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1 National Tank, old building, 8/1979
2 National Tank, ground shots, 1980
3 National Tank, aerial photographs, 8/1979
4 National Tank, personnel and visiting officials, 10/22/1980
5 Blacktail well
6 Oil wells
a. Well east of Mossbacker Discovery, 8/1980
b. Negative 13 – well west of Bainsville, 9/1980
c. Negatives 17-20A, Tank Battery & well north of Bainsville, 9/1980
7 Wells north of Belfield, 4/1980
8 Marie Stromeney, 7/29/1979 and Gulf – Cliffs Drilling southwest Dagman
9 Rolfstad State #2 – northeast Williston, 7/1980
10 Rolfstad State on Springbrook Road, 5/1979
11 Rolfstad Discovery, 10/1978
12 Hunt Rolfstad State west of Springbrook, 6/1979
13 Well northeast of Ray, about 8/30
14 Price well on hill northeast Williston (a little southeast of Rolfstad State), 7/1980
15 Oil wells, 7/1980
a. #15 – Bomac 21 near Togus
b. #16-17 Kissenger Rig, White Earth Valley,
c. #18 rig southeast Tioga
d. Tioga gas plant
16 Mossbaher Pruit well south of Indian Hill, 7/1980
17 Northwest exploration Long Creek #2, south of scenic, 7/1980
18 Green Well & Fossum well, McKenzie County, 9/1979
19 Lee well east of Williston, 12/1979
20 Treffrey sunset, 6/1979
21 Oil well sunset, 9/1979 (don’t know which one – could be Clark or Rolfstad State or Heffelfinger)
22 Sunrise at Heffelfinger, 9/1979
23 Brook Jellison, south of Stanley, 7/1979
24 Sunrise Hunt Rolfstad State, 7/1979
25 Sunset photos, Tenneco Clark, northwest Williston, 7/1979
26 Sunset picture at Tenneco Clark, northwest Williston, 7/1979
27 Sunset shots at Treffrey, about 7/15/1979
28 Treffrey sunset, 7/1979
29 Morning silhouette, Rolfstad State, 7/1979
30 Sunrise Hunt Rolfstad State, 7/1979
31 Westland Refinery at sunrise, 9/1979
32 Sunset shots no clouds, Treffrey, 6/1979
33 Crusch well north of Bainsville (with cattle), 9/1979
34 Storm negatives, Heffelfinger and Treffrey, 9/1979
35 Sunset Treffrey
36 Moon eclipse, 9/1979
37 Sunrise view Hunt State, 7/1979
38 Winter aerial view, Rolfstad Discovery, 1978
39 Sunset at Tenneco Clark, 7/1979
40 Copy negative, Horley Binde Christmas cards, 12/1980
41 Bekkedahl farm home white bridge, 10/1980
42 Oil well photographs, eastern Montana and southwest Williams County, 5/1980
43 Oil crew at Hanson location, Tiger Rig, nine miles west and ten miles north Williston, 7/1980
44 Wells around Alexander and Watford City, 10/1980
a. #5,6,7 – north of Alexander
b. #8-9 – southwest of Rawson
c. #10-11 – west of Watford City
d. #12-13 – southwest of Watford City
e. #14 – south of Watford City
45 Wells northwest of Belfield, west of Club 85, 10/1980
a. #24-24A – furthest west
b. #1A – Bomac Rig south of gas plant
c. #2 & 3 – south of Bomac
d. #4 & 5 – southwest of Bomac
46 National Tank, photographs in Williston – north of Bainsville, 9 & 10, 1980
47 Getter Pipe yard, out of focus aerial photographs, 12/1980
48 Oil wells, 1/12/1981
a. #1-6, Blacktail well
b. #7-10, Seaton well
49 Well south of Springbrook, 11/2/1980
50 Barney Seaton well aerial photograph near Epping, 11/2/1980
51 WKM, 1/1981
52 Tenneco Jensen, 11/23/1978
53 Barney Seaton oil well, 1/2/1980
54 Oil wells north of Ray and Tioga, 7/13/1980
a. #16-17 – well eight miles north of Ray, Kendi 27 rig
b. #18-19 – Bomac 31 Texacola H Borstad 34-1 (C W1/2 34-158N-95W), northwest exploration Lundhagen #2, SE SE 10-158N-96W
c. #20 – about one mile north of Borstad, Bomac 31
d. #21 – about three miles northwest of Bomac 31 westburn rig 53
e. #22-23 – south of Big Meadow Brinkerhoff #10
55 Blacktail well (negative #2)
56 Illegible
57 Floyd Semenko, aerial photographs bulk plant, 8/1979
58 Hanson Well nine miles west, ten miles north, Williston, 6/25/1980
59 Bob Price with camera, Mesa, also Dr. Wright and Jim Irgens, 3/1/1981
60 Unidentified negatives
61 Getter Pipe yard, 7/1979
62 Frost shots, Montana wells, sunset at Heffelfinger
63 McCullough aerial photograph, 7/1979
64 Getter Pipe yard, 7/1979
65 Getter Pipe yard
66 Getter Pipe yard
67 Getter Pipe yard, aerials and ground shots, 12/1980
68 Unidentified negative
69 Unidentified negative
70 Getter Pipe yard, 12/1980
71 Winter, Hunt well south of Grassy Butte on 95, highway 85, also Johnny Auten rig, 12/1978
72 Oil rig, McKenzie County scenic, about two or three miles south of rest stop, 8/1983
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