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Oil Fields of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coastal Plain (open access)

Oil Fields of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coastal Plain

From introduction: This report presents the findings of surveys of the extent of the oil fields in the gulf coastal plain.
Date: 1903
Creator: Hayes, C. W. & Kennedy, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement (open access)

City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement

From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."
Date: 1912
Creator: Flagg, Samuel B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1913 (open access)

Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1913

Preface: The present paper is the first of a new series to be published by the Geological Survey under the title "Shorter contributions to general geology."
Date: 1914
Creator: White, David
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
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Decline and Ultimate Production of Oil Wells, with Notes on the Valuation of Oil Properties (open access)

The Decline and Ultimate Production of Oil Wells, with Notes on the Valuation of Oil Properties

From General Statement Purpose of the Report: "The present investigation was undertaken for the purpose of supplying some of the material so badly needed in the valuation and more efficient operation of oil properties. Because of the lack of time for further studies, the amount of data already accumulated and the policy of the Bureau of Mines of publishing as soon as possible any information that may be of use to an industry, the bulletin is issued now."
Date: 1919
Creator: Beal, Carl H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Report of Cotton Valley Field, Webster Parish, Louisiana (open access)

Engineering Report of Cotton Valley Field, Webster Parish, Louisiana

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over an engineering study of the Cotton Valley oil field. The history, geology, development, and production of the field are discussed. This paper includes tables, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: 1931
Creator: Ross, J. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crater Wells, Richland Gas Field, Louisiana (open access)

Crater Wells, Richland Gas Field, Louisiana

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over "the history of the craters in the Richland gas field. The data have been collected at various times over a period of four years. The equipment and methods of control are discussed, and photographs show the surface conditions at various intervals in the life of the craters" (p. 1). This paper includes tables, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: 1932
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Earthquakes, 1930 (open access)

United States Earthquakes, 1930

Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1930. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1932
Creator: Neumann, Frank & Bodle, R. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Studies and Results of Acid Treatment of Wells, Zwolle Oil Field, Sabine Parish, Louisiana (open access)

Engineering Studies and Results of Acid Treatment of Wells, Zwolle Oil Field, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the studies done on the Zwolle oil field wells. History of the oil field, and the results of acid treatment to the wells are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: October 1934
Creator: Heithecker, R. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Crude Oils From Some Fields of Southern Louisiana (open access)

Analyses of Crude Oils From Some Fields of Southern Louisiana

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the studies of crude oil samples collected from southern Louisiana. The properties of each sample are analyzed. This report includes tables.
Date: November 1934
Creator: Kraemer, A. J. & Garton, E. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Review of the Heaving-Shale Problem in the Gulf Coast Region (open access)

Review of the Heaving-Shale Problem in the Gulf Coast Region

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines over the ongoing issue of heaving-shale in the Gulf Coast area. The operations and potential causes of incompetent heaving-shale are listed. This report includes tables, and a map.
Date: March 1942
Creator: Wade, Gustav
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Study of the Rodessa Oil Field in Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas (open access)

Engineering Study of the Rodessa Oil Field in Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over drilling operations in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Results of the operations are discussed. This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn & Guthrie, R. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Potash Salts from Texas-New Mexico Polyhalite Deposits: Commercial Possibilities, Proposed Technology, and Pertinent Salt-Solution Equilibria (open access)

Potash Salts from Texas-New Mexico Polyhalite Deposits: Commercial Possibilities, Proposed Technology, and Pertinent Salt-Solution Equilibria

From Introduction: "Figure 1 shows the location of sources that have been either exploited or seriously considered at one time or another, super-imposed upon a map indicating by small letters the order of consumption of K2O in the leading States; the amount used in these States, together with the percentage of the total consumption of potash used as fertilizer in the United States in 1939, is given in table 1. Figure 2 shows the domestic production and total consumption of potassium salts, in terms of tons of K2O, with the value per unit at the plants, for each year since 1913. Considered together, these two figures tell a significant story."
Date: 1944
Creator: Conley, John E. & Partridge, Everett P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pile Loading Tests Combined Morganza Floodway Control Structure (open access)

Pile Loading Tests Combined Morganza Floodway Control Structure

Series of pile loading tests performed on the Morganza Floodway control structure to determine the most economic way to support the foundation in the compressible underlying soils. The report also provides information about the structure and previous tests.
Date: January 1950
Creator: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Substation History: Louisiana (open access)

Substation History: Louisiana

This report gives information about substation locations, elevations,exposures and many from date station was established through the year 1955,which are present in Louisiana.
Date: 1956
Creator: United States. Weather Bureau.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of the Mississippi River Deltaic Plain, Southeastern Louisiana: Volume 1 (open access)

Geology of the Mississippi River Deltaic Plain, Southeastern Louisiana: Volume 1

"The purpose of this report is to consolidate data gathered by the Corps of Engineers in various geologic investigations, and to augment this material with pertinent information garnered from the extensive investigations and studies [of the Mississippi River deltaic plain and its associated offshore area]" (p. 1). The report focuses primarily on those materials that are most important from an engineering standpoint.
Date: July 1958
Creator: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Late Quaternary Geology of Sabine Lake and Vicinity, Texas and Louisiana (open access)

Late Quaternary Geology of Sabine Lake and Vicinity, Texas and Louisiana

Report on fossil and geological findings in the Sabine Lake and vicinity, including surface geology maps, substrata maps, a geologic history of the area, analyses of the environments and sediments, and more.
Date: 1959
Creator: Kane, Henry E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Salt at Shallow Depths in the Coastal Plain of Texas and Louisiana (open access)

Salt at Shallow Depths in the Coastal Plain of Texas and Louisiana

From introduction: Salt occurs at depths less than 500 feet in six salt domes in Texas and Louisiana. Underground mining operations are being carried out in each of these domes. The following notes have been prepared in an effort to furnish data regarding chemical composition and structure of the rock salt in the shallow deposits.
Date: April 1959
Creator: Read, Charles B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary report on radioactive mineral deposits in the Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas and Louisiana, north and east of the Guadalupe River (open access)

Preliminary report on radioactive mineral deposits in the Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas and Louisiana, north and east of the Guadalupe River

"Approximately 30 radioactive mineral deposits are known to occur in the Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas and Louisianna, north and east of the Guadalupe River. A preliminary field examination and sampling of each deposit has been made"
Date: May 1959
Creator: Blair, Robert G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Louisiana (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Louisiana

Report documenting the suitability of Louisiana for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: October 8, 1961
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Study of Water Injection in 14 Oil Reservoirs of North Louisiana (open access)

Engineering Study of Water Injection in 14 Oil Reservoirs of North Louisiana

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over engineering studies of water injections in Louisiana oil reservoirs. As stated in the introduction, "this Bureau of Mines report presents operating practices and results of pressure maintenance and secondary recovery by water injection or by water injection supplemented by gas injection" (p. 1). This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: 1962
Creator: Meadows, Paul; Hawkins, Murphy E.; Weaver, L. K. & Jones, O. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Louisiana and Texas (open access)

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Louisiana and Texas

Report of the U.S. Army Engineers describing the geography of gulf intracoastal waterway in Louisiana and Texas including the likelihood of floods and benefits of flood control, as well as specific issues related to the area and proposed solutions.
Date: 1962
Creator: United States. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Effect of Exposure Site on Weather Resistance of Porcelain Enamels Exposed for Three Years (open access)

Effect of Exposure Site on Weather Resistance of Porcelain Enamels Exposed for Three Years

From Introduction: "The present report describes the condition of all of the porcelain enamels after exposure for 3 yr."
Date: April 10, 1962
Creator: Moore, Dwight G. & Potter, Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library