Name/Title
"GEOLOGY AND OIL RESOURCES OF THE PUENTE HILLS REGION, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA"Entry/Object ID
2003.13.1.1Description
"GEOLOGY AND OIL RESOURCES OF THE PUENTE HILLS REGION, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA"
Color: Green; Gold; White
"Geology and Oil Resources of the Puente Hills Region, Southern California," Bulletin 768 issued by the U. S. Geological Service, by Walter A. English (Washington: Government Printing Office,) 1926. The item is bound in a green cloth cover with gold lettering on the spine with the title, author's last name, series number, and the publisher's initials. The 100-page document contains sections on geogrpahy; geology; structure; and the oil resources of the hills. With the latter, there are subsections on oil occurrence; producing fields history; the several proved fields; possible areas of production outside proved areas; future production of the district; technology of production; and a section on the oil's character by Paul W. Prutzman. There are fourteen plates, five photographic within the text and nine separate items, consisting of maps (numbered 2.1 through 2.9 in this accession,) provided in a pocket at the back of the artifact. Three figures are also included in the text. At the back is an index. The cover is in very good shape and there are only some minor creases and superficial page browning in the text, so the overall condition is good.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Books, U. S. Geological Survey, United States. Department of the Interior, United States. Government Printing Office, Petroleum prospecting--California, Southern, Oil fields--California, Southern, Petroleum industry and trade--California, Southern, Petroleum mining--California, Southern
