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

List of Illustrations

Illustrations 1 Iconic image of a gushing oil well, 1914 5 2 J. Peter Lesley 52 3 An idealized cross-section of an anticline 71 4 Coalinga anticline, Eastside field, Fresno County, California, 1907 72 5 Stratigraphic trap 73 6 John Franklin Carll 74 7 Carll’s subsurface structure contour map 76 8 Tom B. Slick 85 9 Tom B. Slick, Oklahoma City, circa 1927 87 10 Tom B. Slick, St. Charles Bay, circa 1927 99 11 Dr. Charles N. Gould, September 16, 1900 106 12 Dr. Charles N. Gould with a group of geology students, 1906 107 13 First geological field party in Oklahoma, August 1900 108 14 International Petroleum Exposition, Tulsa, September 24 to October 1, 1927 110 15 Oklahoma Geological Survey exhibit, state fair of Oklahoma, circa 1909 111 16 Geology field trip, October 1909 113 17 Students sketching geological vistas, 1909 114 18 Mostly female geology students studying geological strata, 1910 115 19 Women geology students gathering small fossils, 1909 116 20 The first topographical field party in the Arbuckle Mountains, 1905 124 21 The University of Oklahoma geology department and United States Geological Survey men, 1910 126 22 1927 exhibit at the International Petroleum Exposition, Tulsa 128 23 Geological expedition, Verdigris River, 1909 132 24 Daniel W. Ohern’s field party, 1910 133 25 North end of the Cushing oil field, Cimarron River, Oklahoma 136 26 An Oklahoma Geological Survey exhibit, state fair of Oklahoma, circa 1912–16 138 27 Memorial sketch of Henry L. Doherty 144 28 One of many Cities Service gas stations 145 29 Henry L. Doherty 146 30 Theodore N. Barnsdall 154 31 Herbert Straight 155 32 Cities Service geological crew, early 1900s 158 33 Topographical map depicting the El Dorado anticline and associated elevations, 1918 162 34 Cities Service geological staff, 1916 164 ...