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1. Mcdugal Well No. 3, Mckelvy Oil Company

Three men work prepare cans of Elk Motor Oil. The man on the left puts cans onto a conveyor belt, while the man in the middle holds a can under a machines, perhaps to be sealed, and the man on the right begins to package the cans in a box.

2. Preparing Cans of Elk Motor Oil for Shipment

'Wetzel County is situated in the extreme northwestern corner of West Virginia, in the Pittsburgh region, and so is in the very midst of a region which is very rich both in petroleum and natural gas.  In a single year the wells of West Virginia produce more than 14,000,000 barrels of petroleum, and natural gas worth more than $4,000,000.  In order to reach the oil it is necessary to drill through the solid rock, and sometimes to the depth of thousands of feed.  Now and then the oil will rise to the surface, but for the most part it must be pumped up by machinery.  The methods of drilling and pumping are everywhere just about the same.  First comes the derrick, a frame-work about 20 feet square at the bottom, tapering almost to a point at the top, and rising to a height of from 40 to 60 feet.  In the view parts of two derricks are seen.  A stem engine is also necessary to work the pump, through a single engine is often sufficient to supply power for several wells.  The large horizontal beam, seen above the horseman's head, rests upon a pivot in the center and the ends play up and down.  One end is over the well and works the pump.  When brought to the surface the oil is stored in huge iron tanks, or else is carried in pipe lines under ground and over mountains eastward to the great cities to be refined and shipped to markets all the world over.'

3. Pumping an Oil Well, Wetzel County, W. Va.

Compressor Station Facilities-Symbolic of the Oil and Gas Industry in West Virginia.

4. Gas Compressor Station

5. Rebuilt Bridgeport Station, Hope Natural Gas Co.

Three men posed in an unidentified Oil and Gas Company office. Decorative gas stove in foreground.

6. Oil Company Office Workers

7. Oil Pump Station

8. Title Page of The Oil Well Driller, by Charles Whiteshot, 1905

9. Oil Men and Pose with Visitors in a Horse Drawn Wagon

10. Oil Worker and His Team of Horses

Two men standing beside an oil well.

11. E.J. Whiteman Well No. 2, S.P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.

Group photo of oil workers.

12. Excavating Reservoir to E.E. Swiger Well No. 1, Phila. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.

Group portrait of oil workers standing behind pipe line.

13. Shinnston Petroluem Pipe Line Employees by S.L. Vincent Rig No. 6, Shinnston, W. Va.

Group posed in front of building.

14. Lambert Bros. Store & Restaurant, Adamsville, Shinnston, W. Va.

15. Oil Workers at George Rineheart No. 2 Well, Shinnston Petroleum Co., Shinnston, W. Va.

Men standing in front of a Virginia Torpedo Co. wagon carrying nitro-glycerin. From Grant's Photo.  Record of West Virginia.

16. Nitro-Glycerine Wagon Loaded for Business in Harrison County Oil Fields

People sitting down at two tables eating a meal.

17. Doak's Dining Table Tent, Mudlick Oilfield, Shinnston, W.Va.

Crew of ten men and one small boy.

18. J. E. Shreves No. 1 S.P. Co. Crew Puting on Bradenhead, Shinnston, W. Va.

Men pose in front of oil tanks.

19. Carpenters in Oilfield, Shinnston, W.Va.

Two Men Standing in between three oil storage containers.

20. Oil Men Posing by Storage Tanks

21. E.J. Whiteman (Witeman) Well No. 2, S.P. Co. Lowering Tools, Oil Flowing, Shinnston, W.Va.

Men standing on top of an oil tank

22. Oil Workers Examining an Old Wooden Oil Storage Tank

Oil Derrick at Mt. Morris.

23. Mt. Morris Oil Well

Men working on oil pipe.

24. Making Fire Bends

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

25. Oil Well Gusher after Shot of Nitro-Glycerine

26. Wooden Oil Derricks in a West Virginia Oil Field

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

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

28. Work Crew Laying Oil Pipeline Across a River

Row of horizontal engines at Jones Station.

29. Horizontal Engines at Jones Station

Top photograph, men making bend in pipeline.  Bottom photograph, 'The Hope Navy' transporting oil tanks.

30. Making Fire Bends and 'The Hope Navy'

Sketch of two men holding a rope that is part of oil machinery.

31. Drillin' for Black Gold

Drawing of three men working with oil equipment.

32. Oil Men at Work

Man working with a piece of oil machinery.

33. Oil Crewman at Work on Pump

Station and storage tanks.

34. Lowe Pump Station, Eureka Pipe Line Co., Shinnston, W. Va.

Team of horses hauling pipes through the mud.

35. Teaming in Oil Field No. 2, Shinnston, W. Va.

Two men forging a drill bit, one holding chain, one raising hammer.

36. Dressing Bits J.F. Sturm S. P. Co. No. 1, Shinnston, W. Va.

Men standing on top of an oil tank

37. Oil Workers Examining an Old Wooden Oil Storage Tank

Derrick, rig, and storage tank beside a train track.

38. Steel Oil Derrick at Bluecreek, Kanawha County

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

39. Shooting Wells with Nitroglycerin

Four derricks with their adjoining oil company buildings.

40. Oil Derricks

Oil derrick and adjoining oil company buildings.

41. Dora Davis Well No. 1, S. P. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.

Men stand atop oil tanks with derrick in the background.

42. E.J. Whiteman Well No. 2 with Derrick, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.

43. Scenic View of an Oil Derrick on a Hillside.

44. Scenic View of an Oil Derrick on a Hillside

A hoist mechanism for a shaft coal mine next to several buildings at a mine in an unknown location, likely in West Virginia.

45. Hoist Mechanism for a Shaft Coal Mine

46. Nannie Lowe Well No. 3, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.

Group of people watching a gusher.

47. Oil Well Gushing Oil

48. Oil Derrick and Adjoining Buildings

49. William Janes Well No. 1, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.

Oil derrick, storage tank, and other equipment.

50. Ezkiel Smith Well No. 1, H. G. Company. Shinnston, W. Va.

51. Crew Building Rig at S. E. Janes Well No. 3, S.P. Company, Shinnston, W. Va.

Men standing on top of a row of oil tanks in Shinnston, W.Va.

52. Oil Tanks to E.J. Witeman Well No. 2 S. P. Co.

Barge carrying oil storage tanks.  Man standing in between the tanks.

53. Oil Transport Barge

54. Team of Horses Hauling Oil Drilling Supplies

55. Team of Horses Hauling Oil Supplies

Two Buildings and a tower enclosed in a fenced area.

56. Oil Pump Station

Oil derricks on Mudlick Run in Shinnston, W. Va.

57. Shinnston Oil Field on Mudlick Run

Large Building.

58. Oil Company Building

Oil derricks on Mudlick Run in Shinnston, W.Va.

59. Shinnston Oil Field on Mudlick Run

The town of Sistersville.  Oil derricks off in the distance.

60. Sistersville, W. Va. During Oil Boom

61. Oil Pump Station

Hillside with a town in the distance.

62. Early Photo of an Oil Pipe Line Under Construction (between Parkersburg and Shaffer, W. Va.?)

63. Oil Derrick and Work Shed

64. Pump Station, Eureka Pipe Line Company, Shinnston, W.Va.