How Oil Changed North Dakota


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Roughneck Family [video]
See Tait's story in the rough ride

Tait Salzer has been working on a drilling rig for less than a year. Still, he says the guys he works with are family.

Photo and video by Ben Garvin

 

August 29th, 2012

 

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