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Casing-Pulling Device.

Description: Patent for providing a casing pulling device of simple, compact and durable construction that will permit it being lowered into a well casing without being obstructed in its descent by irregularities or bends in the casing so as to ensure proper operation.
Date: 192X
Creator: Carter, George W. & Hayden, R.B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Classifier and Separator.

Description: Patent for classifiers and separators used in mining to separate solids and liquids in the tank. It allows for easy removal and replacement of parts as they wear.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: Allen, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Roller Boring-Drill.

Description: Patent for a roller boring-drill with improved arrangement of cutters on the head, and formation of teeth on the cutters. This new head design is better for drilling formations that are not brittle.
Date: August 23, 1921
Creator: Fletcher, Harold W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sulfur-Mining

Description: Patent for improvement on sulfur mining by which "sulfur is fused by a heated fluid forced down into the well to the vicinity of the sulfur deposit and when so fused the sulfur is forced to the surface of the ground through a return pipe" (lines 14-18).
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
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Rotary Boring Drill.

Description: Patent for "rotary boring drills for use in drilling wells or mines in earth or rock" (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[News Script: Vietnam circumvents US]

Description: Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Vietnam attempting to stop US mining in their harbors.
Date: June 21, 1972, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Land project]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 7, 1985, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Reclaim]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 7, 1980, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Thurber]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 24, 1979, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 28 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Mineral Wars]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story. This story aired at 10pm.
Date: June 7, 1993, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Drill-Support.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Drill-Supports, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to drilling apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus of this character for use in coal or other mines for boring or drilling holes for blasting charges and other purposes" (lines 6-13).
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Williams, Benjamin F. & Mayfield, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Roller Boring-Drill

Description: Patent for roller boring drill that provides the cutting device to maintain clearance of the drill-head and can be adjusted to compensate for wear.
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Drilling Apparatus

Description: Patent for well drilling apparatus (commonly known as rotaries) with eliminated screws and nuts, and reduced minimum number of parts, and which provides a quickly and easily operable gripping device.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Black, Lee J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Earth-Auger.

Description: Patent for a device that drills into the ground and lifts the contents into a metal container. The hand-operated device also has wings that expand to let the user know when to empty the contents.
Date: April 10, 1917
Creator: Phillips, Dave T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Miner's Lamp.

Description: Patent for a miner's lamp with a combustion chamber that allows for the regulation and extinguishing of the flame. It is designed to be lightweight and cheap to manufacture.
Date: July 29, 1913
Creator: Sallander, Carl G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump-Rod Coupling.

Description: Patent for "a pump rod coupling and more particularly to a coupling adapted to connect together pump rods made of wood or similar substance" (lines 8-11).
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Kemp, Thomas Stephen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mining Sulfur.

Description: Patent for extracting sulfur that is being mined from the stratum that has the minerals. A fluid medium, such as air or a heated liquid, is forced into the stratum which assists with the elevation of the liquid mineral. As the minerals come up the heated tubes, the liquefied minerals are sent into vats.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hazel Mine

Description: Geologic map of the Hazel Mine in Culberson County, Texas, showing drifts, veins, wall rocks, and shafts of both vertical and horizontal sections. The horizontal sections, displayed as eleven segments, correspond to the numbers on the vertical representation of the mine.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Texas Islitas Quadrangle: Grid Zone "D"

Description: Topographic quadrangle map of Islitas, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, water bodies, boundaries, railroads, roads and highways, ranches, abandoned coal mines, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 20 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:62,500
Date: 1956
Creator: Bruner, C. A.; Moore, J. C.; Drouet, A.; McKibben, T. H.; Worthington, J. P.; Kenda, P. et al.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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