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Title: Black Gold South of the Border
Description: Article profiles Jim "Blacky" Pryor, an independent oilman or "wildcatter" who operates out of Kansas City. Pryor launched his career in the 1980s drilling for oil in eastern Kansas. He founded the Pryor Oil Company in 1984 and Black Star 231 in 1995. Over the past decade, Pryor's focus has been exploiting untapped fields in Central America.
Date: 2008-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Cities Service Oil Company Station
Description: View of front and south side of Cities Service Oil Company station at 3441 Broadway Boulevard.
Date: 1957-10-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: An Energy Trove Awaits . . . Maybe
Description: A possible oil and natural-gas boom may occur in southern Kansas as drilling companies increase efforts to recover gas and oil by fracking. Although "its role has shrunk," Kansas "remains a player as one of the top 10 oil-producing states in the country, contributing 2 percent of U.S. production." The fracking process, "use of water and chemicals under high pressure to retrieve oil and natural gas that were once out of reach," are concentrated in "what is known as the Mississippian Lime play, a seam of rock under roughly 6.5 million acres of land stretching from Oklahoma into southwest and central Kansas." Article includes a diagram of hydraulic fracturing.
Date: 2012-02-28
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Kansas Oil Fields Come Up Short
Description: Article reports on the under-performing oil industry in the state of Kansas. The primary reason given for the lack of production is that limestone formations haven proven difficult to drill through and not produced the projected yield. As a result, many energy companies are scaling-back production or leaving the state altogether.
Date: 2013-10-23
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Mineral Resources of Nebraska-Iowa-Kansas-Missouri-Oklahoma-Arkansas
Description: Color map shows mineral deposits, production areas of coal, natural gas and petroleum, and locations of quarries, refineries, and other processing facilities. Colors and symbols designate different resources. Counties and states are labelled but not towns.
Date: 1946
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1949, Page p102
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 5th Street south to W. 7th Street and from Pennsylvania Avenue east to Broadway, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1949
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1949, Page p144
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 24th Street south to W. 25th Street and from Madison Avenue east to W. Pennway, showing buildings, railroads, and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1949
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1949, Page p152
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 27th Street south to W. 28th Street and from Southwest Boulevard east to Jarboe Street, showing buildings, railroads, and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1949
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1896-1907, Page p129
Description: Northeastern part of early Kansas City from E. Front Street south to E. 4th Street and from Charlotte Street east to Harrison Street, showing buildings, streets, and railroad lines. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1896/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1896-1907, Page p130
Description: Northeastern part of early Kansas City from E. Front Street south to E. 4th Street and from Harrison Street east to Troost Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and railroad lines. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1896/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1909-1957, Page p333
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 19th Street south to E. 21st Street and from The Paseo east to Woodland Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1909-1957, Page p339
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 19th Street south to E. 21st Street and from College Avenue east to Bales Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 5, 1940-1941, Page p1216
Description: A portion of Kansas City from the Big Blue River south to E. 24th Street and from the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railroad east to Tullis Avenue, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. Indicated at top of sheet that this page number corresponds with pages 707, 710 and 722 in Vol. 5, 1909-1938.
Date: 1940/1941
Object Type: Map

Title: Standard Oil Company Building
Description: View of front and south side of Standard Oil Company Building at 2 W. 40th Street (corner of 40th and Main). Gasoline pumps are visible at entrance.
Object Type: Photograph

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