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Artifact

Outfit of Tools Required for Drilling Rig

Description

  • List of tools required for a drilling rig, compiled by Robert Rawlings. 
  • Page 4 lists 2000 feet of ash poles, indicating that he is using the Canadian pole-tool drilling method. 
  • It is unclear whether Rawlings wrote the list for his own use before leaving for Sumatra, or whether he compiled the list for use by future International Drillers. 

Background Information

  • Part of a collection of mementoes belonging to Robert Rawlings who drilled in Sumatra on two contracts between 1880 and 1902.

Map Location

Latitude: 3° 2' 6.99" S
Longitude: 104° 41' 26.405" E

Date

1890-1902

Dimensions

inches
Length:
8.5
Height:
11.0

Events, Places, People

  • Robert Rawlings

Subject

  • A list written with black ink on a yellowed piece of papers with faded blue lines. There are numbers followed by a list of the required tools.
  • A list written with black ink on a yellowed piece of papers with faded blue lines. There are numbers followed by the type of tool required. The number "2" is at the top of the page.
  • A list written with black ink on a yellowed piece of papers with faded blue lines. There are numbers followed by a list of the required tools. The number "3" is at the top of the page.
  • A list written with black ink on a yellowed piece of papers with faded blue lines. There are numbers followed by a list of the required tools. The number "4" is at the top of the page.
  • A list written with black ink on a yellowed piece of papers with faded blue lines. There are numbers followed by a list of the required tools.

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