Analysis of Oil Production in the Near-Depleted Mexia-Powell Fault-Line Fields of Texas (open access)

Analysis of Oil Production in the Near-Depleted Mexia-Powell Fault-Line Fields of Texas

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the oil fields located near the Mexia-Powell fault line in Texas. Properties of the oil fields, including geology and oil production, are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn & Guthrie, R. K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combination Tool. (open access)

Combination Tool.

Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "relates to improvements in combination tools, and is designed to produce a tool in which the wrench, hammer, and screwdriver are combined in a compact and useful form. The improvement consists, essentially, in the manner of combining the parts and in the particular construction thereof" (lines 10-17).
Date: August 11, 1885
Creator: Miller, Walker C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator for Grain-Bins. (open access)

Fumigator for Grain-Bins.

Patent for an improvement in fumigators for grain-bins by producing “an apparatus by means of which sulphur or other life-destroying fumes can be forced into the bottom of the bin, so as to drive out insects or animal life, and thus protects the grain from their depredations.” (Lines 22-26) Illustration is included.
Date: August 11, 1891
Creator: Manahan, Thaddeus Atheburt
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fairfield Lake State Park [Rack Card] (open access)

Fairfield Lake State Park [Rack Card]

Card advertising Fairfield Lake State Park with brief descriptive information and a summary of activities, facilities, and other features of the location.
Date: August 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ground-Water Conditions in Anderson, Cherokee, Freestone, and Henderson Counties, Texas (open access)

Ground-Water Conditions in Anderson, Cherokee, Freestone, and Henderson Counties, Texas

Report on the groundwater conditions in the counties of Anderson, Cherokee, Freestone, and Henderson.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Guyton, William F.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ground-Water Conditions on Anderson, Cherokee, Freestone, and Henderson Counties, Texas (open access)

Ground-Water Conditions on Anderson, Cherokee, Freestone, and Henderson Counties, Texas

Report on groundwater resources and conditions in Anderson, Cherokee, Freestone, and Henderson Counties, Texas including current and potential groundwater sources, water quality reports, well digging statistics, and geological reports on the area.
Date: August 1972
Creator: William F. Guyton & Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History