Rare Books

Santa Fe Springs oil field

Description: Shows the large number of companies involved in extracting oil competitively, leading to the loss of field pressure and 80% of the oil remaining unreachable until unification of the field many years later. An MS note on the upper border states, "$10,000 1/6 - 60 days" indicating the extent of value of this field. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: contour lines. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1928
Call number: 475753
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California oil fields

Visual Materials

Contour map of oil fields in a portion of California. Details include names and locations of oil fields and names of oil companies. Includes Belridge Oil Co., owned by Mericos "Max" Whittier; McKittrick oil field and others.

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Santa Fe Springs Oil Field

Manuscripts

The collection contains letters, documents, including 190,000 reports, 1200 maps, 500 photographs, and 8200 pieces of printed material related to the life and career of Ralph Arnold. Subjects represented in the collection include: mining, petroleum, and seismology in the Western United States as well as Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and South America; political papers from 1914 to 1956, mostly concerning the campaign of Herbert Hoover for president; family and personal papers from 1836 to 1961 of Arnold and his father, Delos Arnold, containing source material on Pasadena and Southern California local history. The collection also contains Arnold's field books, including those made at Stanford University with the U.S. Geological Survey from 1900 to 1909.

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Union Oil Bell No. 18, Santa Fe Springs, Calif

Visual Materials

Image of an oil derrick, identified as Union Oil Bell No. 18, gushing oil at Santa Fe Springs, California.

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Los Angeles Basin Oil Fields

Visual Materials

Contour map of oil fields in Los Angeles, California. Details include names of landowners and oil companies and locations of oil wells. Map is attached to two wooden poles at top and bottom.

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Lovewell's map of the San Juan Basin oil fields

Rare Books

The north-west corner of New Mexico centering around Farmington with geological formations indicated in color. Primarily for oil and gas fields. Submaps: United States with San Juan Basin marked; cross-sectional through oil field. MS note: Key map showing position of properties. Color key for formations. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: contour lines. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 436175.

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Los Angeles oil wells (Santa Fe Springs?)

Visual Materials

Night view of oil derricks along a street with electrical poles and small buildings or houses. The exact location is undetermined; writing on back of photograph suggests this is possibly Santa Fe Springs (Los Angeles).

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Santa Fe Springs oil field

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