| Show 90 HAS NATURAL GAS FOR I 1 USES nuong FLOW encountered AT FEET frer WILL BE IUT PUT TO PRACTICAL USE AT LITTLE COMMUNITY cisco la is the first town in eastern utah to enjoy the benefits of natural fu tor for illuminating and ind heating par polet the arizona utah oil A e as company on saturday completed ed the inking sinking of a gai gab veil well when a strong pressure waa was encountered at V 2 foet feet the well wai was eased oft off to the gas formation has hat been capped fil fid arrangement arrangements are being made to pipe the gas aa throughout the town 3 and put it to practical ue use it ii stated that not only will the gas be vied used for light and beat but in cisco but it ill also be used at the D A IL G pumping plant on the colorado river effecting a con condlin slin able saving in the coit cost of fuel the chief purpose of inking sinking the iras well was wa to secure fuel for sink ing a deep oil test eat the arizona utah company already hai hat a well down it 1600 feet and work will now bo be re i th famed on it the cost of coal for fuel haa has always been a serious finan bial factor entering into well drilling in this section and the cisco company hu now overcome this handicap by using natural gas for fuel fuet a material raving in the coat cost of drilling will be effected the gas pressure in the shallow j test was brought in at feet and it i Is estimated that the flow is suf I 1 focient to supply a city d peo pie according to P C borreson and J I 1 alien allen moab blacksmiths who returned monday from a 4 weeks stay i at cisco where they were employed in repairing ring drilling equipment for the arizona utah company they that the gas is ot of excellent duality producing a clean blaze aind andt intense heat heal jt Is stated that when the valve at the casing head is opened the gas generates a pressure I 1 i of two hundred pounds the drillers are now resuming operations erat trat ions on the oil all test and it is the i intention to rush the work the well is down 1600 feet and is in perfect I 1 condition the driller drillers are confident I 1 that production will be had bad within the next feet several splendid I 1 knowings showings of oil have already been en countered indicating that when the oil bonzon is penetrated the chances are excellent exe client for bringing inkIng br in a corn com of crude the cisco gas strike is the second big bit dow flow encountered in grand county rece recently nUy several weeks ago the crescent eagle company tapped an immense pressure of petroleum gas at ite its well near thompsons Thomp sons so heavy was the pressure that it retarded operations erat ions and it was necessary to hold it in check by filling the well with water in spite of the water pros pres sum ore the gas flow at crescent Is still neavy and gas is being used for heat ingi hw and lighting purposes at the camp |
