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Group of people watching a gusher.

1. Oil Well Gushing Oil

IDNO:: 000704
Title:: Oil Well Gushing Oil
Date:: undated
Description:: Group of people watching a gusher.

Five derricks and rigs. Oil gushing from well in foreground.

2. Shooting Wells with Nitroglycerin

IDNO:: 000715
Title:: Shooting Wells with Nitroglycerin
Date:: undated
Description:: Five derricks and rigs. Oil gushing from well in foreground.

Large amounts of oil shooting out of a derrick after being shot with nitroglycerin.

3. Result of Agnew's Shots, Sistersville, Tyler County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 000749
Title:: Result of Agnew's Shots, Sistersville, Tyler County, W. Va.
Date:: undated
Description:: Large amounts of oil shooting out of a derrick after being shot with nitroglycerin.

A flowing oil well, showing the effect of an eighty-quart shot of nitro-glycerine. Harrison County.

4. Oil Well Gusher after Shot of Nitro-Glycerine

IDNO:: 000753
Title:: Oil Well Gusher after Shot of Nitro-Glycerine
Date:: undated
Description:: A flowing oil well, showing the effect of an eighty-quart shot of nitro-glycerine. Harrison County.