Voices From The Oil Fields

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Voices From The Oil Fields

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Author : Paul F. Lambert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-02-20

Voices From The Oil Fields written by Paul F. Lambert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-20 with categories.

During the oil-boom days of the early twentieth century, a few lucky or shrewd individuals made millions of dollars virtually overnight. It is a familiar theme in the romantic mythology that sprang up about the era. But the people who produced those millions are the real story, told in these word-for-word recollections of early-day workers in the "oil patch." In vivid, often poignant detail these men and women recall the grueling toil, primitive living and working conditions, and ever-present danger in a time when life was cheap and oil was gold. In the late 1930s employees of the Federal Writers Project, a branch of the New Deal Workers Progress Administration, recorded the voices of these pioneers as they offered their memories, sometimes wryly humorous and sometimes bitter, of the turmoil that was the daily lot of the oilfielders. We meet colorful, tough-talking "Manila Kate," who took over her husband's drilling outfit after he died in an explosion. A welder vividly recalls the death of his closest pal, a skilled hand who loved to take chances. In an oil-field shantytown the support of good-hearted neighbors assuages the pain of a bereaved and impoverished family. A "shooter" recalls the deadly danger of the "soup wagon" the buckboard that delivered the nitroglycerin to the well--or blew up on the way. While many of the individuals witnessed bizarre accidents that became almost routine in the early oil fields, their personal stories also show how uncertain job security and wages could be, even before the Depression, when dry holes and plummeting oil prices left thousands of workers broke and homeless. Many of the interviewers provide valuable technical details about early oilfield operations. Yet it is the stories of the people, the workers themselves, that endure. The early oil industry was built upon their toil, their pain, and their courage, all of which are evident in every word recorded here.

Oilfield Trash

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Author : Bobby D. Weaver
language : en
Publisher: Kenneth E. Montague Oil and Bu
Release Date : 2013-08-20

Oilfield Trash written by Bobby D. Weaver and has been published by Kenneth E. Montague Oil and Bu this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-20 with Business & Economics categories.

When the first gusher blew in at Spindletop, near Beaumont, Texas, in 1901, petroleum began to supplant cotton and cattle as the economic engine of the state and region. Very soon, much of the workforce migrated from the cotton field to the oilfield, following the lure of the wealth being created by black gold. The early decades of the twentieth century witnessed the development of an oilfield culture, as these workers defined and solidified their position within the region’s social fabric. Over time, the work force grew more professionalized, and technological change attracted a different type of laborer. Bobby D. Weaver grew up and worked in the oil patch. Now, drawing on oral histories supplemented and confirmed by other research, he tells the colorful stories of the workers who actually brought oil wealth to Texas. Drillers, shooters, toolies, pipeliners, teamsters, roustabouts, tank builders, roughnecks . . . each of them played a role in the frenzied, hard-driving lifestyle of the boomtowns that sprouted overnight in association with each major oil discovery. Weaver tracks the differences between company workers and contract workers. He details the work itself and the ethos that surrounds it. He highlights the similarities and differences from one field to another and traces changing aspects of the work over time. Above all, Oilfield Trash captures the unique voices of the laboring people who worked long, hard hours, often risking life and limb to keep the drilling rigs “turning to the right.”

Life In The Oil Fields

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Author : Roger M. Olien
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986

Life In The Oil Fields written by Roger M. Olien and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.

Much has been said about the great gushers, the notorious wildcatters, and the raucous boomtowns of oil field life, but the stories of the people who lived their lives in the shadow of the derrick have mainly gone untold. This book is a fascinating look at the everyday life of oil field workers and their families, told through oral recollections and eighty photographs. The surviving culture of the oil patch has become perhaps more significant than the diminishing reserves remaining under the surface of the ground. It is a culture that reveals itself in the popular phrase: "You can take the Texan out of the oil field, but you can't take the oil field out of the Texan." As Texas changed from a rural to urban/industrial society, no group experienced this passage more vividly than oil field workers and their families. This book is a compelling chronicle of those times. -- from Book Jacket.

Oil Fields

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Oil Fields written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Oil fields categories.

Roughnecks Drillers And Tool Pushers

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Author : Gerald Lynch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987

Roughnecks Drillers And Tool Pushers written by Gerald Lynch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Business & Economics categories.

Oil And Revolution In Mexico

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Author : Jonathan C. Brown
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2022-05-27

Oil And Revolution In Mexico written by Jonathan C. Brown and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-27 with Business & Economics categories.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1993.

Aramco

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017

Aramco written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with History categories.

Includes facsimile items and memorabilia.

Ups And Downs Of The Oil Fields

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Author : Wm. N. [from old catalog] Calvert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890

Ups And Downs Of The Oil Fields written by Wm. N. [from old catalog] Calvert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with categories.

The Texture Of Industry

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Author : Robert Boyd Gordon
language : en
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1997

The Texture Of Industry written by Robert Boyd Gordon and has been published by New York : Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Electronic book categories.

While historians have given ample attention to stories of entrepreneurship, invention, and labor conflict, they have told us little about actual work-places and how people worked. Workers seldom wrote about their daily employment. However, they did leave behind their tools, products, shops, and factories as well as the surrounding industrial landscapes and communities. In this book, Gordon and Malone look at the industrialization of North America from the perspective of the industrial archaeologist. Using material evidence from such varied sites as Indian steatite quarries, automobile plants, and coal mines, they examine manufacturing technology, transportation systems, and the effects of industrialization on the land. Their research greatly expands our understanding of industry and focuses attention on the contributions of anonymous artisans whose skills shaped our industrial heritage.

Ten Years In The Oil Fields

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Author : John P. Slim Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1926*

Ten Years In The Oil Fields written by John P. Slim Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1926* with Oil fields categories.