This bulletin traces Tinsley from the discovery of the Tinsley structure during a routine geological survey by Frederic F. Mellen, a Mississippi Geological Survey employee, through the drilling of the discovery well, and later history of the Field. Tinsley Field became the largest oil field east of the Mississippi River.

Author(s): William H. Moore
Publication Type: Mississippi Geological Economic and Topographical Survey
Year: 1974
Language: English
Series: Bulletin
Series Number: 119
Publisher: Mississippi Geological Economic and Topographical Survey
Publisher Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Pages: 56 Pages
Physical Copy: Not Available