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Latest revision as of 21:27, 10 July 2019
Charles Laughlin reminisces about his career in the oil business as a well driller.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Charles Laughlin
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: September 28, 1981
Location: Wink, Texas
Interviewer: Richard Mason
Length: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Move to Ranger, Texas (1919),
Hearing about Ranger,
Ranger,
Description,
People,
Oil wells,
Production,
El Paso Natural Gas Company,
Pipeline in South Africa,
Oil prices,
Ranger job,
Driller,
Operation of rigs.
Tape 1, Side 2: Ranger job (continued),
Driller (continued),
Operation of rigs (continued),
Work schedule,
Gas formations,
Bull wheels,
Drill bits,
Sierra Madre Mountains,
Move to Wink, Texas (March 1928),
Reason.
Tape 2, Side 1: Wink, Texas (continued),
Work,
Heavy Brackeen,
Oil towns,
Mining towns.
Tape 2, Side 2: Blank
Range Dates: 1919-1929
Bulk Dates: 1919-1929
Access Information
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Recording Format Notes:
Transcript:
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