Carter Oil Company records

Carter Oil Company records, 1899-1953

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Carter Oil Company
Title: Carter Oil Company records
Dates: 1899-1953 (inclusive)
Date of CollectionDate of Collection

1915-1925 (bulk)
Date of CollectionDate of Collection
Quantity: 34 cubic ft. (9 boxes + 1 map cabinet)
Collection Number: 00562
Summary: Collection contains reports, maps, and other documents relating to oil fields and exploration in Wyoming and Montana.
Repository: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions: Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Carter Oil Company was founded by John Joyce Carter in 1893 in Sisterville, West Virginia. A controlling interest was acquired in 1893 by South Penn Oil Company (later Standard Oil Company of New Jersey). In 1915, headquarters were established in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The company participated in development of the Salt Creek and Billy Creek fields in Wyoming and the Kevin-Sunburst field in Montana, among many other projects.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection contains reports, orthophoto maps, correspondence, and other documents related to the oil development work of Carter Oil Company primarily in Montana and Wyoming during the first half of the twentieth century.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Carter Oil Company at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Carter Oil Company in 1958-1959 and the University of Wyoming Libraries in 2010.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Matthew Francis in June 2011. The collection was updated by D. Claudia Thompson in 2019.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Reports and Supplementary MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Sub-series 1. Montana
Box
1	Report 2 - Carbon County	1917
1	Report 2 - Gypsy Well Area	1923
1	Report 3 - Dry Creek Basin	1916
1	Report 4 - Acton Anticline	1919
1	Report 5 - Cedar Creek Anticline	1922-1937
1	Report 6 - Devil's Basin	1920
1	Report 7 - Duck Creek and Flat-Top Domes	1920
1	Report 8 - Porcupine Dome	1920
1	Report 9 - Woodpile Coulee Structure	1920
1	Report 10 - Cat Creek Anticline	1920-1923
1	Report 11 - Willow Creek Structure	1920
1	Report 12 - Seven-Mile Structure	1920
1	Report 13 - Alzada Region	1920
1	Report 14 - Hill County	1920
1	Report 15 - Denton Area	1920
1	Report 16 - Simms Area	1920
1	Report 16-A - Crown Butte Structure	1921-1923
1-2	Report 17 - Sweet Grass Arch	1920-1923
2	Report 18 - Baker-Glendive Anticline	1916-1941
2	Report 19 - Brush Creek Dome	1920
2	Report 20 - Alice Dome	1921
2	Report 20 - Ragged Point Dome	1920
2	Report 21 - Big Wall Dome	1920
2	Report 22 - Clear Creek Structure	1920-1921, 1952-1953
2	Report 23 - Calf Creek Structure	1920
2	Report 24 - Soap Creek Structure	1920-1922
2	Report 25 - Woody Creek Anticline, Crow Indian Reservation	1921
2	Report 26 - Tenmile Area	1924
2	Report 27 - Crow Indian Reservation	1921
2	Report 32 - Nye-Dean Dome	1934-1935
3	Report 37 - Big Lake and North Big Lake	1935-1937
3	Report 39 - Chalk Butte Structure, Blackfeet Reservation	1937
	Unnumbered Reports and Documents:
Box
3	Agawam Territory	1922
3	Blaine County	1923
3	Bowdoin Dome	1922
3	Bowes Structure	1923, 1952
3	Chouteau County	1922
3	Conrad Area	1922
3	Conrad Dome	1922
3	Cowboy Structure	1923
3	Garfield County	1922
3	Glacier County	1922
3	Goosebill Structure	1922
3	Hobson Anticline	1922
3	Ingomar Dome	undated
3	Kevin District	1922
3	Kevin-Sunburst	1922
3	Lake Basin Field	1922
3	Lake Butte Structure	1922
3	Milk River Anticline	1922
3	Montana Oil Fields	1921-1923
3	Pondera Anticline and Pondera County	1922
3	Reibeling Area	undated
3	Teton County	1920-1923
3	Toole County	1922
3	Vimy Ridge Structure	1922
3	Wayne Creek Dome	1922
	Sub-series 2. Wyoming
Box
4	Report 1 - Wyoming Oil Fields	1899
4	Report 1 - Wyoming Oil Fields	1909
4	Report 3 - Geological Report	1914-1916
4	Report 4 - Bonanza Basin and Grey Bull Field	1914
4	Report 5 - Maverick Springs Structure	1917
4	Report 6 - Sage Creek	1917
4	Report 8 - Old Woman Creek Structure	1917-1919
4	Report 9 - Buck Creek Oil Field	1917-1919
4	Report 11 - Pilot Butte Field	1917-1919
4	Report 12 - Pine Dome	1917
4	Report 13 - Hamilton Dome	1935
4	Report 14 - Waugh Anticline	1917
4	Report 15 - Lucerne, Gebo, and Thermopolis Anticlines	1917
5	Report 16 - Lake Creek and Black Mountain Anticline	1917
5	Report 17 - Kirby Creek Anticline	1917
5	Report 18 - Blue Springs Anticline	1917
5	Report 19 - Teapot Dome Area	1917
5	Report 20 - Red Basin Anticline	1917
5	Report 21 - Arminto Anticline	1917
5	Report 22 - Big Sand Draw Anticline	1917
5	Report 24 - Upton Area	1917
5	Repor 25 - Garland and Byron Anticlines	1917
5	Report 29 - Boone Dome of Powder River Anticline	1917-1919
5	Report 30 - Fourbear Anticline	1917
5	Report 31 - Cody Anticline	1917
5	Report 32 - Hoodoo Creek Anticline	1917
5	Report 33 - Badger Basin and Little Sand Coulee	1917
5	Report 34 - Himes Domes	1917
5	Report 35 - Polecat Dome	1917
5	Report 36 - Pitchfork Anticline and Poverty Flat	1917
5	Report 37 - Sunshine Domes	1917
5	Report 38 - Spring Creek Anticline	1917
5	Report 39 - Gooseberry Domes	1917
5	Report 40 - Midway Dome	1917, 1945
5	Report 44 - Torchlight Dome and Lamb Anticline	1944
5	Report 52 - Hidden Dome	1917
5	Report 54 - Big Muddy Dome	1916
5	Report 56 - Manderson Anticline	undated
5	Report 57 - Paintrock Anticline	undated
5	Report 58 - Bonanza Anticline	undated
5	Report 59 - Nowood Anticline	undated
5	Report 60 - Bud Kimball	undated
5	Report 61 - Mahogany Butte Anticline	undated
6	Report 62 - Notches Dome	undated
6	Report 63 - McComb Anticline	1916
6	Report 64 - Wilson Dome	1916
6	Report 66 - Salt Creek Field	1910-1945
6	Report 68 - Castle Creek and Area West of Teapot Dome	1917-1919
6	Report 69 - General Report on the Anticlines of Wyoming	1917
6	Report 70 - Garland, Byron, Otey Structures	1919-1936
6	Report 72 - Elk Creek Dome	1918
6	Report 74 - Cody Area	1917
6	Report 75 - Cloverly Dome	1917
6	Report 77 - Conant Creek Anticline	1917
6	Report 79 - Buck Springs Anticline	1917
6	Report 81 - Agate Basin	1919
6	Report 82 - Snyder Creek Area	1919
6	Report 83 - Weston County	1919
6	Report 84 - Glendo Area	1919
6	Report 86 - Natrona County	1919
7	Report 87 - Bear Creek Dome	1919
7	Report 90 - Poison Spider Anticline	1919
7	Report 94 - Horseshoe Anticline	1919
7	Report 95 - Elk Mountain Structure	undated
7	Report 96 - Lincoln County	1919
7	Report 97 - Beaver Valley Anticline	1920
7	Report 98 - Wind River Basin	1920
7	Report 99 - Mud Creek Domes	1920
7	Report 101 - Campbell County, Townships 51 and 52 North, Range 69 West	1920
7	Report 102 - Wind Creek Reconnaissance	1920
7	Report 103 - Osage Oil Field	1920
7	Report 104 - Geary Dome	1921-1938
7-8	Report 105 - Billy Creek Anticline	1921-1924
8	Report 106 - Skull Creek Dome	1921
8	Report 107 - North Casper Creek Anticline	1922
8	Report 108 - Teapot Dome	1922
8	Report 109 - Fiddler Creek Anticline	1923
8	Report 110 - Wallace Creek Structure	1923
8	Report 116 - Gothberg Anticline	1924
8	Report 118 - Monument Hill Structure	1924
8	Report 119 - Oregon Basin Dome	1923
8	Report 121 - Mud Creek Area	1924
8	Report 122 - Irvine Area	1924
8	Report 124 - Black Mountain Anticline	1924
8	Report 125 - North No-Wood Anticline	1924
8	Report 126 - Salt River and Thomas Fork Region	1924
8	Report 130 - Crystal Creek Anticline	1925
8	Report 131 - Goshen Hole Area	1934
8	Report 132 - Wallace Creek Anticline	1925
8	Report 135 - Recluse Area	1935
8	Report 135 - Muskrat Structure	1935
8	Report 137 - Converse County	1935
8	Report 137 - Niobrara County	1935
8	Report 137 - Pumpkin Buttes Area	1943-1944
8	Report 137 - Sheridan County	1935
9	Report 138 - Yellowstone, Beartooth, Big Horn Region	undated
9	Report 139 - Government Canyon Structure	1937
9	Unnumbered - Dry Lake Dome	undated
9	Unnumbered - Grass Creek	undated
9	Unnumbered - Hudson Dome	undated
9	Unnumbered - Little Buffalo Basin	undated
9	Unnumbered - Wyoming Oil Fields	1916-1919, undated
	Sub-series 3. Other
Box
9	Colorado Report 54 - Wray Dome	1924
9	South Dakota Report 2 - Cottonwood District (South Dakota and Wyoming)	1919
9	Unnumbered - Big Horn Basin and Elk Basin (Wyoming and Montana)	1917, undated
9	Unnumbered - Geological Reports (Wyoming and Montana)	1915-1916

Series II. Orthophoto MapsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
10	7-2	Adon Northwest	1943
10	1-1	Alcora	1944
10	1-1	Alcora Southeast	1944
10	11-1	Almond Southeast	undated
10	10-2	Almond Southwest	undated
10	5-1	Antelope Draw	1943
10	3-1	Arapahoe Butte	1944
10	3-2	Arapahoe Butte	1944
10	7-1	Arpan Butte	1943
10	7-1	Arrada	1943
10	7-2	Arvada Northeast	1943
10	3-1	Bad Water	1944
10	3-2	Bad Water	1944
10	8-1	Badger Basin	1943
10	10-1	Badlands Northwest	undated
10	8-1	Bar N Draw	1943
10	1-2	Barlow Gap	1944
10	9-1	Belfry MT	1943
10	1-1	Benton Basin Southwest	1944
10	12-1	Bertha Southeast	undated
10	10-1	Big Piney	undated
10	3-1	Birdseye Pass	1944
10	3-2	Birdseye Pass	1944
10	8-1	Black Draw	1944
10	4-1	Blue Hill	1944
10	3-1	Bonneville	1944
10	5-2	Boogie Draw	1943
10	9-1	Bowler MT	1943
10	5-2	Bowman Flat	1943
10	5-2	Bowman Flat East	1943
10	7-2	Brislawn School	1943
10	5-2	Brown Ranch	1943
10	6-1	Buffalo	1943
10	6-2	Buffalo Northeast	1943
10	6-1	Buffalo Southeast	1943
10	4-1	Bull Mountain	1944
10	6-2	Burlington	1943
10	2-2	Burlington Lake	1944
10	4-1	Butte Mountain	1944
10	7-2	Byron	1943
10	8-1	Cabin Creek Northeast	1943
10	8-1	Cabin Creek Northwest	1943
10	5-1	Cabin Fork	1943
10	7-1	Cale Creek	1943
10	2-1	Campbell Ridge	1944
10	6-1	Carr Draw	1943
10	5-1	Castle Gardens	1943
10	8-1	Cedar Canyon	1943
10	10-2	Circle Ridge	undated
10	7-2	Clearmont	1943
10	7-1	Cody	1943
10	10-1	Cokeville Southeast	undated
10	7-1	Corbett Dam	1943
10	4-1	Cornell Glutch	1944
10	3-1	Cottonwood Pass	1944
10	3-2	Cottonwood Pass	1944
10	8-1	Cowley	1943
10	1-2	Coyote Springs	1944
10	11-1	Creston Northwest	undated
10	7-1	Croton	1944
10	8-1	Dead Horse Lake	1944
10	4-1	Dead Woman Crossing	1944
10	4-2	Deadline Draw	1943
10	8-1	Deaver Reservoir	1943
10	4-1	Devil Slide	1944
10	12-1	Devil's Tower Northwest	undated
10	12-1	Devil's Tower Southwest	undated
10	2-1	Double Butte	1944
10	5-2	Double Tank	1943
10	12-1	Douglas Northeast	undated
10	4-2	Dry Fork Ranch	1943
10	4-1	Dugout Ranch	1944
10	7-2	Eagle Nest Basin	1943
10	6-2	Echeta	1944
10	1-1	Eightmile Draw	1944
10	5-1	Elaine Draw	1943
10	8-1	Elk Basin Northwest	1943
10	1-2	Elk Horn Springs	1944
10	10-2	Elkhorn Southeast	undated
10	7-1	Emblem	1943
10	1-2	Emigrant Gap	1944
10	2-1	Emigrant Gap Northeast	1944
10	2-1	Emigrant Gap Northwest	1944
10	2-1	Ervay Basin	1944
10	10-1	Evanston Northwest	undated
10	5-1	Fat's Draw	1943
10	7-2	Fawn Draw	1943
10	7-1	Flag Butte	1943
10	6-2	Floate Draw	1943
10	10-1	Fossil Southeast	undated
10	10-2	Franc Peak Northeast	undated
10	10-1	Franc Peak Northwest	undated
10	10-2	Franc Peak Southeast	undated
10	10-2	Francis Northwest	undated
10	10-2	Francis Southeast	undated
10	8-1	Frannie	1943
10	6-2	Frederick Draw	1943
10	10-2	Fremont	undated
10	2-1	Garfield Peak	1944
10	2-1	Gaylord Reservoir	1944
10	6-1	Gillette East	1943
10	6-1	Gillette West	1943
10	7-1	Gillmore Hill	1943
10	6-2	Green Hill	1943
10	7-1	Greybull North	1943
10	6-2	Greybull South	1943
10	3-1	Guffy Peak	1944
10	3-2	Guffy Peak	1944
10	11-1	Hailey Northeast	undated
10	11-1	Hailey Northwest	undated
10	11-1	Hailey Southwest	undated
10	12-1	Hanna	undated
10	9-1	Hatcher's Pass MT	1943
10	2-2	Hay Barn Hill	1944
10	2-2	Hell's Half Acre	1944
10	2-2	Hiland	1944
10	5-1	Hoe Ranch	1943
10	8-2	Hollenbeck Draw MT	1943
10	8-1	Homestad Draw	1944
10	5-1	The Horn	1943
10	6-1	Horner Creek	1943
10	1-2	Horse Creek Springs	1944
10	10-2	Hot Springs	undated
10	11-1	Hot Springs	undated
10	8-2	Hunter's Creek MT	1943
10	4-2	Indian Creek	1943
10	6-2	Indian Pass	1943
10	9-1	Indian Springs MT	1943
10	6-1	Jeffer's Draw	1943
10	5-1	Jim Creek	1943
10	5-1	Joe Emge Creek	1943
10	7-1	Julio Draw	1943
10	7-2	Kane	1943
10	4-2	Kaycee	1943
10	4-2	Kaycee Northeast	1943
10	10-1	L.A. Barge Southwest	undated
10	6-2	Lake De Smet East	1943
10	11-1	Limestone Mountain	undated
10	10-1	Lincoln	undated
10	10-2	Little Buffalo Area	undated
10	8-2	Log Draw MT	1943
10	7-1	Lone Tree Creek	1943
10	2-1	Love Ranch	1944
10	7-2	Lovell	1943
10	3-1	Lysite Southeast	1944
10	3-1	Lysite Southeast	1944
10	1-2	MacIntosh Meadows	1944
10	3-1	Madden	1944
10	6-1	Manderson	1943
10	12-1	Manville Northeast	undated
10	10-2	Maxon Northwest	undated
10	10-2	Maxon Southeast	undated
10	10-2	Maxon Southwest	undated
10	2-1	McRae Gap	1944
10	6-2	Mitchell Draw	1943
10	8-1	Mitten Butte	1943
10	2-2	Moneta	1944
10	2-2	Moneta Southeast	1944
10	12-1	Moorcroft Northwest	undated
10	12-1	Moorcroft Southwest	undated
10	6-2	Mover Springs	1943
10	1-2	Muskrat Basin	1944
10	8-1	Natural Trap Cave	1943
10	5-1	The Nipple	1944
10	8-1	Nipple Butte	1943
10	11-1	No Water Southwest	undated
10	12-1	No Wood Northwest	undated
10	11-1	"O" Shoshone Indian Reservation	undated
10	12-1	Oes Northwest	undated
10	12-1	Oes Southwest	1943
10	7-2	Oliver Draw	undated
10	10-1	Opal Northeast	undated
10	10-1	Opal Southeast	1943
10	6-1	Orchard Bench	undated
10	10-2	Oregon Basin	1943
10	6-2	Oregon Basin	1943
10	8-1	OTO Ranch	1943
10	6-2	Otto	undated
10	10-2	Pavillion Southeast	1944
10	3-1	Picard Ranch	undated
10	11-1	Picket Lake Northeast	1943
10	6-1	Pine Gulch	1944
10	1-2	Pine Mountain Southwest	1944
10	4-2	Piney Canyon Northeast	1943
10	4-2	Piney Canyon Northwest	1944
10	4-1	Piney Canyon Southeast	1944
10	4-1	Piney Canyon Southwest	1943
10	7-2	Pitch Draw	1944
10	1-2	Poison Spider	1944
10	2-2	Powder River	1943
10	7-2	Ralston	1943
10	6-2	Rawhide School	1943
10	7-2	Recluse	1943
10	9-1	Red Lodge MT	undated
10	11-1	Red Springs	1943
10	8-1	Rocky Point	1943
10	5-1	Rough Creek	1943
10	8-1	Roundup Draw	1943
10	6-1	Rozet	1943
10	6-2	Rozet Northeast	1943
10	6-1	Rozet Southeast	1943
10	7-2	S.R. Springs	1943
10	5-2	Saddle Horse Butte	1944
10	1-2	Saddle Rock	undated
10	12-1	Saddleback Hills	1943
10	7-1	Sheep Canyon	1943
10	6-1	Sheep Mountain	1943
10	6-1	Sheets Flat	undated
10	10-2	Shoshone Area	undated
10	10-2	Shoshone Area Northwest	undated
10	10-2	Shoshone Area South	undated
10	11-1	Shoshone Indian Reservation	1944
10	2-2	Shoshoni	1944
10	2-2	Smith Flats	1943
10	6-1	Sommerville Flats East	1943
10	6-1	Sommerville Flats West	undated
10	10-2	South Bitter Creek Southwest	1943
10	7-2	Spotted Horse	1944
10	2-1	Square Top Butte	1943
10	7-1	Stone Barn Camp	undated
10	10-2	Sunshine Reservoir	1943
10	4-2	Sussex	undated
10	12-1	Sussex Southeast	1943
10	5-2	T.A. Ranch	1943
10	6-1	Tatman Mountain	1944
10	4-1	Taylor Ranch	1943
10	5-2	Ten Sleep	1943
10	3-1	Three Buttes	1943
10	8-2	Tolman Flat MT	1943
10	5-2	Trabing	1943
10	6-2	Twenty Mile Butte	undated
10	10-1	Twin Buttes Southwest	1943
10	7-1	Ucross	1943
10	7-2	Vocation	1943
10	4-2	Wagon Prong	1943
10	5-1	Wag's Pinnacle	1944
10	2-2	Waltman	1944
10	3-1	Waltman Northwest	1943
10	6-1	Wardel Reservoir	1943
10	8-2	Warren MT	1943
10	6-1	Weintz Draw	1943
10	7-1	Weston Southwest	1943
10	5-2	White Tail Creek Southeast	1943
10	6-2	Wild Horse Flats	1943
10	5-2	Wild Horse Hill	1943
10	7-1	Wildcat	1943
10	5-2	Worland Southeast	1943
10	7-2	Wyarno	1943
10	6-2	Y.U. Bench Northeast	1943
10	6-2	Y.U. Bench Northwest	1943

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Oil fields--Montana.
Oil fields--Wyoming.
Petroleum industry and trade--Montana.
Petroleum industry and trade--Wyoming.
Petroleum--Prospecting--Montana.
Petroleum--Prospecting--Wyoming.

Geographical Names

Wyoming -- History, 1890-1918
Wyoming -- History, 1919-1945

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