A&M 2082J.N. Curry (b.1863) Papers, 1894-1896, 1966 A&M 2082Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 08:05:42 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center J.N. Curry (b.1863) Papers Curry, J. N. A&M 2082 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/5935 0 Linear Feet Summary: 1 folder 1894-1896, 1966 Papers of oil and gas driller and producer in Tyler County and other places. The collection consists of three diaries, 1 January 1894 through 31 December 1896; a typescript; and clippings. The diaries contain daily comment on wells drilled, including hours worked, depth of well, difficulties encountered, geologic strata, number of barrels of oil produced per hour or pressure of gas flow. Diaries include personal affairs, wages received and paid, oil sold, rent on leased property, oil market quotations, local affairs in Sistersville and Tyler County, voting in elections of 1894 and 1896, fire at the Big Moses Gas Well, drilling in the United States and Mexico, salt wells in West Virginia, biographical information on W.A. Furbee, and Drake and Burning Springs wells controversy. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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 Mexico Sistersville (W. Va.) Tyler County (W. Va.) Burning Springs, W. Va. (Wirt County) -- Wells controversy Diaries and journals. Election of 1894. Election of 1896. Elections Gas industry Petroleum industry and trade Salt industry and trade Curry, J. N. Furbee, W.A.