San Francisco: California State Mining Bureau, 1922. Blueline map, approximately 29 x 44 inches. Old folds, scattered dust-soiling, minor wear at crossfolds, light wear and occasional short closed tears to edges, subtly reinforced with tape on verso, a handful of small pencil emendations. An impressive plat map showing land and..... More

[Oakland: 1909]. Six pieces, including three real photo postcards, typed letter, folding map, and transmittal envelope. Light creasing to images; light tanning to letter and map. Interesting promotional material for the La Blanc Oil Company for their developments in the Sunset Oil Field in Kern County, California in 1909. A...... More

[Mystic, Ct. 1946-1954]. Approximately 210 individual documents of varying lengths. Light wear. Post-World War II business archive of George Deneke, an Old Mystic, Connecticut, resident who invested heavily in oil and mining operations in the Western United States and Canada. Present here are well over 200 individual documents documents relating..... More

[N.p., but likely Pennsylvania]: 1889-1892. [28]pp. Folio. Original black half sheep and marbled boards. Spine and corners heavily worn, boards worn. Several leaves cut away, with later French funeral notices pasted in on stubs. Ledger recording transactions for several companies and individuals extracting oil in Pennsylvania from 1889 to 1892..... More

[Various places, mostly Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. 1931-1932]. Eighty-five typed and manuscript letters, including thirty mimeographed copies of a form response. Moderate chipping and wear to a few letters, most previously folded but otherwise in strong condition. A fascinating collection of correspondence relating to spurious Depression-era claims on the..... More

Abilene, Tx. Zingery Oil Map Co., [ca. 1930s]. Blueline map on drafting linen, approximately 54 x 41 inches. Minor wear, contemporary pencil notations. A substantially-sized and seemingly unrecorded Texas oil map featuring the Joiner oilfields in Rusk County, Texas, the first known map to show the Joiner Subdivision, with oil wells, claim ownership, and..... More

Gainesville, Tx. W.W. Howeth Co., [ca. 1920s]. Blueline map, 27 x 29 inches. Old folds, very short separations to some fold lines, most reinforced with archival repairs on verso. Extensive hand coloring and some pencil notations. A rare and seemingly unrecorded cadastral map showing land ownership and mineral rights along..... More

Fort Worth: Standard Blue Print Map and Engineering Company, [ca. 1925]. Large blue line map, approximately 37.5 x 36.5 inches. Several patches of discoloration along folds. Light dust soiling and toning. An unrecorded, quite detailed map of land ownership, oil wells, and development in Northwest Texas, published circa 1925 by..... More

[Venezuela: 1943]. 48 original photographs, each 8 x 10 inches. Quarto. Plain leather boards, twin-bolt binding. Some photos detached from mounts, some wear to covers, but images generally fine, with typed captions affixed beneath each photo. A rare photographic document of Venezuelan oil production in the early 20th century. This..... More