21, 1986
Creator: Bodvarsson, G. S.; Pruess, K.; Stefansson, V.; Steingrimsson, B.; Bjornsson, S.; Gunnarsson, A. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Near-conservative behavior of 129Iodine in the Orange County Aquifer System, California (open access)

Near-conservative behavior of 129Iodine in the Orange County Aquifer System, California

Iodine is a biophilic element, with one stable isotope, {sup 127}I, and one long-lived radioisotope, {sup 129}I, which originates in the surface environment almost entirely from anthropogenic activities such as nuclear fuel reprocessing. Very few studies have evaluated the geochemical behavior of iodine isotopes in the subsurface. The concentrations of {sup 129}I and {sup 127}I were measured in wells fed by a series of artificial recharge ponds in the Forebay Area of the Orange County groundwater basin (California, USA) to evaluate their potential use as hydrological tracers. To substantiate interpretation of {sup 129}I and {sup 127}I concentration data, the aquifer system was evaluated using literature values of aquifer water mass age based on {sup 3}H/{sup 3}He, Xenon and {delta}{sup 18}O tracer data, as well as time-series data of Santa Ana River flow rates over the past decade. The aquifer data demonstrate the nearly conservative behavior of {sup 129}I, with {sup 129}I/{sup 127}I ratios likely reflecting variations in source functions as well as climatic conditions, and with inferred particle-water partition coefficients (K{sub d}) of 0.1 cm{sup 3} g{sup -1} or less.
Date: January 21, 2005
Creator: Schwer, K. A.; Santschi, P H; Moran, J. E. & Elmore, D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Noi'i o Puna: Geothermal Research in Hawaii (open access)

Noi'i o Puna: Geothermal Research in Hawaii

Noi'i 0 Puna - The Puna Research Center (PRC), located on the grounds of the HGP-A power plant site in Puna, Hawaii, was dedicated on August 24, 1985. Research projects, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE), State, County, utility, and the private sector have been initiated in the areas of geothermal reservoir engineering, silica utilization, and corrosion of materials. An international geothermal applications workshop was held in Hilo, Hawaii the day before the dedication to discuss common problems and methods of solution by cooperative research. The three main categories addressed were process chemistry design, reservoir engineering, and agriculture/aquaculture applications. The workshop identified how PRC might be used for these research purposes. The advantages provided by PRC include the availability of non-proprietary information, an operational power plant with adjacent laboratory, proximity of private wells, the Fellows in Renewable Energy Engineering program, and strong support from the State, County, and utility. A second workshop is in the planning stages to follow through on the recommendations and will be held in the Orient next year. The Community Geothermal Technology Program, featuring projects conducted by individuals and companies in the local community, has been funded and will actively initiate projects this month. …
Date: January 21, 1986
Creator: Seki, Arthur; Chen, Bill; Takahashi, Patrick & Woodruff, Jim
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1938 (open access)

Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1938

Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 1938
Creator: Dunbar, Mary Whatley
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. NINETY-FOURTH YEAR, No. 35, Ed. 1 Monday, January 21, 1974 (open access)

Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. NINETY-FOURTH YEAR, No. 35, Ed. 1 Monday, January 21, 1974

Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 21, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1916 (open access)

The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1916

Daily newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1892 (open access)

The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 21, 1892
Creator: Vincent, Jas. U.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1960 (open access)

Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1960

Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 21, 1960
Creator: Dennis, James R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 21, 1913 (open access)

The Daily Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 21, 1913

Daily newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1897 (open access)

Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1897

Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 21, 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1977 (open access)

Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1977

Student newspaper of Weatherford High School in Weatherford, Texas that includes school news and information along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 1977
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 328, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1921 (open access)

The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 328, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1921

Daily newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH YEAR, No. 37, Ed. 1 Monday, January 21, 1985 (open access)

Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH YEAR, No. 37, Ed. 1 Monday, January 21, 1985

Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 21, 1985
Creator: McGee, Leigh
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History