This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the Tutwiler Hotel, Birmingham, Ala., this 10th day of January, 1923, in accordance with request by Mrs. [...] regarding the gas and oil possibilities of lands in Wayne County, Tennessee, and Section 4, 7, 8, 9, 17, 18 of Township 2, Range 13 Lauderdale County, Alabama.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Frank E. Mohr (?), Conductor; Fay Autry (?), Steno.

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1. EC: [TENNESSEE] Yes, we have this here, you see. We do not find oil on this tract of land in Tennessee. There is some oil to be had, see. This, we would find, would come through the South East quarter of this land. There, we would only find, at thirty three to thirty four hundred feet, which would only produce from two to four barrels. This, we find, would not be sufficient to pay for the development of this, see.
2. [ALABAMA] In Section 9; the greater part covering Section 9, South East Quarter. Here are the larger pools. There is considerable oil in this territory. We have three distinct oil-bearing sands in this district continued below this until the fault in the lower part of the township. Depth: 780; 1,307; 2,780.
3. In the first, we would find, not the larger production, but the easier, oil to drill to.
4. The water troubles in the second sand would make a difficulty in drilling in the second sand in some parts of this district.
5. With the third sand the better production would be found - from four to seven hundred barrels per day, of oil, in this sand. This would be a real true oil-bearing sand, see.
6. (Q) What would we find at 1,307?
   (A) Water troubles here with this, except in some districts. Greater part of South East Half of the South West Half, for the best for this, at this depth. From one hundred to twenty-five barrels per day, in this depth.
   At 780 a smaller production, but good quality.
   A very good oil field! Other minerals further to the east, just before getting to the lower lines of the other district. Hold all of Section 9, see?
7. (Q) What gravity oil would this be?
   (A) 28 to 42; 42, of course, being the higher oil; 28 lower depth.
8. (Q) Would the well be drilled with Standard or Rotary tools?
   (A) Should be begun with Rotary tools; through the second and third with Standard. The Hartselle Limestone will be too hard to drill with Rotary.
9. (Q) What formation will be encountered at 780?
   (A) In the ten foot sand.
10. (Q) Is that in the Hartselle?
    (A) Hartselle, 780. - Bergenese 1,300.
11. (Q) What formations would be encountered from the ground, from the surface?
    (A) Earth, Marl, Clay, Lime, Sand, Limestone, Slate, Marl, Heavy, gummy, shallow lime, and the first show of the sand bearing oil. With this would be water, after we had encountered another stratum of lime, then there would be some heavy boulders, gravel, Lime, Lime Shale, heavy. We encounter next the stratum of oil sand. Trouble may be feared here with this. From 1,500 to 1,600, generally Lime, then the heavier limes to the to the black lime for many feet before before the shale, muck and marl, with the hundred feet of oil-bearing sand.
12. (Q) What sized hole should be started?
    (A) That depends on the depth drilled to. For the upper depth it would be an eight inch hole. For the second depth it would be a ten inch hole. For the lower depth it would be an eighteen inch hole. One string of casing for the upper. This is generally speaking. There would be causes that would require more. For the second depth there would be used two to three strings. For the third depth there would be used three strings of casing.
    The cost for this would be from ten to eighty-four thousand dollars. We are through.

REPORTS

1. 1/13/23 See 4416-2.

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