If you have mineral rights in western North Dakota, the sound of a pumpjack is the sound of money. Click and listen to the eerie sound of one pumper, located a few miles east of Williston, North Dakota.
Recording by Todd Melby
Photo by Ben Garvin
The Sound of Money
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