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Description

With Extensive Annotations -- Including Oil Sands

A chart illustrating the expanding oil and gas industry of Kern County, California.   Some recognizable names and companies appear on this map, namely the Rothschild Family Oil Trust, the Texas Oil Company, and Shell Oil. These titans of the oil are joined by other competitors who own wells in various stages of operation in the area.

The chart is quite detailed in displaying the different states of wells. Broadly, they fall into uncompleted and completed with specific designations for if they are abandoned, drilling, idle, or producing. This additional information makes the chart extremely useful for determining the production capacity of the area and how it has developed over time.     

The most intriguing aspect of this map is the manuscript annotations presumably made by someone surveying the area, including roads and/or pipelines in the area with a green and red pencil.  

Other notable hand-illustrated locations are the Hart Memorial Park and the local Golf Course. 

Condition Description
Original hand coloring and manuscript annotations showing the locations of roads and new buildings. Stamp left of title gives a notice that Effective April 1, 1955, these maps cost $1.25. Some offsetting and toning where folded.