| Ref No | LDGSL/1061/5 |
| Title | Newscuttings and proofs relating to the search for oil in England |
| Date | 1912-1919 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| Format | Document |
| Description | Proofs of two papers from the Institution of Petroleum Technologists to be read at the Royal Society of Arts in 1917, one by William Forbes-Leslie and the other by William Herbert Dalton, on the subject of the search for oil in England. Annotated proof of a prospectus of English Oilfields, a company formed to drill for the oil known to exist at Kelham, Nottinghamshire (1912). A collection of newspaper cuttings related to the search for and subsequent attempts to exploit oil in England (1913-1919). |
| Provenance | James Ford collection |
| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | English |
| ArchNote | Description by John Thackray, revised by Victoria Woodcock. |
| CreatorName | FORD | James | fl 1900-1926 | mining engineer |
| DALTON | William Herbert | 1848-1929 | geological surveyor |
| Term | Fuel resources |
| Oil |
| Extraction of oil |