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'Mud was a great enemy.'

1. Teamsters Hauling Oil Equipment Down a Muddy Road

IDNO:
000735
Title:
Teamsters Hauling Oil Equipment Down a Muddy Road
Date:
1911
Description:
'Mud was a great enemy.'

2. Teamsters Hauling Oil Equipment Down a Muddy Road

IDNO:
000738
Title:
Teamsters Hauling Oil Equipment Down a Muddy Road
Date:
1911

3. Wooden Oil Derricks in a West Virginia Oil Field

IDNO:
000750
Title:
Wooden Oil Derricks in a West Virginia Oil Field
Date:
undated

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

IDNO:
000785
Title:
Oil Men and Pose with Visitors in a Horse Drawn Wagon
Date:
undated

5. Workers Operating Unidentified Oil Field

IDNO:
047607
Title:
Workers Operating Unidentified Oil Field
Date:
Undated
Lot Thomas is identified as being on horseback, and John Jobes is the tallest man (second from right). Second from left is probably Jim Simpson. Two additional men are identified as A.G. Henderson and M.H. Liming. The Methodist church in the background still exists in 2014 (the steeple was later removed). The house at far right was owned by Harley Staggers' family, later owned by Kenneth and Louise Wiley (it was demolished in the 1980s). Also, the building farthest in the background is a grist/sawmill built by John Rion Robinson, a civil war veteran and great grandfather of Jim Slade, a well known Morgantown resident. Few, if any of the other structures are extant, and a coal mine access road now occupies the hill in the background, which is heavily forested. See original for full note on back of photograph.

6. Teamsters Hauling Pipe and Supplies for Drilling Industry Located on Oil Fields Near Sistersville, Wana, W. Va.

IDNO:
047710
Title:
Teamsters Hauling Pipe and Supplies for Drilling Industry Located on Oil Fields Near Sistersville, Wana, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1903
Description:
Lot Thomas is identified as being on horseback, and John Jobes is the tallest man (second from right). Second from left is probably Jim Simpson. Two additional men are identified as A.G. Henderson and M.H. Liming. The Methodist church in the background still exists in 2014 (the steeple was later removed). The house at far right was owned by Harley Staggers' family, later owned by Kenneth and Louise Wiley (it was demolished in the 1980s). Also, the building farthest in the background is a grist/sawmill built by John Rion Robinson, a civil war veteran and great grandfather of Jim Slade, a well known Morgantown resident. Few, if any of the other structures are extant, and a coal mine access road now occupies the hill in the background, which is heavily forested. See original for full note on back of photograph.

7. O. Chochran Well No. 1, H.G. Co., Worthington W. Va.

IDNO:
049847
Title:
O. Chochran Well No. 1, H.G. Co., Worthington W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910

8. Davis Heirs Well No. 1, Eldora O. & G. Co., Boothsville, W. Va.

IDNO:
049850
Title:
Davis Heirs Well No. 1, Eldora O. & G. Co., Boothsville, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910

9. A.W. Hartley Well no. 2 S.P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
050070
Title:
A.W. Hartley Well no. 2 S.P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920

10. T.B. Martin Well no.4, S.P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
050072
Title:
T.B. Martin Well no.4, S.P. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920

11. Mrs. George Miller, Well no.1, Carnegie Co., Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
050073
Title:
Mrs. George Miller, Well no.1, Carnegie Co., Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920

12. W. G. Nixon Well no.1, H.S. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
050076
Title:
W. G. Nixon Well no.1, H.S. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1920