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Kettleman North Dome Association collection

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Description: This collection consists of business records, correspondence, and legal cases related to Kettleman North Dome Association. There are exhibits, legal opinions, trial briefs, and transcripts related to Ervin S. Armstrong, James E. Babcock, F.C. Dougherty, and Louise C. Koons, Plaintiffs, vs. Kettleman North Dome Association, a corporation, et al., Defendants. Shell Oil Company, a corporation, one of the defendants herein, Cross Complainant, vs. Kettleman North Dome Association, a corporation et al., Cross Defendants case. The letters are primarily replies from United States senators addressing George W. Nilssons concerns about conservation. In Box 6, there is a bulletin from California. Department of Natural Resources. Geological Formations and Economic Development of the Oil and Gas Fields of California.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1929-1973.
Call number: mssKettleassociation
Creator: Kettleman North Dome Association

Map of Kettleman Hills North Dome, Kings & Fresno Counties, California

Rare Books

Shows various claims inside and outside Kettleman Hills North Dome Association. An attempt to arrive at fair representation for integrating this oil field.[Signed] George W. Nilssen."Drawn by W. A. Walker, May 31, 1934, Revised Sept. 20, 1935. File 97/5." Composite Section Kettleman Hills North Dome. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Blue line print.

475670

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Composite Transverse Section A -A' : North Dome Kettleman Hills / by H.V. Dodd, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas

Rare Books

A blue line print defining the shape and extent of the oil and gas field in Kettleman Hills North Dome. Wells are shown to various depths with the characteristic specific gravity of the oil extracted at various levels defining the economic value of this area. See Teapot Dome Scandal involving this area. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Blue line print.

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Kettleman North Dome Association collection

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mssKettlemanassociation

Kettleman Hills facing east, Kings County. March 9, 1931

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A panoramic view of the Kettleman Hills oil field in Kings County. The image is taken from North Dome, facing east towards a rolling landscape with only low scrub growing. There is one oil derrick on the left side in the foreground, and about sixteen more spread across the hills in the background. The foreground oil rig is labeled "N.A. Blauvelt (?) No. 1." In addition to the rig itself, there are a few sheds and circular storage tanks, and a pair of automobiles parked nearby. There is another circular storage tank on a hill on the far right. Numerous dirt roads cut across the landscape, a few of which have power/telephone lines running alongside of them. Writing in white in bottom center reads "Photo No 4 By ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico St. ; L.A." and "N.E. Slope, N. Dome ; Kettleman Hills ; 3-9-1931."

photCL 470 (214)

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Subject files -- Belmac and McKittrick Oil Field, (1936-1941)

Manuscripts

Correspondence from R.H. Anderson, Inc. and Notes on the age of the top of the sand in the North Dome of Kettleman Hills

mssSiegfus

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Railroad Commission of the State of California

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Municipal League vs. Southern Pacific, and Other Cases, Case No. 907, et al.; Los Angeles Grade Crossing and Union Depot Cases, C.R.C. Nos. 970, 971, 972, 974, 980, 981, 983, Application No. 3346; Central Development Association of Los Angeles, Plaintiff, vs. The Southern Pacific Company, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, and San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, Defendants

mssGibbon

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Map of Kettleman Hills North Dome, Kings & Fresno Counties, California

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