Finding Oil: The Nature of Petroleum Geology, 1859-1920

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225 Index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. actor-network theory, 181n31 Amarillo Oil Company, 121 Amarillo tx, 120, 121 American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 106 Angell, Cyrus D., 40–42, 70, 186n106 anthracite coal, 57 anticlinal theory, 71–73, 81, 84, 89, 119–22, 135, 137–39, 167–69, 190nn120–21; acceptance of, 101, 195n108; and Charles N. Gould, 110–11 anticlines, 38–39, 71, 72, 82, 135, 161; and beauty, 113; exhibit model of, 138; mapping of, 166; in Texas Panhandle , 120. See also Augusta anticline ; Coalinga anticline; Cushing anticline; El Dorado anticline antitrust ruling. See Standard Oil Company Appalachian Mountains, 56 Arbuckle Mountains, 112–13, 113, 114, 115, 116, 124 Arnold, Ralph, 90, 197n80 asphalt veins, 24 Associated Oil Company, 125 Augusta anticline, 160–61 Augusta oil field ks, 117, 159–61, 163, 171, 195n108 authority, 2, 117–18, 172; and early prospecting methods, 44; and geological theories, 46, 68–69, 121–22, 174; and geologists, 43, 103–6, 122; institutional, 116, 139; intellectual, 61; internalized, 105; and local knowledge, 82; and mapmaking ability, 125; professional, 58–61, 68–69, 104; and publicity, 117–18; and reading the landscape, 88; shift in, 46; and topographical science, 56 Barnsdall, Theodore N., 153–54, 154, 156, 201n43, 202n59 Barnsdall, William, 153–54 Barnsdall Oil Company, 154 Bartlesville ok, 81, 89, 152, 192n27 Beaumont tx, 103 Beebe, B. W., 119 index 226 belt-line theory, 40–42, 48, 64, 69–70, 81, 89, 186n113, 191n19 Benedum, Mike, 192n43 Bolt, Ben, 132, 133 Breckenridge co, 115 Bryan, Ruth, 30 Burning Mountain ok, 115 Buttram, Frank, 134–35 California, 1, 16, 125, 180nn25–26 Callon, Michael, 181n31 Canadian River, 120 Carll, John F., 12, 73–77, 74, 169 Carpenter, Everett, 117–18, 132, 133, 147, 158–61, 158, 164, 165, 167–68, 201n42 Carter Oil Company, 115, 173 cartography, 120 cemeteries, drilling in, 38–39 centralized planning, 83 chance, 25–26, 35 Chance, Henry M., 66, 68–69 Chanute ks, 85 charismatics, 23, 25–35, 90–91 Cities Service Holding Company, 13, 144–45, 145, 147, 158, 164 Clapp, Frederick, 138–39 Clarion County pa, 68–69 Coalinga anticline, 72 collaboration, 47, 58–62, 64–70, 75–77, 116–18, 198n90 common sense, 31, 33, 42–44 The Confidence Man (Melville), 26 confidence men, 26–27, 28, 90–91 consultants, 81–82, 101, 104, 132–34, 137, 161, 181n3 contour maps, 73–74, 76, 76, 100, 120, 161, 164–66 control, 25–26 core samples, 170 Corsicana oil field tx, 137 Crabtree, J. Russell, 160–61 craft tradition, 148–49 creekology, 39, 90. See also vernacular prospectors creek skimmers, 154 cross-sections, 60–61, 71, 160, 169 cultural constructs, 16, 25–26, 31, 35, 181n28 Cushing anticline, 82, 84, 100, 133 “The Cushing Oil Field” (Hutchison ), 135 Cushing oil field ok, 98–102, 135, 136–37, 195n108. See also Cushing anticline Cushing ok, 13, 82, 98–102 DeGolyer, Everette L., 26, 90–97, 101, 110–11, 124, 138, 183n27, 195n108 Del Pio Luogo, Augusta, 29 Denver Light and Electric Company, 147–48 Diescher, Alfred, 117, 157–61, 166 Diescher, Samuel, 157–58 discontinuity, 73, 73, 168 divining rods, 30–31, 34–35, 43–44 Doheney, Edward L., 192n43 Doherty, Henry L., 13–14, 143, 144, 146–51, 146, 157, 172, 180n19; and gushers, 176–77; as system builder, 144–45, 174, 200n4 Doherty School of Practice, 150–53, 165, 200n27, 201n39 doodlebugs, 21, 25, 27, 30–35 Drake, Edwin T., 24 drillers’ logs, 169. See also record keeping Dropright dome ok, 101 index 227 Dumble, Edwin T., 205n121 economic gain, 136–37, 139 economies of scale, 143, 172 El Dorado anticline, 162 El Dorado oil field ks, 117, 161, 163, 171, 195n108 Eldridge, George Homans, 125, 197n80 Empire Gas and Fuel Company, 117, 152, 157–61, 163–67, 169–71, 201n42, 203nn94–95 Endicott, Laura, 86 engineers and engineering, 145, 149–51, 170–72, 200n19 environment, 97, 120, 138–39. See also landscape; nature environmental history, 3, 17 The Farmer’s Almanac, 93 field trips, 111–14, 113, 114, 126 field work, 7, 108–9, 114–17, 131–32, 132, 133; and authority, 3; and Charles N. Gould, 164; and Doherty School of Practice, 152– 53; and geological theories, 48, 67, 74, 104–5; and practical oil men, 37–38; and professional geologists, 63, 97–98; and United States Geological Survey, 123–25, 126 Finley, Guy, 30 Fortuna Oil...