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

Description: 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.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1935
Call number: 475670
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Kettleman North Dome Association collection

Manuscripts

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.

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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

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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 Hills facing east, Kings County. March 9, 1931

Visual Materials

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."

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Report of the geology and oil possibilities of the Kettleman Hills, Fresno and King Counties, California

Manuscripts

Report on oil in California's central valley, by the geologist R. D. Reed. Includes maps. The large map is titled "Geologic Map of the Kettleman Hills Fresno, Kings and Kern Counties, California accompanying the report of R.D. Reed. Scale 1/31680." It measures 147x74 cm. The report was apparently produced at the behest of the Maryland Oil Company, a major American oil company founded in 1917, and in 1920 was estimated to control 10% of the world's oil production. In 1929 it merged with Continental Oil by purchasing it, retaining the name Continental Oil.

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Oil derrick, Kettleman Hills, Kings County. January 1923

Visual Materials

A panoramic view of an oil derrick in the Kettleman Hills of Kings County. The oil rig in the center of the image is labeled "P-S [Powell-Stockton] Inv. Co Derrick ; Kettleman Hills" in white. The derrick has a few sheds nearby, and two circular storage tanks on the hill just beyond it. There are a couple automobiles parked in the area. The surrounding land is dry and hilly, with only low scrub growing. Writing in white in the bottom right reads "No. 3. By ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico, L.A."

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Kettleman Hills oil field, Kings County. January 1923

Visual Materials

A panoramic view of the Kettleman Hills oil field in Kings County. There is an oil rig on the left which belongs to Powell-Stockton Investment Co. The derrick has a few sheds nearby, and two circular storage tanks on the hill just beyond it. A man in a dark suit stands on a slope between the camera and the derrick. The surrounding land is dry and hilly, with only low scrub growing.

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

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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

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