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writer remained in the Iron City for a profitable two weeks, visiting 

 and taking pictures of industries, natural resources, and historical 

 places. 



One day was spent in the natural gas field at Waynesburg as the 

 guest of the Manufacturers' Light and Heat Company of Pittsburgh. 

 The drilling of new wells; cleaning out of old ones; shut-in wells, (see 

 figure 38) ; plugged wells ; and producing wells were viewed and photo- 



FlG. 38. — A shut-in natural gas well, Waynesburg, Pa. 



graphed. The compressing station was shown and the process of re- 

 covering gasoline from the gas explained to the writer. At McDonald 

 and at Herman petroleum wells were visited. Again, producing wells 

 and those being drilled were observed. No flowing wells were seen, 

 but several yield a fine grade of crude oil as the reward of pumping. 

 Another day at Connellsville was devoted to studying the process 



