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oil is forced to Elba, a distance of 34 miles, through a a-inch line. This 
work is done by a 35 horse-power engine, which gives a pressure in the 
line of from 700 to 1,000 pounds per square inch. The rate at which the 
oil is transported varies with the temperature. In the summer, when the 
oil is warm, and hence thin, 128 barrels may be pumped in one hour, 
but in the winter, when the oil is cold and. thick, the transportation may 
be restricted to 11 barrels for the same period. 
When the pipe line was completed the production of the field was 
about 500 barrels per day. It increased to 1,300 barrels in 1896, but since 
then has declined. In June, 1900, it ranged from 800 to 900 barrels per 
day, but had dropped to 352 barrels in July, 1902. 
7 Production.—The production of the field has been as follows, accord- 
ing to data furnished by J. R. Campbell, Treasurer of the Buckeye Pipe 
Line.Company, Macksburg Division: 
Barrels. 
Partwolewcar oi S9Oh tee aa ee ee eee ae 128,918.03 
VGA T SOAs were hp 8 et tena 4 anh ore aeicelie eas mans er 322,313.71 
Vear U895 ie ere. tenn ee eee ron sae aneetee ee 428,385.03 
ViGar SIGS Zs eh eee Se ae eG Ie ca Ae eae Sar PER 469,258.78 
VY earl 89 Gerri acini ek Bae ward hes aw eee 328,188.11 
V OA OS 98) a sarl ceo ee ee ey Be a noe ere a 196,417.75 
Vear 1899 208 has marianne ees Pen amen eee eye so5 Al OGO22 
VO 1 OO Ors ears hees Peeve te a et irre en Mn 256,586.99 
VAST: ell: Olea deers ee ee ans cee Ons me Ur re eRe 200,081.07 
Mears GOD rie ee rinse cater crc: deepewoter ites eRCoEAw. Cerner tes 140,527.98 
Leases.—At first the operators paid no bonuses, but gave a royalty of 
one-eighth of the oil to the land-owners—a rate that has been usually 
maintained. To this there is one exception worthy of note. When the 
round-house well showed the existence of oil, and operators began leasing 
the surrounding territory, Frederick Weaver, a thrifty German farmer, 
residing a short distance east of the round-house, quietly visited the oil 
fields of Washington, Pennsylvania, and investigated the methods of leas- 
ing oil territory in that field. When he returned home he demanded a 
royalty of one-fourth the oil and a bonus of $200 for each of the eight 
wells which it was proposed should be drilled on his farm, of eighty acres, 
and since his territory was regarded as very promising, these rather 
severe terms were granted. However, after drilling six wells, and the 
terrritory not meeting expectations, the contractors complained and Mr. 
Weaver generously reduced the bonus. More recently a royalty of 
one-sixth the oil has been received by holders of lands that were deemed 
especially promising, and bonuses also have been paid. The leases usually 
required that a well be drilled in from thirty to sixty days, but sometimes, 
especially in the least promising territory, six months were allowed. 
