Posts Tagged ‘work’

The Dirty Girls Aim to Clean Up Williston

Wednesday, December 26th, 2012

The oil boom of western North Dakota is mostly a man’s game. The number of men working on rigs tripping pipe far outweighs the few female faces found there. But women, including Tammy Paskvan (left) and Alexandria Markham, have found opportunity in oil country, tackling jobs men don’t traditionally do.

Story by Diane Richard

Photo by Todd Melby

They Call Us ‘The Sardines’

Saturday, September 1st, 2012

To make it in the Bakken boom, North Dakota newcomers need to work hard and make sacrifices. But what exactly are those sacrifices? Black Gold Boom reporter Todd Melby recently met Chris Larson, Jeffrey Prather and Domanick David (left to right), a group of young men who came to the oil patch looking for work. What they found surprised them.

Photo by Ben Garvin