The Oil Man Archive

Derrick and Drill

New York: James Miller, 1865.

Petrolia: A Brief History of the Pennsylvania Petroleum Region

Cone, Andrew, and Walter R. Johns. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1870.

Scanned by OIL MAN

The Early and Later History of Petroleum

Henry, J. T. Philadelphia: Jas. B. Rodgers Co., 1873.

Land prices near strikes, royalties as ground was proven, and prices in the first boom years.

Report on the Production, Technology, and Uses of Petroleum and Its Products

Peckham, S. F. Tenth Census of the United States, vol. 10. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884.

The source for the game's derrick bill of materials, rig costs and what it takes to build and re-rig.

Sketches in Crude Oil

McLaurin, John J. Harrisburg, Pa.: published by the author, 1896.

Teamsters, wagon loads and hauling in the Oil Region.

The Derrick's Hand-Book of Petroleum

Oil City, Pa.: Derrick Publishing Company, 1898.