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Show Ill ILLS i prapnT Large Dehydrating Plant Being Built at Cowley Will Use Gas for Fuel. O.l and gas we'.la of Wyoming iiave added greatly to the prosperity of the slate, according to L. J. Willis, an extensive exten-sive oil operator of Cowley, Wyo.t who is on hi? wav to inspect a mining property prop-erty near Cherry Creek, Xev. In the Bron tie-Id numerous .sas wells arc being brought in. Near Cowley the largest gas well in the world was struck a few years ago. it is .said. The flow was so tremendous tre-mendous that for .some time the well could not be capped. At last state ofli-cials ofli-cials forced the operators to cap the well. A pit twenty-four feet in diameter und of the same depth was dug. surrounding sur-rounding the well. Tirts pit was filled with cement, in which huge chains were anchored, according to Mr. Willis. A cap weighing several tons was lowered by a derrick over the well and fastened to the chains. In the cap several valves had been provided for, and these were gradually closed after the cap had been securely fastened to Its moorings. A t -Cowley, in conjunction with the carbon plant which is operating there, a dehydrating plant for the drying of vegetables vege-tables and ruits is being built. Natural ! gas is burned in ii? carbon plants, and the carbon rrom the flame is caught. The iicat from the carbon plant is to furnish the necessary heat for the dehydrating process, according to Mr. Will's- Those tv ho are financing the new plant csti-i csti-i mate that, even though considerable quantities of vegetables and fruits must be shipped in, the saving in fuel will 1 make the plant yield profitable. Gas from Wyoming wells is not a dry gas, as is the gas produced by California wells. Tn the winter time, Wyoming gas will freeze in an ordinary pipe. To pre-1 pre-1 ent t:i is "slumps"' or elbows are fitted in the main pipe, line at regular intervals, . As the gas cools, its moisture is precipitated precipi-tated in these "slumps" or elbows. So great s the percentage of moisture in the gas yielded by the Cowley weils, it is said, that in a four-inch pipe line, sfven miles long, from four to seven bar-.; bar-.; rels of high -pressure gasoline are taken from the slumps. When the gas arrives at the carbon plant, before being burned, it is run through tanks of oii. By this process more gasoline is produced and the gas . made a "dry" gas before it is consumed. Natural gas costing about 25 cents per i thousand is used almost altogether in Cowley for fuel and light. Fuel and light ; for an eleven-room house in the coldest i winter weather costs from .S to $1) per I month, it is said. , I |