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Men working on oil pipe.

1. Making Fire Bends

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

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

Two Buildings and a tower enclosed in a fenced area.

3. Oil Pump Station

Men standing on top of an oil tank

4. Oil Workers Examining an Old Wooden Oil Storage Tank

Group of people watching a gusher.

5. Oil Well Gushing Oil

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

6. Hoist Mechanism for a Shaft Coal Mine

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

8. Oil Pump Station

9. Oil Derrick and Adjoining Buildings

Crew of ten men and one small boy.

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

Drawing of three men working with oil equipment.

11. Oil Men at Work

Group photo of oil workers.

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

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

13. Steel Oil Derrick at Bluecreek, Kanawha County

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

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

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

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

17. Shinnston Oil Field on Mudlick Run

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

18. Drillin' for Black Gold

Group posed in front of building.

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

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

20. Oil Transport Barge

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

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

22. Team of Horses Hauling Oil Supplies

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

24. Wooden Oil Derricks in a West Virginia Oil Field