Show GAS WELL ON FIRE CRYSTAL CARBON COMPANY BRINGS IN FOUR MILLION FOOT HIGH PRESSURE FLOW AT 1750 FEET A heavy flow of gas encountered at a depth of about 1750 feet on the cisco fold by the crystal carbon company yesterday morning ignited last night at five while the dr illers were to fasten a control head on the casing one man driller cart was severely burned about the head and was taken to grand junction for attention the blaze spurting to a height of about 75 feet soon consumed the ng and derrick and the well is now running wild efforts are being made to extinguish the flames and it may be necessary to bring in an expert gas fire shooter as was done at the cisco no 1 gas well brought in two years ago by the utah oil refining company the flow of gas was encountered at about 1750 feet about feet nearer the surface than in the no 1 and no 2 wells of the utah oil the gauge used on the other gas wells was installed and the pressure immediately shot the indicator to the pound mark the limit of a gauge A larger gauge was then secured at mack and while the adril lers were installing it the gas ignited it is thought that a rock was blown against the control head causing a spark which set fire to the gas several of the drillars drillers dr illers suffered burns mr cart being the most severely injured the flow of gas is estimated at cubic feet and the pressure is probably or pounds in the no 1 well of the utah oil the flow of gas greater but the presure as only about pounds the rig lost in the fire was a national and was brought in by the crystal carbon company several months ago to drill a number of welle to develop the gas area at the cisco fold preliminary to the installation of a large carbon black factory another rig will now be brought in and will be erected over the well to bring it under control when the no 1 well of the utah oil refining came in as a gasser it ran wild for a couple of days and the gas was ignited by lightning an expert shooter was brought in to extinguish the flames the no 1 well was then brought under control and gas from it is being used in drilling operations the crystal carbon company recently acquired the holdings of the utah oil refining on cisco dome and has barted work preliminary to the installation of a carbon black plant the new gasser is the third drilled on the cisco dome the two others being put down by the utah oil refining in oil exploration work |