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Meadow River Lumber Company.

1. Kitchen of Dining Hall at Lumber Camp

2. Lumber Crew at Diana, W. Va.

Information on the back of the photograph includes, "Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville".

3. Spruce Lumber Company Woods Crew at Camp, Cass, W. Va.;

The Glady and Alpena R.R. between Gladwin in Tucker Co. and Alpena in Randolph Co., ca. 1910.  Ths was a lumber road built for the purpose of removing logs, lumber, tanning bark, and pulpwood. O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.V.

4. Glady and Alpena Railroad

Train on railroad tracks.

5. Glady & Alpena Railroad

Cheat Mountain (library note says at Spruce); Cass, WV; Austin Sharp, Huntersville.

6. Logging Crew in Cheat Mountain Forest

Original Source:  Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

7. High-Lift near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Original source:  Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

8. Sawmill at Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Group portrait of logging crew in woods. From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W.Va.

9. Logging Crew

Made on Cheat Mountain, Pocahontas County, WV, which was operated by the Spruce Lumber Company, at Cass, WV. From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.V.

10. Spruce Lumber Company Woods Crew at Camp

O. Homer, Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

11. Log Train Near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Track of Logs through the forest. O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

12. Logging near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

13. High-Lift Near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Lumber train on tracks moving through heavily lumbered area. <br />

14. Deforestation at Dobbin, Grant County, W. Va.

Log train passing across timbered hillside.

15. Deforestation at Dobbin, Grant County, W. Va.

16. Lumber Mill at Curtin, W. Va. Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company

17. Class Photo Unidentified School

Lumber mill in operation on edge of log pond.

18. Lumber Mill at Dobbin, W. Va.

Railroad tracks and Pardee and Curtin Mill in Curtin, W.V.

19. Lumber Town, Curtin, W. Va.

Lumber mill and lumber pond, Pardee and Curting Lumber Company.

20. Mill at Curtin, W. Va.

Mill crew at Glen Ray, W.Va. (Near Aldersonn).  Man in left background, John Rossi.

21. Employees of Commonwealth Lumber Company, Glen Ray, W. Va.

Loggers standing on log pile.  Mill located at Glenray - 1 mile west of Alderson, W.Va.

22. Glenray Lumber Company Loggers on Keeney's Knob

Mill was located at Glenray, W. Va.- one mile west of Alderson, W. Va.  Alderson is located in Greenbrier County on the Summer and Monroe County Borders.

23. Glenray Lumber Co. Teamsters and Crew Skidding Logs on Keeney's Knob

Two horse drawn carts.  Oil tanks and derrick in the background.

24. Oil Tanks to E. E. Swiger Well No. 1 Phila Co. Shinnston, W. Va. No. 2

Man and horses standing over near the trees.

25. Temporary Oil Reservoir to E. E. Swiger Well No. 1, Shinnston, W. Va., Phila. Company

Buildings and oil storage tanks.

26. Petton Pump Station, Eureka Pipeline Company, Shinnston, W. Va., No. 1

27. Adamsville No. 2 Oil Well, Shinnston, W. Va.

At least seven oil derricks in an oil field.

28. Mudlick Oil Field, Shinnston, W. Va. No. 1

Team of Six Horses Hauling an Oil Storage Tank to Oil Field No. 27

29. Teaming in Oil Field No. 27, Shinnston, W. Va.

Three men changing bits on an oil well drilling rig.

30. Changing Bits at L. .A. Martin Well No. 1, H. C. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.

Team of six horses pulling a wagon through mud. Oil derricks in the background.

31. Teaming in Oil Field No. 9, Shinnston, W. Va.

32. Horse Teams and Teamsters Transporting Engine Bed-Plate for Peora Gas Pumping Station. H. C. Co. Shinnston, W. Va. No. 2.

Swabbing is the act of pulling fluid from the well bore through the use of wire rope and cup assembly. Swabbing equipment includes a swabbing assembly, lubricator with an oil saver, and shut-off valve on the well, also called a swabbing valve.

33. Breaking Swab - Two Crewmen at T. L. Swiger Well No. 6, Phila. Co. Shinnston, W.Va.

34. Teaming in Oil Field No. 7, Shinnston, W. Va.

35. Hugh Jarvis Well No. 1, Trees Benedum Co. Shinnston, W.Va.

Oil rig and derrick in the countryside.

36. William Fencher Well No. 1, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.

Oil rig and derrick.

37. Bushnell Kennedy Well No. 4, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.

Oil rig derrick in winter.

38. J. B. Swiger Well No. 8, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.

39. Bushnell Kennedy Well No. 4, S. P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.

Oil gushes from well at Shinnston.

40. Second Shooting at H. H. Swiger Well No. 1, B. A. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.

Team of eight horses pulling oil equipment up a muddy hill.

41. Teaming in Oil Field No. 10, Shinnston, W. Va.

Team of six horses pulling pipes up a hill.

42. Teaming in Oil Field No. 26, Shinnston, W. Va.

Team of horses pulling a large piece of equipment.

43. Teaming in Oil Field No. 3, Shinnston, W. Va.

Line of horizontal engines.

44. Horizontal Engines with Big Fly Wheels

Line of horizontal engines with big fly wheels.

45. Horizontal Engines with Big Fly Wheels

Team of eight horses pulling a cart with oil equipment and crew.

46. Teaming in Oil Field No. 38, Shinnston, W. Va.

Teams of horses hauling pipe through the mud.

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

48. J. E. Shreves No. 2 Changing Tower and Casing Crew, Shinnston, W.Va.

Six men standing on top of an oil tank.

49. E.E. Swiger Well No. 2, Phila. Co. Oil flowing in tank 12,000 Bbls per day. Shinnston, W. Va.

Seven men on the wrecked oil rig of H.E. Siger.

50. Shinnston Petroleum Co. Casing Crew on Wrecked Rig of H.E. Siger, Shinnston, W. Va.