Twins with other roughneck crew members on a Wesr virginia wooden derrick drilling rig around the early 1900's. By 1900 the state's oil production exceeded 16 million barrels. By 1911, West Virginia was the nation's leading oil and gasoline producer. By 1917 its natural gas production reached 308,617,101,000 cubic feet per year.

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