Oil and Gas Industry and Fields.
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Aaron Ruble Civil War Letters
Two letters from Chestnut Run, near Burning Springs, Wirt Co. to Robert Caldweel and Edward Wright of Thompsonville, Washington Co., PA. Ruble inquires whether Caldwell and Wright desire continue drilling for oil on his land. He mentions it would be safe for them to visit, despite the Civil War, since there are many Pennsylvanians working there who move about freely.
Clark and Krebs, Civil and Mining Engineers, Miscellaneous Letters and Records
Douglas G. Williamson, Drilling Contractor, Miscellaneous Records
Ephemera Collection
Harry Halliday, Author, Early History of Oil & Gas in Calhoun County
Manuscript entitled "Early History of Oil & Gas in Calhoun County" by Harry Holliday written ca. 1977. The 10 short chapters are a total of 46 pages of text.
Herbert P. McGinnis Papers
Well leases and records, geologic reports, maps, printed material, photographs, and other papers of McGinnis, an oil and gas operator who owned the Tri-State Oil & Gas Co. of West Virginia, and who, after graduating from Marshall University in 1910, became a leading figure in the oil and gas business. Some of his poetry is included in the collection.
Hugh Sayre, Collector, Papers
Correspondence, miscellaneous family papers, nineteenth century school records, ledgers, bank books, and memorabilia of Hugh F. Sayre and family of Parkersburg, Reedy, St. Marys and West Creek, West Virginia. Some material relates to oil and gas leases on the Sayre family farm and Sayre's invention of a scientific alphabet called EBDECORD.
James Edwin Green, Photographer, Glass Plate Negatives and Other Material
Kendall Family of Marion County Papers
Leases for Rights to Oil and Gas Properties
The leases in this collection grant oil and gas rights to companies operating in Tyler County.