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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
Resilient Means for Vehicle Axle Suspension.
Patent for a more resilient vehicle axle suspension and created specifically for motor vehicles.
Date:
June 22, 1915
Creator:
Guthrie, Nehemiah & Johnson, Callender L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Auger
Patent for an improved post-hole digger/auger with multiple blades that cut in a spiral pattern and has the blades adjust and lock on the base. The blade shanks form a cage and keeps dirt from clogging the blades.
Date:
May 22, 1915
Creator:
Hoover, Orville M. & Ardery, Sarah, J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bur Clover
This report discusses the cultivation of bur clover, which is an annual legume that serves as a winter cover crop and as pasturage. The best practices for and uses of bur clover are discussed in detail.
Date:
1915
Creator:
Piper, Charles V. (Charles Vancouver), 1867-1926 & McKee, Roland
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Growing Hard Spring Wheat
"This bulletin discusses the topographic, soil, and climatic features of the northern Great Plains, with special reference to the production of hard spring wheat in that area. Cultural methods for growing the crop are given." -- title
Date:
1915
Creator:
Ball, Carleton R. (Carleton Roy), 1873-1958 & Clark, J. Allen (Jacob Allen), b. 1888
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer
This report discusses the roundheaded apple-tree borer, an insect in the eastern and midwestern United States that, in its larval stage, destroys the bark and wood of apple trees. Several methods of control are discussed, including worming, paints and washes, and sprays.Apple-tree borers.
Date:
1915
Creator:
Brooks, Fred E.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Uses of Sorghum Grain
This report discusses the uses of sorghum grain for human food and animal feed, including information about nutrition, digestibility, and storage and preparation. Sorghum is grown primarily in the southern Great Plains of the United States.
Date:
1915
Creator:
Ball, Carleton R. (Carleton Roy), 1873-1958 & Rothgeb, Benton E.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Automatic Fuse Plug
Patent for "improvements in automatic fuse plugs" (lines 12-12). These are "adapted to be successively engaged by a swinging contact arm" (lines 16-17).
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Bowman, Levi M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waste of Oil and Gas in the Mid-Continent Fields
Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of waste in oil and gas fields in the mid-continent area. As stated in the introduction, this report "describes the general amounts and kinds of waste, and attempts to show the importance of conserving these natural resources" (p. 5). This paper includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date:
May 1914
Creator:
Blatchley, Raymond S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fruit-Drier.
Patent for a fruit drier that includes "a series of hinged trays adapted to be folded into small compact form." (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 24, 1914
Creator:
Reid, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States
Report discussing best practices for growing winter wheat in the eastern United States. Topics discussed include soils adapted to wheat cultivation, fertilizers, seed selection and preparation, and crop rotation.
Date:
1914
Creator:
Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gainesville Sheet
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 1:125000
Date:
1914
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Maps of South Dakota and Texas]
Map shows Native American reservations, counties, cities and towns in South Dakota. Includes indices of counties, principal cities and towns. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,224,000].
Date:
1914
Creator:
Poates, L. L.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie
Patent for a new design of railroad-ties meant "for clamping together the two members of the tie and for adjusting them relatively to each other so as to adapt them to clamp rails of different widths" (lines 13-16), with illustrations.
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
Grant, James K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn that can produce butter in very short period of time with minimal effort.
Date:
May 19, 1913
Creator:
Hoefer, Charles Jr.; Belt, Marcus L. Jr. & Belt, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses
From Significance and value of Analyses of Coal: "The analyses published in this report cover samples of coal collected in many different parts of the country with unusual care by experiences men, in such manner as to make them representative of extensive beds of coal."
Date:
1913
Creator:
Lord, N. W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples
From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date:
1913
Creator:
Lord, N. W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries
From Introduction: "The lack of comparable and accurate statistics of coal-mine accidents in the united States as a whole led the Bureau of Mines in 1911 to undertake the collection of such data. The mining departments of the leading foreign coal-producing countries have long taken cognizance of the importance of statistics. The bureau feels that in presenting the tables embodied in this report it is offering the and comparable statistics of coal-min accidents for the country as a whole that have ever been published."
Date:
1913
Creator:
Horton, Frederick W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Postcard from Bernard Shannahan to George Pendexter, July 7, 1912]
Postcard from B. Shannahan to George Pendexter with a photograph showing a firemen convention in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. The photograph shows a horse-drawn fire wagon racing down a street with a large crowd of people lined up on the sidewalk watching the action; some of the firemen on the wagon are working with the large hose loaded in the back.
Date:
July 5, 1912
Creator:
Shannohan, Bernard
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Bernard Shannahan to George Pendexter, 1912-06-10]
Postcard from Bernard Shannahan to George Pendexter saying he would be glad "to exchange with [Pendexter] at any time. He also tells Pendexter the address for J. P. Eagan and says he has good pictures too; the photograph on the reverse side shows an few oil tanks caught on fire with a caption reading: "Tanks of Oil Destroyed by Fire June 13-1911 Sapulpa, Oklahoma."
Date:
June 10, 1912
Creator:
Shannahan, Bernard
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Map of Routes of Coronado and Army]
Map of the Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542, through parts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The map includes state boundary lines, bodies of water, major towns, forts, and areas of elevation. A legend, included in the lower-right corner, indicates directions of the routes of Coronado and his army. No scale indicated.
Date:
1912
Creator:
Root, George A.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Texas and Oklahoma.
Map shows counties, major cities and towns, congressional districts, county seats, and transportation routes. Includes portraits of the govenors of Texas in left and right margins and a sketch of the State Capitol at Austin and portrait of Gov. O. B. Colquitt in lower right corner of map; index with town location and population as of 1910 census; advertising across top margin. Inset: "Western Texas." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:1,901,000].
Date:
1912
Creator:
Kenyon Company (Des Moines, Iowa)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
United States (S.W. Central).
Map shows cities, towns, and geography of the southwest United States during the early twentieth century. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1: 6,336,000] and [ca. 1:8,448,000].
Date:
1912?
Creator:
W. and A. K. Johnston, Limited
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Dr. Joseph Pound from Mittie Pound Sorrell, August 31, 1911]
Letter to Dr. Joseph Pound from Mittie Pound Sorrell in Russell, Oklahoma concerning life on their land and saying their crop yield should be good after the rain they had: "Our cotton looks good if nothing happens..." She says that "Jake and I joined the M. E. church all the children went in with the Baptist."
Date:
August 31, 1911
Creator:
Sorrell, Mittie Pound
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History