OIL FIELD PHOTOS

OIL FIELDS OF WINKLER COUNTY

RIG WORKERS HENDRICKS FIELD

VERNON HARTMAN & BURT WEATHERMON

H.O. & K. CO. WINK

SHOOTING IN AN OIL WELL

WINK, TEXAS 

SOUTHERN CRUDE OIL AND PRODUCTION COMPANY

HUMBLE OIL

ALL HUMBLE OIL EMPLOYEES

LEFT TO RIGHT:  JOHNNY McADON, SHELLIE TALTON,  SWEDE ANDERSON

PIONEER CABLE TOOL DRILLERS- FIVE WINKLER COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SEEN MANY CHANGES IN THE OIL BUSINESS, WERE HAPPY TO POSE HERE AT THE OLD MOORHEAD DERRICK WHICH WAS MOVED TO KERMIT RECENTLY FROM ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION NEAR MENTONE.  LEFT TO RIGHT: THE FIVE COLORFUL CABLE TOOL DRILLERS, COMMONLY KNOWNS AS "JUG-HEADS" ARE E.E. BRACKENS OF WINK, "HUPP" HORNER OF KERMIT, JACK HORNER OF WINK, JIM DOOLEY & FRED GARRETT, BOTH OF KERMIT.  THE OLD DERRICK BROUGHT BACK MANY MEMORIES TO THE DRILLERS, AND THEY SPENT QUITE SOME TIEM DISCUSSING "CABLE TOOL DAYS."

SITE OF OLD OIL CAMP SITE

WINK TEXAS

        Last Updated: Friday, January 12, 2007

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