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Oil in the Deep South : a history of the oil business in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, 1859-1945
- Title
- Oil in the Deep South : a history of the oil business in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, 1859-1945 / Dudley J. Hughes.
- Author
- Hughes, Dudley J.
- Publication
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HD9567.M7 H84 1993 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Mississippi Geological Society.
- Description
- xv, 267 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- The first wildcatters in the Southeastern states of Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida began drilling around the turn of the century, but success eluded them. Except for a few insignificant shallow gas fields in northern Alabama, all early wells - more than two hundred of them by 1925 - proved to be dry. Huge riches from petroleum were being reaped in nearby Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas. It appeared that the Mississippi River was a barrier, an underground dike which.
- Prevented the oil and gas from crossing into adjoining states. This is the first book to document the history of the petroleum business in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. It records a statistical and chronological summary and highlights the many people and companies involved in the oil industry during its early days in this region. After too many discouraging years of exploration, success finally came in 1939. The big payoff was the discovery of the Tinsley Oil Field.
- In Yazoo County, Mississippi, a field that eventually produced more than 200 million barrels. Then came repeated successes as an amazing number of huge oil and gas fields were found during the years 1940 to 1945, even when the nation was in the throes of World War II. By the end of the war, petroleum had become a major industry in the Southeast.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "Published for the Mississippi Geological Society."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p.[249]-254) and index.
- Contents
- The development of petroleum in the southeastern states to 1925. The birth of the oil business, 1859-1925 ; Early developments in Alabama through 1925 ; Oil drilling in Mississippi through 1925 ; Oil drilling in Florida through 1925 ; The ancient basins ; The exploration teams -- The 1926-1938 era. The landowners ; Amory gas field ; The oil people ; The first seismograph in Mississippi ; Early oil plays in Mississippi ; Natural gas in the Southeastern states ; The Jackson Gas Field ; Conservation and tax laws ; Capturing the gas markets ; Developments in the 1930s ; The oil fraternity of the 1930s ; Other interesting events of the 1930s ; Alabama, 1926-1938 ; Florida, 1926-1938 ; The stage is set ; Other significant events affecting the oil business, 1926-1938 -- The 1939-1941 era. Mississippi, 1939-1941 ; Tinsley field ; The Dixie Geological Service ; Two more discoveries in Mississippi ; The oil fraternity expands ; Other exploration acitivities in Mississippi ; Alabama, 1939-1941 ; Florida, 1939-1941 ; Preparations for war -- The bloom of the war years, 1942-1945. The United States enters World War II ; Mississippi, 1942-1945 ; Drilling resumes ; Drilling trends in Mississippi ; The fabulous new discoveries ; Near misses ; The oil fraternity of the war years ; Mississippi's wartime success ; Alabama, 1942-1945 ; Florida, 1942-1945 ; The southeastern states at the close of 1945.
- ISBN
- 0878056157
- 9780878056156
- LCCN
- 92037759
- OCLC
- ocm27011208
- 27011208
- SCSB-1980396
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library