Records of the Department of Conservation, Geological Survey, 1946-1952.

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Records of the Department of Conservation, Geological Survey, 1946-1952.

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This record group consists of two sets of records of the Michigan Geological Survey Division. The first set of records are "scout letters" out to field offices (1946-1952). The letters are weekly progress and status reports of exploration, drilling and flowage of active oil and gas operations. They offer permit number; location within county; owner; designation of well; amount pumped per hour; footage drilled; date of treatment with acid; description of pipe; data obtained from samples; and date spudded and completed. The second set of records is correspondence created by petroleum engineers of the Division and the Interstate Oil Compact Commission (1947). The correspondence relates to research and coordination of activities on geophysical work, reporting of statistics, legislation, and oil and gas conservation.

4 mss. boxes (1.8 cu. ft.)

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Michigan. Geological Survey Division

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...

Interstate Oil Compact Commission

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