Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association convention

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20046952

Description

Old Kate, a mule, had a hand in the spudding of an oil rig at the Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association convention. Mules had a role to play in the spudding as early rotary oil rigs were rotated with the aid of a mule. attendees (left to right) J. P. Shannon, J. G. Hamill, Fort Worth, Texas; A. W. Hamill, Tulsa, Oklahoma; William M. Elliott, Corsicana, Texas; Ed Ritterbacher, vice president of the american Well and Prospecting Company, owner of the rig, and Frank Pickrell, who is credited with the opening of the Permian Basin area with the discovery of the Big Lake pool in Reagan County, one of West Texas' leading fields, and Old Kate. Attendees and mule are shown standing by oil rig. Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Evening Edition November 01, 1940.

Archival Date

1940-10-31

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1266

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Meetings; Petroleum industry; Oil well drilling rigs; Mules