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Wooden Oil Derrick

1. Dry Hole

IDNO:
000752
Title:
Dry Hole
Date:
1860
Description:
Wooden Oil Derrick
Oil derrick shooting oil likely near Shinnston, W. Va.

2. Unidentified Oil Derrick Likely in W. Va.

IDNO:
050263
Title:
Unidentified Oil Derrick Likely in W. Va.
Date:
1890-1900
Description:
Oil derrick shooting oil likely near Shinnston, W. Va.
Unidentified men and women pose for portrait while standing on an oil storage tank in Morgantown, W. Va.

3. Oil Storage Tank, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
050222
Title:
Oil Storage Tank, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1890-1920
Description:
Unidentified men and women pose for portrait while standing on an oil storage tank in Morgantown, W. Va.
"Girls posed on ladder of oil tank"

4. Men and Women Posed On Ladder of Oil Tank, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
050223
Title:
Men and Women Posed On Ladder of Oil Tank, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1890-1920
Description:
"Girls posed on ladder of oil tank"
Group of unidentified men, a child, four horses, and a dog pose for a group portrait in front of Barrack & Son General Black-Smithing Store near Shinnston, W. Va.

5. Unidentified Men Pose for Group Portrait in Adamsville, W. Va.

IDNO:
050220
Title:
Unidentified Men Pose for Group Portrait in Adamsville, W. Va.
Date:
1890-1920
Description:
Group of unidentified men, a child, four horses, and a dog pose for a group portrait in front of Barrack & Son General Black-Smithing Store near Shinnston, W. Va.
"Philad Co. S.P. Offset, Shinnston, W. Va."

6. Oil Workers Building Oil Rig, Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
050221
Title:
Oil Workers Building Oil Rig, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
1890-1920
Description:
"Philad Co. S.P. Offset, Shinnston, W. Va."
Large group of people gathered by the Big Moses Gas Well.

7. Big Moses Gas Well, Tyler Co.

IDNO:
000757
Title:
Big Moses Gas Well, Tyler Co.
Date:
1894/09/09
Description:
Large group of people gathered by the Big Moses Gas Well.

8. Oil Tanks in Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
050224
Title:
Oil Tanks in Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1895/10/11
Activities in the oil field near Shinnston, Adamsville area. Horses, wagons, and man-power moved all the equipment to the drilling site. Sistersville and Shinnston came into the oil boom about the same time. E.K. Towles of Shinnston, W. Va.

9. Shinnston Area Oil Field

IDNO:
000747
Title:
Shinnston Area Oil Field
Date:
1900
Description:
Activities in the oil field near Shinnston, Adamsville area. Horses, wagons, and man-power moved all the equipment to the drilling site. Sistersville and Shinnston came into the oil boom about the same time. E.K. Towles of Shinnston, W. Va.
Standing left to right Pearl Roby, Noah Moore, George Burriss, Lem South, Judge tennant, Mont Tucker, Burl Tennant, Bill Taylor, (Visitor name not known). Sitting Charley Myers, Herbert Lapoe, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Aultman.

10. Pipe Laying Gang Posing at Camp Hope, Somewhere Between Farmington and Fairview, W. Va.

IDNO:
000791
Title:
Pipe Laying Gang Posing at Camp Hope, Somewhere Between Farmington and Fairview, W. Va.
Date:
1903/09/09
Description:
Standing left to right Pearl Roby, Noah Moore, George Burriss, Lem South, Judge tennant, Mont Tucker, Burl Tennant, Bill Taylor, (Visitor name not known). Sitting Charley Myers, Herbert Lapoe, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Aultman.

11. Hastings Station

IDNO:
000659
Title:
Hastings Station
Date:
1904
Hastings Station with men standing outside the building.

12. Hastings Station

IDNO:
000789
Title:
Hastings Station
Date:
1904
Description:
Hastings Station with men standing outside the building.
Title page and copyright page of 'The Oil Well Driller' by Charles Whiteshot, Mannington, W. Va. Cover displays images of Colonel Edwin L. Drake, Modern Dilling Well, Dipping Oil with Blankets, Digging Conductor Hole, and Drilling with Spring Pole or Kick Down.

13. Title Page of the Book 'The Oil Well Driller', by Charles Whiteshot

IDNO:
000780
Title:
Title Page of the Book 'The Oil Well Driller', by Charles Whiteshot
Date:
1905
Description:
Title page and copyright page of 'The Oil Well Driller' by Charles Whiteshot, Mannington, W. Va. Cover displays images of Colonel Edwin L. Drake, Modern Dilling Well, Dipping Oil with Blankets, Digging Conductor Hole, and Drilling with Spring Pole or Kick Down.
Large group photo of the South Penn Men, Wileville District.

14. South Penn Men Wileville District

IDNO:
000787
Title:
South Penn Men Wileville District
Date:
1906
Description:
Large group photo of the South Penn Men, Wileville District.
The late Fred Smith sitting at a desk.

15. Smith, Fred

IDNO:
000768
Title:
Smith, Fred
Date:
1908
Description:
The late Fred Smith sitting at a desk.
Picture taken from an issue of Scientific American.

16. Machine for Handling Coke and Ore

IDNO:
046775
Title:
Machine for Handling Coke and Ore
Date:
1908
Description:
Picture taken from an issue of Scientific American.
Man walking down tracks towards gas pumping station, Wetzel Co.

17. Gas Pumping Station Hastings, W. VA

IDNO:
000793
Title:
Gas Pumping Station Hastings, W. VA
Date:
1910/07/16
Description:
Man walking down tracks towards gas pumping station, Wetzel Co.
Workers hammering and four women and one child watching.

18. Hammering Drill Bit

IDNO:
000760
Title:
Hammering Drill Bit
Date:
1911
Description:
Workers hammering and four women and one child watching.
Shooter's wagon with his team of horses carrying nitroglycerin.

19. Marietta Torpedo Co. Glycerin Wagon in Shinnston, W. Va. Oilfield

IDNO:
000688
Title:
Marietta Torpedo Co. Glycerin Wagon in Shinnston, W. Va. Oilfield
Date:
1911
Description:
Shooter's wagon with his team of horses carrying nitroglycerin.
Shooter's wagon with his team of horses carrying nitroglycerin.

20. Marietta Torpedo Co. Glycerin Wagon in Shinnston, W. Va. Oilfield

IDNO:
000686
Title:
Marietta Torpedo Co. Glycerin Wagon in Shinnston, W. Va. Oilfield
Date:
1911
Description:
Shooter's wagon with his team of horses carrying nitroglycerin.
Shooter's wagon with his team of horses carrying nitroglycerin.

21. Marietta Torpedo Co. Glycerin Wagon in Shinnston, W. Va. Oilfield

IDNO:
000687
Title:
Marietta Torpedo Co. Glycerin Wagon in Shinnston, W. Va. Oilfield
Date:
1911
Description:
Shooter's wagon with his team of horses carrying nitroglycerin.
'Mud was a great enemy.'

22. Teamsters Hauling Oil Equipment Down a Muddy Road

IDNO:
000735
Title:
Teamsters Hauling Oil Equipment Down a Muddy Road
Date:
1911
Description:
'Mud was a great enemy.'

23. Teamsters Hauling Oil Equipment Down a Muddy Road

IDNO:
000738
Title:
Teamsters Hauling Oil Equipment Down a Muddy Road
Date:
1911
"Ruins of oil fields, Lowe Station."

24. Ruins of Oil Tanks at Lowe Station, Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
050128
Title:
Ruins of Oil Tanks at Lowe Station, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
1911/06/28
Description:
"Ruins of oil fields, Lowe Station."