Name/Title
"MINING AND OIL BULLETIN," JUNE 1916Entry/Object ID
2001.117.3.1Description
Color: Black; White
"Mining and Oil Bulletin," Volume 2 Number 7, issued by the Chamber of Mines and Oil, Los Angeles, June 1916. The artifact has 28 pages and a gray cardstock cover with the title, publisher's name, and the date at the top of the front. At the center is a black and white photograph of two men standing in an oil field. At the bottom of the image is a caption that reads, "SPINDLE TOP: NEAR BEAUMONT, TEXAS, WHERE THE LAYNE AND BOWLER SCREEN IS VERY POPULAR." An advertisement for the Layne & Bowler Corporation is at the bottom. On the back is an illustrated advertisement for the Smith-Booth-Usher Company's natural gas machines. Many advertisements and a table of contents are at the beginning. Included are California petroleum production statistics, and articles on the Goldstone District in San Bernardino county; Octave gold mine in Arizona; efficient mine pumping; semi-diesel oil engines; and more. At the end is a buyers' guide. Many black and white photographs are included. With some abrasions; creases; dents; some soiling; pencil marks on the inside; small stains; tarnish from the staples; and small tears on the spine, the object is in fair condition.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Pamphlets, Chamber of Mines and Oil, Smith-Booth-Usher Co., Layne & Boyler Corporation, Mineral industries, Mining engineering--Arizona, Petroleum industry and trade, Petroleum industry and trade--Statistics, Mining districts--San Bernardino (Calif.)