

Object Name |
Magazine |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 2008.010 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 2008.010.001 |
Date |
Sep 1947 |
Dates of Creation |
September 1947 |
Title |
Fortune |
Scope & Content |
Fortune magazine with articles on horizontal drilling and underground gasification of coal. The inventor of horizontal drilling was Leo Ranney, who was the second husband of Clara Fairbank (wife of Dr. C.O. Fairbank) |
Extent of Description |
Soft cover 31.2cm x 25cm with a colour picture of an old race car engine with the hood up. 20 pages. Seems that some of the pages have been removed and restapled. |
Search Terms |
Coal Drilling Fairbank Horizontal Oil Drilling Oil Exploration Oil Field Oil Industry |
People |
Ranney, Leo |