Collection Summary
Carter Oil Company
Carter Oil Company records
1899-1953
1915-1925
00562
34 cubic ft. (9 boxes + 1 map cabinet)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Collection contains reports, maps, and other documents relating to oil fields and exploration in Wyoming and Montana.
History of Carter Oil CompanyThe 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.
Scope and ContentThe 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.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes,
and the collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright,
property, and libel laws as they apply.
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 Information
The collection was processed by Matthew Francis in June 2011. The collection was updated by D. Claudia Thompson in 2019.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Oil fields--Wyoming.
Oil fields--Montana.
Petroleum--Prospecting--Wyoming.
Petroleum--Prospecting--Montana.
Petroleum industry and trade--Wyoming.
Petroleum industry and trade--Montana.
Wyoming -- History, 1890-1918
Wyoming -- History, 1919-1945
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Agriculture and Natural Resources
Mines and Mineral Resources
Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce
Businesses and Corporations
Energy Production
Wyoming
Container List
Series I. Reports and Supplementary Materials
Sub-series 1. Montana
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:
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
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
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 Maps
107-2Adon Northwest1943
101-1Alcora1944
101-1Alcora Southeast1944
1011-1Almond Southeastundated
1010-2Almond Southwestundated
105-1Antelope Draw1943
103-1Arapahoe Butte1944
103-2 Arapahoe Butte1944
107-1Arpan Butte1943
107-1Arrada1943
107-2Arvada Northeast1943
103-1Bad Water1944
103-2 Bad Water1944
108-1Badger Basin1943
1010-1Badlands Northwestundated
108-1Bar N Draw1943
101-2Barlow Gap1944
109-1Belfry MT1943
101-1Benton Basin Southwest1944
1012-1Bertha Southeastundated
1010-1Big Pineyundated
103-1Birdseye Pass1944
103-2 Birdseye Pass1944
108-1Black Draw1944
104-1Blue Hill1944
103-1Bonneville1944
105-2Boogie Draw1943
109-1Bowler MT1943
105-2Bowman Flat1943
105-2Bowman Flat East1943
107-2Brislawn School1943
105-2Brown Ranch1943
106-1Buffalo1943
106-2Buffalo Northeast1943
106-1Buffalo Southeast1943
104-1Bull Mountain1944
106-2Burlington1943
102-2Burlington Lake1944
104-1Butte Mountain1944
107-2Byron1943
108-1Cabin Creek Northeast1943
108-1Cabin Creek Northwest1943
105-1Cabin Fork1943
107-1Cale Creek1943
102-1Campbell Ridge1944
106-1Carr Draw1943
105-1Castle Gardens1943
108-1Cedar Canyon1943
1010-2Circle Ridgeundated
107-2Clearmont1943
107-1Cody1943
1010-1Cokeville Southeastundated
107-1Corbett Dam1943
104-1Cornell Glutch1944
103-1Cottonwood Pass1944
103-2 Cottonwood Pass1944
108-1Cowley1943
101-2Coyote Springs1944
1011-1Creston Northwestundated
107-1Croton1944
108-1Dead Horse Lake1944
104-1Dead Woman Crossing1944
104-2Deadline Draw1943
108-1Deaver Reservoir1943
104-1Devil Slide1944
1012-1Devil's Tower Northwestundated
1012-1Devil's Tower Southwestundated
102-1Double Butte1944
105-2Double Tank1943
1012-1Douglas Northeastundated
104-2Dry Fork Ranch1943
104-1Dugout Ranch1944
107-2Eagle Nest Basin1943
106-2Echeta1944
101-1Eightmile Draw1944
105-1Elaine Draw1943
108-1Elk Basin Northwest1943
101-2Elk Horn Springs1944
1010-2Elkhorn Southeastundated
107-1Emblem1943
101-2Emigrant Gap1944
102-1Emigrant Gap Northeast1944
102-1Emigrant Gap Northwest1944
102-1Ervay Basin1944
1010-1Evanston Northwestundated
105-1Fat's Draw1943
107-2Fawn Draw1943
107-1Flag Butte1943
106-2Floate Draw1943
1010-1Fossil Southeastundated
1010-2Franc Peak Northeastundated
1010-1Franc Peak Northwestundated
1010-2Franc Peak Southeastundated
1010-2Francis Northwestundated
1010-2Francis Southeastundated
108-1Frannie1943
106-2Frederick Draw1943
1010-2Fremontundated
102-1Garfield Peak1944
102-1Gaylord Reservoir1944
106-1Gillette East1943
106-1Gillette West1943
107-1Gillmore Hill1943
106-2Green Hill1943
107-1Greybull North1943
106-2Greybull South1943
103-1Guffy Peak1944
103-2 Guffy Peak1944
1011-1Hailey Northeastundated
1011-1Hailey Northwestundated
1011-1Hailey Southwestundated
1012-1Hannaundated
109-1Hatcher's Pass MT1943
102-2Hay Barn Hill1944
102-2Hell's Half Acre1944
102-2Hiland1944
105-1Hoe Ranch1943
108-2Hollenbeck Draw MT1943
108-1Homestad Draw1944
105-1The Horn1943
106-1Horner Creek1943
101-2Horse Creek Springs1944
1010-2Hot Springsundated
1011-1Hot Springsundated
108-2Hunter's Creek MT1943
104-2Indian Creek1943
106-2Indian Pass1943
109-1Indian Springs MT1943
106-1Jeffer's Draw1943
105-1Jim Creek1943
105-1Joe Emge Creek1943
107-1Julio Draw1943
107-2Kane1943
104-2Kaycee1943
104-2Kaycee Northeast1943
1010-1L.A. Barge Southwestundated
106-2Lake De Smet East1943
1011-1Limestone Mountainundated
1010-1Lincolnundated
1010-2Little Buffalo Areaundated
108-2Log Draw MT1943
107-1Lone Tree Creek1943
102-1Love Ranch1944
107-2Lovell1943
103-1Lysite Southeast1944
103-1Lysite Southeast1944
101-2MacIntosh Meadows1944
103-1Madden1944
106-1Manderson1943
1012-1Manville Northeastundated
1010-2Maxon Northwestundated
1010-2Maxon Southeastundated
1010-2Maxon Southwestundated
102-1McRae Gap1944
106-2Mitchell Draw1943
108-1Mitten Butte1943
102-2Moneta1944
102-2Moneta Southeast1944
1012-1Moorcroft Northwestundated
1012-1Moorcroft Southwestundated
106-2Mover Springs1943
101-2Muskrat Basin1944
108-1Natural Trap Cave1943
105-1The Nipple1944
108-1Nipple Butte1943
1011-1No Water Southwestundated
1012-1No Wood Northwestundated
1011-1"O" Shoshone Indian Reservationundated
1012-1Oes Northwestundated
1012-1Oes Southwest1943
107-2Oliver Drawundated
1010-1Opal Northeastundated
1010-1Opal Southeast1943
106-1Orchard Benchundated
1010-2Oregon Basin1943
106-2Oregon Basin1943
108-1OTO Ranch1943
106-2Ottoundated
1010-2Pavillion Southeast1944
103-1Picard Ranchundated
1011-1Picket Lake Northeast1943
106-1Pine Gulch1944
101-2Pine Mountain Southwest1944
104-2Piney Canyon Northeast1943
104-2Piney Canyon Northwest1944
104-1Piney Canyon Southeast1944
104-1Piney Canyon Southwest1943
107-2Pitch Draw1944
101-2Poison Spider1944
102-2Powder River1943
107-2Ralston1943
106-2Rawhide School1943
107-2Recluse1943
109-1Red Lodge MTundated
1011-1Red Springs1943
108-1Rocky Point1943
105-1Rough Creek1943
108-1Roundup Draw1943
106-1Rozet1943
106-2Rozet Northeast1943
106-1Rozet Southeast1943
107-2S.R. Springs1943
105-2Saddle Horse Butte1944
101-2Saddle Rockundated
1012-1Saddleback Hills1943
107-1Sheep Canyon1943
106-1Sheep Mountain1943
106-1Sheets Flatundated
1010-2Shoshone Areaundated
1010-2Shoshone Area Northwestundated
1010-2Shoshone Area Southundated
1011-1Shoshone Indian Reservation1944
102-2Shoshoni1944
102-2Smith Flats1943
106-1Sommerville Flats East1943
106-1Sommerville Flats Westundated
1010-2South Bitter Creek Southwest1943
107-2Spotted Horse1944
102-1Square Top Butte1943
107-1Stone Barn Campundated
1010-2Sunshine Reservoir1943
104-2Sussexundated
1012-1Sussex Southeast1943
105-2T.A. Ranch1943
106-1Tatman Mountain1944
104-1Taylor Ranch1943
105-2Ten Sleep1943
103-1Three Buttes1943
108-2Tolman Flat MT1943
105-2Trabing1943
106-2Twenty Mile Butteundated
1010-1Twin Buttes Southwest1943
107-1Ucross1943
107-2Vocation1943
104-2Wagon Prong1943
105-1Wag's Pinnacle1944
102-2Waltman1944
103-1Waltman Northwest1943
106-1Wardel Reservoir1943
108-2Warren MT1943
106-1Weintz Draw1943
107-1Weston Southwest1943
105-2White Tail Creek Southeast1943
106-2Wild Horse Flats1943
105-2Wild Horse Hill1943
107-1Wildcat1943
105-2Worland Southeast1943
107-2Wyarno1943
106-2Y.U. Bench Northeast1943
106-2Y.U. Bench Northwest1943