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Title page and copyright page of 'The Oil Well Driller' by Charles Whiteshot, Mannington, W. Va.  Cover displays images of Colonel Edwin L. Drake, Modern Dilling Well, Dipping Oil with Blankets, Digging Conductor Hole, and Drilling with Spring Pole or Kick Down.

13. Title Page of the Book 'The Oil Well Driller', by Charles Whiteshot

Large group photo of the South Penn Men, Wileville District.

14. South Penn Men Wileville District

The late Fred Smith sitting at a desk.

15. Smith, Fred

Picture taken from an issue of Scientific American.

16. Machine for Handling Coke and Ore

Man walking down tracks towards gas pumping station, Wetzel Co.

17. Gas Pumping Station Hastings, W. VA

Workers hammering and four women and one child watching.

18. Hammering Drill Bit

Shooter's wagon with his team of horses carrying nitroglycerin.

19. Marietta Torpedo Co. Glycerin Wagon in Shinnston, W. Va. Oilfield

Shooter's wagon with his team of horses carrying nitroglycerin.

20. Marietta Torpedo Co. Glycerin Wagon in Shinnston, W. Va. Oilfield

Shooter's wagon with his team of horses carrying nitroglycerin.

21. Marietta Torpedo Co. Glycerin Wagon in Shinnston, W. Va. Oilfield

'Mud was a great enemy.'

22. Teamsters Hauling Oil Equipment Down a Muddy Road

23. Teamsters Hauling Oil Equipment Down a Muddy Road

"Ruins of oil fields, Lowe Station."

24. Ruins of Oil Tanks at Lowe Station, Shinnston, W. Va.