Oil-Well Drill (open access)

Oil-Well Drill

Patent for an Oil-Well Drill with the "...object of the invention being to provide means to prevent the drill from becoming unscrewed from the drill rod and dropping into the bottom of the well" (lines 12-16).
Date: December 29, 1916
Creator: Parker, Roy B. & Spurlock, Robert C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Technology of Marble Quarrying (open access)

The Technology of Marble Quarrying

From Preface: "The aim of this bulletin is to present to the marble workers of the United States a concise statement of the most efficient and economical methods now in use for producing and preparing marble. The observations outlined refer chiefly to the methods employed in the quarrying of marble and the conditions that affect successful operation; the structure of marble and its relation to quarry processes; waste through rock imperfections and inefficient quarry methods; and means of eliminating such waste or utilizing it if elimination is impossible."
Date: 1916
Creator: Bowles, Oliver
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Refining and Utilization of Georgia Kaolins (open access)

Refining and Utilization of Georgia Kaolins

From Introduction: "The investigation described in this report was carried on to determine the practicability of applying technical control of clay disperse systems to the refining of kaolins and the utilization of the prepared clay in the manufacture of vitreous china and wall tile."
Date: 1916
Creator: Sproat, Ira E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Feldspars of the New England and North Appalachian States (open access)

The Feldspars of the New England and North Appalachian States

From Introduction: "The investigations presented in this bulletin have been undertaken by the bureau with a view to a better understanding of the conditions which confront the producer of commercial feldspar and also with the object of determining wherein the various deposits of feldspar differ."
Date: 1916
Creator: Watts, A. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Molybdenum; Its Ores and their Concentration with a Discussion of Markets, Prices, and Uses (open access)

Molybdenum; Its Ores and their Concentration with a Discussion of Markets, Prices, and Uses

From Scope and Purpose of Investigation: "The direct purpose of the bulletin is, on the one hand, to prove to possible consumers of molybdenum that the element is not as rare as commonly supposed, and that this country possesses many deposits of low-grade ore from which large supplies may be derived, and on the other hand, to prove to present and prospective producers of molybdenum that there is a latent market for their product in the alloy-steel trade, which needs only the assurance of steady supplies for a considerable development."
Date: 1916
Creator: Horton, Frederick W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pistol- Holster (open access)

Pistol- Holster

Patent for a pistol holder. The holder will secure the pistol in the position that it should be in, at all times.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Parrish, Byron B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Natural gas resources of parts of North Texas (open access)

Natural gas resources of parts of North Texas

Report of the U.S. Army Engineers describing the geography of Natural gas resources of parts of North Texas including the likelihood of floods and benefits of flood control.
Date: 1916
Creator: United States. Department of the Army. Office, Chief of Engineers.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Use of Mud-Laden Fluid in Oil and Gas Wells (open access)

The Use of Mud-Laden Fluid in Oil and Gas Wells

From Introduction: "Technical Paper 66 deals with the mud-laden fluid process in general and No. 68 with its application in Oklahoma. Rather than reprint these publications, it has been considered advisable to replace them with the present report, which includes the results of more recent investigations. The methods of using mud-laden fluid are an outgrowth of the rotary drilling system, which was developed in Texas and later employed in Louisiana and California."
Date: 1916
Creator: Lewis, James O. & McMurray, William F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Melting Aluminum Chips (open access)

Melting Aluminum Chips

Report concerning the loss of aluminum experienced during the melting process. This report shows the magnitude of the loss through various experiments. Index begins on page 85.
Date: 1916
Creator: Gillett, H. W. & James, G. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Natural Gas Resources of Parts of North Texas (open access)

Natural Gas Resources of Parts of North Texas

Article about Natural Gas Reserves production and Consumption in Dallas, Fort Worth in Texas
Date: February 1916
Creator: Shaw, E. W. (Eugene Wesley) & Matson, George Charlton
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: May to September, 1915 (open access)

Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: May to September, 1915

Bulletin issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines: "This publication is devoted exclusively to a review and abstracts of decisions based on the laws governing the rights and duties of mine owners, operators, miners, and persons trafficking in all kinds of mining properties. It includes abstracts of current decisions of all the Federal and State courts of last resort on questions relating to the mining industries" (Bulletin 61, p. 9).
Date: 1916
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Condensation of Gasoline from Natural Gas (open access)

The Condensation of Gasoline from Natural Gas

From Introduction: "This report treats of method of preventing some of the waste of the natural gas incidental to oil mining. This method, the condensation of gasoline from natural gas, offers to the oil operator and others a profitable means of utilizing some of the oil-well gas now being wasted."
Date: 1916
Creator: Burrell, George A.; Seibert, Frank M. & Oberfell, G. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: October to December, 1915 (open access)

Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: October to December, 1915

Bulletin issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines: "This publication is devoted exclusively to a review and abstracts of decisions based on the laws governing the rights and duties of mine owners, operators, miners, and persons trafficking in all kinds of mining properties. It includes abstracts of current decisions of all the Federal and State courts of last resort on questions relating to the mining industries" (Bulletin 61, p. 9).
Date: 1916
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: January to April, 1916 (open access)

Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: January to April, 1916

Bulletin issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines: "This publication is devoted exclusively to a review and abstracts of decisions based on the laws governing the rights and duties of mine owners, operators, miners, and persons trafficking in all kinds of mining properties. It includes abstracts of current decisions of all the Federal and State courts of last resort on questions relating to the mining industries" (Bulletin 61, p. 9).
Date: 1916
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spirit Leveling in Texas 1896 to 1915, Inclusive (open access)

Spirit Leveling in Texas 1896 to 1915, Inclusive

The following report includes all the results of spirit leveling in Texas, rearranged by quadrangles.
Date: 1916
Creator: Marshall, R. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Houses for Mining Towns (open access)

Houses for Mining Towns

From Introduction: "The purpose of this bulletin is to supply facts on the building of well-lighted, well-ventilated, warm, attractive, and economical houses for miners, these houses being assumed units of an industrial village or town the building and management of which are under the control of a corporation, so that special conditions hold which do not apply to houses built and owned by individual miners."
Date: 1916
Creator: White, Joseph H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 34, January-June, 1916 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 34, January-June, 1916

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, bibliographies, and listings for Spanish edition publications from the Porto Rico station. Name and subject indexes start on page 901.
Date: 1916
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Preliminary Report on Uranium, Radium, and Vanadium (open access)

A Preliminary Report on Uranium, Radium, and Vanadium

From Introduction: "This bulletin presents a summary of available information regarding the sources of uranium, radium, and vanadium, the methods used in treating the ores, and the uses of the the finished products. In particular the paper describes the ores found in the United States, giving especial attention to those characteristics of the ores and the conditions of their occurrence that affect mining and treatment."
Date: 1916
Creator: Moore, Richard B. & Kithil, Karl L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History and Development of Gold Dredging in Montana: with a Chapter on Placer-Mining Methods and Operating Costs (open access)

The History and Development of Gold Dredging in Montana: with a Chapter on Placer-Mining Methods and Operating Costs

From Introduction: "Although the purpose of this paper is to describe gold dredging in Montana, a brief mention of some early appliances used in New Zealand, Australia, and California may serve as a world-connecting link in our consideration of the development of gold dredging."
Date: 1916
Creator: Jennings, Hennen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grain Farming in the Corn Belt with Live Stock as a Side Line (open access)

Grain Farming in the Corn Belt with Live Stock as a Side Line

"This bulletin is written to suggest to the corn-belt farmer of the Middle West -- especially the farmer whose soil has been run down by continuous grain farming -- some ways of coordinating and 'cashing in' the scientific advice offered him in hundreds of bulletins already published.... Briefly, these are the conclusions reached by our most successful corn-belt farmer and agricultural experts: To make a money-maker of a farm that has become a losing proposition through steady grain farming you must in addition to raising standard grain crops -- (1) Grow legumes, (2) Raise live stock as a side line, (3) Keep accounts of receipts and expenditures, (4) Mix horse sense with scientific agriculture, (5) Try to secure enough capital to enable you to farm right, (6) Stick to whatever policy you adopt long enough to try it out, and (7) Confer with your County Agent and make a careful study of the bulletins of the United States Department of Agriculture." -- p. 1-3.
Date: 1916
Creator: Vrooman, Carl Schurz, 1872-1966
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Underground Wastes in Oil and Gas Fields and Methods of Prevention (open access)

Underground Wastes in Oil and Gas Fields and Methods of Prevention

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the underground wastes of oil and gas in drilling fields. As stated in the introduction, "the writers have endeavored to establish the manner and importance of underground waste by citing a few cases and to show the means whereby it can be prevented" (p. 5). This paper includes illustrations.
Date: July 1916
Creator: McMurray, William F. & Lewis, James O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
School Lunches (open access)

School Lunches

This report discusses the requirements of and most nutritious options for school lunches, whether prepared by a child's parents or provided by a child's school. Bread, milk, green vegetables and fruit are necessary for any nutritious lunch, but children may have a dessert as well. Includes suggestions for pricing lunches provided by the school.
Date: 1916
Creator: Hunt, Caroline Louisa, 1865-1927 & Ward, Mabel
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 33, July-December, 1915 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 33, July-December, 1915

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, bibliographies, and listings for Spanish edition publications from the Porto Rico station. Name and subject indexes start on page 901.
Date: 1916
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Caddo Oil and Gas Field, Louisiana and Texas (open access)

The Caddo Oil and Gas Field, Louisiana and Texas

This article is based on the production of oil in the Caddo oil and gas field on the Gulf Coastal plain.
Date: 1916
Creator: Matson, George Charlton
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History