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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.