Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-25
GAS |s HELD ID BE: ! PEST PROSPECT FOR
 WELL AT FL D0RAD|
Oil in Immediate Vicin;tv However, Shown to
 Exist
INTEREST IN PROJECT
 IS UND1MINISHET
Attempt Soon to bck Made to Had ness Supply--Activity in the
 Leases Continues to be on
 Great Scale
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 Fl Dorado, April 24.-While thk flow og oil from the Constantin4 well is said to be decreasing, the we'll continues to spout forth gas, pushin up at intermittant periods auantitie1 of water and shale, and visitors con} tlnue to flock to Fl Dorado, and speculation in leases continues brisk, 1t is believed that efforts will be made to save the we'll as gasserl and not try to bring it in as an off well. The gas from the we'll. how ever. is "wet' indicating oil in thcj immediate vicinity.
 Several times, the flow of gas hasl entirely stopped, and remained sol several minutes, only to burst intoj n roar again and resume it's force 2 The two or three minute periods of calm on the part of the gas is be-] lleved to have been caused by cav-| ing in of part of the well, tempo.l rarlly in checking the flow Hund-] reds Of people continue to come tOj Fl Dorado to see the we'll and busi.| ness here is assuming such abnormal' proportions that it is becoming welll nigh impossible for local merchantsl to take care of it.
 It was stated today by J. J. yictora superintendent of the Constantine company that while the company was looking for oil when the we'll was being drilled, the gas would be utiliz-s ed in drilling other wells nearby and in furnishing Fl Dorado with an am- ple supply. The possibilities for oil. according to MT. Victor, are slight It is stated that if the; water which spouts from the we'll iaI coming from the sand at the bot.S tom of the well no oil will be- brought in.
 Plan to Cap Saon.
 Material has been ordered for capping the well, and if the flow has not stopped before the lapse of the. several days it will take to get tho material here, an attempt will ba7 made to harness" it. Officials think however, that the well will "brid9ev itself in few more hours, and no trouble will be encountered in get-s ting the well under control. Every precaution is being taken to prevent the we'll from catching fire, and smoking and striking matches is pro-: hibited within several hundred yardss of the we'll. It is located on Sthe Frank Hill track land near the Ei Dorado and Wesson railroad, in atf% old abandoned field, worn out by years of continuous cultivation.
 Representatives of oil concernS as we'll as Individuals, are makine string efforts to secure leases or. land near the we'll and several larra ( transactions have been made, real estate men say. More than $8,000 an acre was offered by one concern for 80 acres of land near the weIl that has already been leased. ThiS offer, it is said. was refused. Citt- zens of Fl Dorado are jubilant at the. bringing in of the well and of tho influx of people coming to viexys ' the well and traffic in leases. and the most of the people are better satisfied that the we'll is gasser than if it had been an oil we'll, it in stated, because they can have the m ]. for local consumption. Officia1s of the company are disappointed that the well is gasser.