MINING AND OIL BULLETIN, MARCH 1919

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"MINING AND OIL BULLETIN," MARCH 1919

Entry/Object ID

2001.117.12.1

Description

Color: Black; White "Mining and Oil Bulletin," Volume 5 Number 4, issued by the Chamber of Mines and Oil, Los Angeles, March 1919. The artifact has 62 pages and a gray cardstock which has the title, publisher's name, and the date at the top of the front. Written in pencil at the top right corner is "pp 191 / 208." At the center is an advertisement for the McEvoy Wireless Well Strainer Co. On the back is an advertisement for the Meese & Gottfried Company. At the beginning of the inside are many advertisements. Included are articles on oil land relief; oil and gas studies for Holbrook, Arizona; the dehydration of petroleum; mining in Hemet, California; United States petroleum production statistics; the wage scale for the oil industry in California; and more. A buyers' guide is at the end. Many black and white phototgraphs are included. The object is in poor condition with abrasions; brittleness of the cover; creases; dents; soiling; sveral pencil marks; stains; and tears.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Engineering

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Pamphlets, Chamber of Mines and Oil, Meese and Gottfried, McEvoy Wireless Well Strainer Co., Mineral industries, Mining engineering, Petroleum industry and trade, Petroleum industry and trade--Statistics--United States, Mining districts--Hemet (Calif.), Petroleum industry and trade--Holbrook (Ariz.), Wages--Ptroleum workers--California

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Pamphlets