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

1. Shooting Wells with Nitroglycerin

IDNO:: 000715
Title:: Shooting Wells with Nitroglycerin
Date:: undated
Description:: Five derricks and rigs. Oil gushing from well in foreground.

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

IDNO:: 000753
Title:: Oil Well Gusher after Shot of Nitro-Glycerine
Date:: undated
Description:: A flowing oil well, showing the effect of an eighty-quart shot of nitro-glycerine. Harrison County.

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

3. Placing a Twenty Quart Nitro-Glycerine Shell.

IDNO:: 000754
Title:: Placing a Twenty Quart Nitro-Glycerine Shell.
Date:: ca. 1901
Description:: James Thompson, the Veteran Shooter, placing a twenty-quart nitro-glycerine shell. Harrison County Oil Fields.