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1 to 15 Unidentified oil wells, including a few aerial views
16 Oil well West of Bainville, Montana 9-80
17 & 18 Oil well West of Watford 10-80
19 Oil well Southwest of Watford, 10-80
20 Oil well South of Watford, 10-80
21 & 22 Oil well Southwest of Rawson, 10-80
23 & 24 Oil well North of Alexander, 10-80
25 to 29 Unidentified oil wells
30 Unidentified oil well, (printed July 1979)
31 & 32 Sunset
33 to 39 Unidentified oil wells
40 Cattle with an oil well in the distance (printed May 1980)
41 to 43 Unidentified oil well (printed July 1980)
44 to 46 Unidentified oil wells, (printed Sept 1980, May 1981 and June 1981)
47 to 52 Oil wells and men with oil well in background, 1979-11
53 to 65 Unidentified oil wells, plants, cattle, and the rubble of a wall (printed May 1980)
66 to 98 Men working on an oil rig, (printed July 1979)
99 & 100 Unidentified oil well, (printed August 1980)
101 to 103 Aerial views of unidentified gas plant and oil well, (printed Sept 1980)
104 Man on a piece of farm equipment driving down the road, (printed June 1979)
105 Unidentified oil well (printed Sept 1979)
106 Aerial view of the Heffelfinger oil well (printed Sept 1979)
107 & 108 Aerial views of unidentified oil wells (printed Sept 1979)
109 to 111 Unidentified oil wells at sunset (printed July 1979)
112 to 117 Aerial views of unidentified industrial buildings and a gas plant
118 Aerial view of an oil well
119 Aerial view of the Wildrose grain elevators (printed 1979)
120 Industrial plant at sunset
121 to 125 Unidentified oil wells and oil rigs
126 Man standing by a Brinkerhoff Signal Rig 1 (printed Sept 1979)
127 & 128 Williston Basin Energy Festival June, 1981, blurry prints
129 & 130 Red tinted oil well pictures
131 to 148 Oil well at sunset (printed July 1979)
149 to 172 Aerial views of industrial plants and warehouses including a gas plant, farm implement lot, and the Guardian Inspection Ser. Inc. lot – images with green grass and also with snow on the ground (some printed Jan 1981 and June 1979)
173 Storage bins
174 Aerial view over the Tioga gas plant (printed Sept 1979)
175 Signs say CE Nato building, and National Tank Company (printed Sept 1980)
176 Building and garage, sign says WISCO
177 & 178 Cummings building and garage (printed Sept 1980)
179 & 180 W-K-M Field Services Inc. building and garage (printed Jan 1981)
181 Interior of warehouse, with crates and boxes that say KIMRAY, Oil and Gas Equipment and Controls, Oklahoma City
182 & 183 Semi truck accident, crushed cab
184 to 192 Building under construction with crane hosting roof sections (printed July 1979)
193 & 194 Crane and men at work, snow on ground
195 Picture of a truck
196 to 202 Various unidentified oil wells at sunset
203 Oil men at work on an oil rig
204 & 205 Oil well at night, including with the moon, lunar eclipse
206 to 214 The moon during a lunar eclipse
215 to 228 Various unidentified oil wells, prints from July 1979 through May 1981
229 to 232 Unidentified oil wells (printed July 1979)
233 to 236 Unidentified oil wells (printed Sept 1979)
237 Oil well, Hunt Egly #2, West town 53 (printed Nov 1979)
238 Oil well, Amoco Wilbur Campbell, Bomac 25 (printed Nov 1979)
239 to 244 Unidentified oil wells (printed Aug and Sept 1980, and May 1981)
245 & 246 Oil well, Rolfstad Slate, 6-15-79, Along Springbrook Rd, NE Williston
247 Amerada Howe (?) 6-17-79, South of Tioga along Scenic
248 Aerial view of the Tioga gas plant ?
249 to 253 View of men standing on a barge, and a crane on shore (printed Sept 1980)
254 Man on a piece of machinery (printed Sept 1979)
255 & 256 Unidentified oil well light up at night (printed July 1979)
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