Comments on: Witnessing my generation’s gold rush

By: montanamd

montanamd — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:15:25 +0000

Interesting take on our part of the world and it’s nice to have it played for a change from the human “worker in the field” element. Some of the reflective pictures of the men are stunning as they somehow capture the loneliness that truly does come with these jobs and this area. It’s a crazy place we of the prairie find ourselves in these days with the influx of people and equipment and traffic. Many of us either left all that behind years ago or had never experienced it in the first place. You did a nice job and it sounds like you were here just long enough to figure out why so many of us stay in this desolate part of the US to begin with…

By: goodtoberight

goodtoberight — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:08:26 +0000

Yes, this is good. But what will the midwest do when the oil is gone?

By: JamesUlvog

JamesUlvog — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:18:21 +0000

Superb article. Fantastic photos and a great description of the Bakken field and life there. Please go back! Would be great to see more of your photos and hear more stories.

By: jwab

jwab — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 22:29:40 +0000

Loved this article and the pictures. I’m a geology student, and I’m just rearing to get up there and find some oil!

By: deweyblue191

deweyblue191 — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 22:19:40 +0000

Im so glad that the midwest is having this. This is pulling people out of poverty and providing the kids and families across the midwest a life that people in DC or Cali is living at the moment.