After World War II, a young woman takes a job working at on oilfield in a desert on the west coast. Once there, she struggles to fit in with her coworkers and can't help but feel out of place in this unfamiliar environment.

A man becomes wealthy when he strikes oil on his land. However after he learns that his neighbor has begun to pump oil from the same pool, he becomes extremely jealous.

The laborers at a gas plant use all means to evade company rules and withdraw their money as they please.

After fishing in a creek by a Texan oil field, a little boy finds a singing tabby cat that asks for water. When he tries to tell people about it, no one believes him.

A manager at a railroad electrifying company reluctantly takes on a man who is being abused by his wife, allowing him to try his best at the job and earn some money. Unfortunately, the man’s hard work is soon eclipsed by his wife’s brutality.

When a pipe repairman visits a Louisiana ranch during the droughts of the Great Depression, he encounters a recently widowed woman with dreams of exploring the country and a suspicious past.

A teenage boy in Alabama monitors the water near his father's marina for signs of oil in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon leak — and also falls in love with a girl who works for his father.

In a wild west boardinghouse, a young woman nurses an injured miner back to health while she reflects on her past relationships with men.

A ranching family stays optimistic during tough times by remembers their good luck last summer when they persuaded a generous rancher to work on his farm.

In a 1950s mining community in the western United States, death and suicide are common. A body is found in a burnt cabin, and everyone suspects it was suicide, but the truth is much more insidious.