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Five derricks and rigs.  Oil gushing from well in foreground.

1. Shooting Wells with Nitroglycerin

A flowing oil well, showing the effect of an eighty-quart shot of nitro-glycerine.  Harrison County.

2. Oil Well Gusher after Shot of Nitro-Glycerine

James Thompson, the Veteran Shooter, placing a twenty-quart nitro-glycerine shell.  Harrison County Oil Fields.

3. Placing a Twenty Quart Nitro-Glycerine Shell.

4. Shooting Oil, T. B. Martin Well No. 3, S.P. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.

5. Oil Shooting from S. J. Hardesty Well No. 1, S.P. Co., Shinnston, W.Va.

Hartley Heirs' well shooting Oil in Shinnston, W.Va.

6. Shooting, Hartley Heirs' Well no.3, B.R. Co. Shinnston, W. Va.

A well shooting oil in Shinnston, W. Va.

7. Oil Shooting, H.H. Swiger Well No. 1, B.A. Co., Shinnston, W. Va.

Oil derrick shooting oil likely near Shinnston, W. Va.

8. Unidentified Oil Derrick Likely in W. Va.