Analyses of Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas Coals (open access)

Analyses of Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas Coals

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing the lignite and bituminous coal fields of Michigan, Texas, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Analyses of the varying regional coal fields are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1948
Creator: Andrews, David A. & Huddle, John W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ouachita Facies in Central Texas (open access)

Ouachita Facies in Central Texas

Report on the Ouachita Facies, including map areas, geologic examinations, chemical compositions, subsurface, and findings.
Date: December 1948
Creator: Barnes, Virgil E. (Virgil Everett), 1903-1998
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Strawberry Culture: South Atlantic and Gulf Coast Regions (open access)

Strawberry Culture: South Atlantic and Gulf Coast Regions

Revised edition. Report discussing best practices for the cultivation of strawberries in the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast regions of the United States. Topics discussed include varieties, soil preparation, mulch and fertilizers, irrigation, harvesting, and diseases and insect enemies.
Date: 1948
Creator: Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889-
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strawberry Culture: Western United States (open access)

Strawberry Culture: Western United States

Revised edition. "Strawberries can be grown in those parts of the western Untied States in which ordinary farm crops are irrigated as well as in western Oregon and Washington, where irrigation is not essential but may be profitable. The principles of irrigating strawberries are essentially the same as those for other crops. Because strawberries are sensitive to the alkali salts that irrigation brings to the surface, such salts must be washed out or skimmed off. The strawberry grower, after choosing a suitable site and preparing the soil carefully, should select varieties adapted to his district and needs. He should use plants that are disease-free. In California, southern Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas the plants should have undergone a rest period. Usually the growers plant during the period of greatest rainfall. By using the recommended systems of training and care before, during, and after setting of the plants and the suggested methods of decreasing diseases and insect pests, he should obtain better yields. A grower can furnish consumers a better product by using good methods of harvesting and shipment. He can prolong the fresh-fruit season only a little by the use of cold storage, but he can extend his market by …
Date: 1948
Creator: Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889- & Waldo, George F. (George Fordyce), b. 1898
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bullard Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1948
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Desert Southeast Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1948
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Desert Southwest Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1948
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Helms West Well Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1948
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Heuco Tanks Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1948
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kildare Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1948
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Linden Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1948
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

El Paso Gap Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1948
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Triple Hill Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1948
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Petroleum-Engineering Study of the Lake Creek Field, Montgomery County, Texas (open access)

Petroleum-Engineering Study of the Lake Creek Field, Montgomery County, Texas

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over petroleum-engineering studies conducted at the Lake Creek field. As stated in the introduction, "this report is an engineering analysis of the reservoirs in the Lake Creek field and includes estimates of the initial volume of gas and the recoverable hydrocarbon liquid and oil" (p. 5). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1948
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn & Vogel, Felix A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of the southern Guadalupe Mountains, Texas (open access)

Geology of the southern Guadalupe Mountains, Texas

From Abstract: "This report deals with an area of 425 square miles in the western part of Texas, immediately south of the New Mexico line. The report describes the geology of the area, that is, the nature of its rocks, tectonics, and surface features, and the evidence that they give as to the evolution of the area through geologic time. Incidental reference is made to the geology of surrounding regions in order to place the area in its environment."
Date: 1948
Creator: King, Philip B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Explosions of Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizer on Board the S. S. Grandcamp and S. S. High Flyer at Texas City, Texas, April 16, 17, 1947 (open access)

Explosions of Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizer on Board the S. S. Grandcamp and S. S. High Flyer at Texas City, Texas, April 16, 17, 1947

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines regarding explosions that took place on two separate cargo ships in 1947. The observations, data collected, and testing done during investigations of the disaster are presented. This report includes photographs, and illustrations.
Date: February 1948
Creator: Kintz, G. M.; Jones, G. W. & Carpenter, Charles B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soil Survey of Brown County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Brown County, Texas

Text describing climate, agriculture, and soils of Brown County, Texas.
Date: March 1948
Creator: Templin, E. H. (Edward Henry), b. 1903
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Report of the Texas Library and Historical Commission State Library: 1946-1948 (open access)

Biennial Report of the Texas Library and Historical Commission State Library: 1946-1948

Biennial report of the Texas Library and Historical Commission for the years 1946-1948, including the budget and summaries of the library's activities.
Date: 1948
Creator: Texas State Library
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-376 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-376

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of State Health Officer to create within the State Department of Health a division of Merit System and appoint the director of such division.
Date: March 28, 1948
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-419 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-419

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Reconsideration of Opinion No. V-419.
Date: March 9, 1948
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-471 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-471

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Liability for gas production tax under Article 7047b, V.C.S., by virtue of submitted contract between Chicago Corporation and the Process Oil Co.
Date: January 6, 1948
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-472 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-472

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether H.B. 501 as passed by the 50th Leg. or Art. 3912e, Sec. 19, Subd. (1), V.C.S., dealing with travel expenses of sheriffs, applies to Dallas County.
Date: January 9, 1948
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-473 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-473

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Effect upon outstanding certificates issued under Article 911b, V.C.S., authorizing motor carrier operations in certain areas, as a result of the consolidation of the Cities of Pelly and Goose Creek.
Date: January 12, 1948
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-474 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-474

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The constitutionality of Section 2(A), House Bill 85, 50th Legislature, prohibiting any connections between burial associations.
Date: January 13, 1948
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History