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Show FIRE AT GAS ILL IS EXTINGUISHED DYNAMITE IS USED TO STOP BIG BLAZE AT CISCO, UTAH OIL FIELD Thousands of Dollars Worth of Gas Goes up In Smoke Before Flames Are Finally Brought Under Control Cisco, Utah, The fire at the Cisco gas well of the Utah Oil Roining company has been extinguished. Ford Alexander, specialist in gas fire-fighting;, arrived at Cisco from California, set off a charge of high explosive and sent the following succinct telegram: "Fire is out." The powder for the charge was sent to Cisco Sunday afternoon from Kenihvorth, and the equipment used by Mr. Ford was sent to Cisco Sunday Sun-day night. Within a few hours after he reached the camp the big fire, which it was believed would be burning burn-ing at least two more days, was extinguished. ex-tinguished. Mr. Ford exceeded his own promise by something like forty-sight forty-sight hours. There apparently has been no diminution dim-inution in the 100,000,000-foot gas flow, and the management of the Utah i Oil is hopeful that electrical storms in the vicinity of Cisco may be deferred de-ferred a week or such a matter until the casing can be anchored and a control con-trol head applied The plan now m contemplation involves the cementing of the casing from the top, and work 'n that end will be started immediate- ly. It was announced Sunday that the site for the second well at Cisco had been designated. It is on section 30. The first wel is on section 25. Equipment for the second well is being hurried to the field. Inasmuch as the road work has been completed and the water pipe lines laid for the drilling of the initial well, there will be but little preliminary woric to be done to get the second well started. Most of the equipment is at Wellington Welling-ton and can be moved to Cisco in a few days. Probably the biggest delay de-lay will be in the erection of the derrick, der-rick, but it is probable that the hole will be spudded in within two to three weeks. |