Original oil and gas trade magazine vintage ad for HUGHES TOOL COMPANY of Houston, TX. The Hughes Bit in this Sack Could Revolutionize Rock Bits. Again. In 1909 Howard R. Hughes, Sr. delivered the first rotary rock bit with rolling cone cutters to a drilling rig at Goose Creek, TX. Rotary drilling has covered a lot of ground since then. This unique 1977 old oilfield petroleum drilling industry magazine advertisement would look sensational matted and framed. Nice graphics.