3/24/27 EC's letter to M. B. Wyrick:
Dear Mr. Wyrick:-
I enclose you, herewith, the reading as was gotten on the
well. I am sure, from the information given, you all feel
that you will never stop having trouble with these operations
- but it would indicate also that you had the right idea, and
by following same out that conditions will yet work out in a
satisfactory way and manner. I certainly hope they did.
Well, I don't believe I have written you since we returned
from Florida. We met some of our old friends there - I think
you remember Mr. Shroyer who used to live in Dayton, and whom
you met there. He is living in Miami now. He seems to be
getting along very nicely.
Just how much we accomplished in Miami it is hard to say.
Nothing whatever for the present, but I think we made some
connections that will prove very beneficial to us all along
[J. W. Peters, Sr.? A. C. Preston?] - men that really have
the right sort of an idea about what we are trying to do. I
sent you some of the readings we had on some of these men,
I think, so possibly you have gotten a pretty good idea of
the character of the men. They have a lot of business, but
are certainly all tied up with the depreciated prices in
real estate throughout Florida, and are truly in quite
an embarrassing position financially, and such conditions
seem to exist pretty well throughout the country. I dread
sometimes to think of the present conditions entering a
presidential year - but I'm in hopes that we'll have this
well going pretty soon, and that it will make the conditions
for a whole lot, anyway, in a much better shape than they
have been in some time.
I also was called up to New York just after I came back here.
It's the same old cry of slow business. I heard one man say
that is connected with a large department store there, that
their business in the last three months was over two hundred
thousand dollars shy from what it was the same time last
year. I had a very interesting experience while there this
time. I went to a meeting one evening - there were some
twenty odd people there that we had given readings for - some
of them as much as twelve to fifteen years ago - some of them
only a few months ago - some a few days ago - and quite a
number outside of these that we have appointments for now.
It certainly was interesting to meet people that I had never
seen but had heard from a good many times, and each and
everyone - almost to the man - had nothing but praise for the
good they had received from the work. It certainly was very
pleasing. I was trying to interest this group sufficiently
to get our institute in shape. I believe we will.
We still find we are crowded with requests having every
one that we can take care of, and more, though we are NOT
receiving as much contribution as we could USE - we are
managing to get along in a fashion.
Well, I'm in hopes you'll let us hear from you every chance
you have. I have really been expecting to have some real
good reports from the well, and I feel sure that we will
have before very long. You know we are very, very anxious.
With kindest personal regards from everyone,
Sincerely, Edgar Cayce EC:GD
4/04/27 Mr. Ralph M. Taylor (accountant in Mr. Wyrick's
office at Western Union Telegraph Office in Chicago) wrote:
"Doubtless you are aware of the fact that the Well was shot
on Thursday, March 31st, with results and seem to confirm
your wonderful prediction. The drilling out process is now
under way so it ought not to be long now."
[date?] G.C. Martin's wire:
DB798 46 NL. MORGAN TEX 15
M. B. WYRICK
427 SOUTH LASALLE ST.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
GAS CONTINUES TO COME ABOUT AS MUCH AS THE NIGHT THE SHOT WAS
PUT OFF THIS SEEMS TO BE MAKING ITS WAY UP THROUGH THE BRIDGE
AND SHOT UP OBSTRUCTIONS PAT SAID HE WISHES A BUNCH OF THE
BOYS COULD SEE THIS WITH THEIR OWN EYES.
G C MARTIN
[date?] G. C. Martin's wire:
DB 110 47 BLUE MORGAN TEX 17 930A
M. B. WYRICK
427 SOUTH LASALLE ST.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
HAD NO GAS SHOWING THIS MORNING WE LET WATER INTO HOLE STOP
THE GAS STARTED BY HEADS AND BY NOON BLEW WATER TO TOP OF
DERRICK STOP IT QUIT AND HAS NOT MADE ANOTHER HEAD OF GAS
SINCE STOP PAT THINKS IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRILL OBSTRUCTIONS
OUT.
G C MARTIN
4/18/27 Mr. Wyrick's letter to EC:
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Incorporated - PLANT
DEPARTMENT - M. B. Wyrick Division Plant Superintendent -
Chicago
Mr. Edgar Cayce,
115 West 35th Street,
Virginia Beach, Va.
My dear Cayce:-
I have not written you since before I went to Texas. I spent
two weeks at the well. We put in a light shot trying to
move the obstruction. It was not successful but cut our line
of casing 1400 ft. up. We then put in 150 quarts and got
considerable gas showing. The hole was bridged 70 ft. above
the shot, then pulled the line of 4 3/4" casing and found
that 1400 ft. was left in the hole. The bottom end of this
collapsed at the point where the hole was bridged. After
several days efforts to get thru with the drill, we find this
to be impossible and placed another small shot in the top of
the bridge. This closed the casing about 26 ft. farther up
but released more gas. The hole has been gassing at frequent
intervals ever since, but it is in such condition that we
will be unable to drill thru the obstructions and make a
producer. The only hope is that it might possible blow in
thru crevices around the obstruction.
Now the question is - shall we drill another well? How and
where will we finance it and where should it be located?
Please give me a reading on these questions, also the
possibility of doing anything more with this hole.
I hope you and family are well and that you are meeting with
much success.
Yours with best wishes, [signed] M. B. Wyrick MBW:MP
4/19/27 E. Bateman's letter to Mr. Wyrick:
Kopperl, Tex.
Dear Mr. Wyrick:
I sure do wish you could have been here Saturday morning -
we started to pull that casing and pulled it in two, let the
water in the hole. It ran in there for about an hour - that
held the gas down until it got enough pressure to shoot the
water out. It blew up close to the top of the derrick and
stayed that way for several minutes, just pouring back down
like an artesian well. It kept doing that until the hole got
full of water and it was just so heavy it could not push it
out any more.
Gas would burn in the pipe (Friday evening) like it did when
you were here.
That shows a pretty good gas pressure - sure looks like it
could be a well. I don't think though there is any use
trying to clean that hole with the casing tore up as it is.
We know what is in this part of the world if we never do get
to it, don't we?
If the fellows don't believe about that gas, just write me,
for I was there at work and the water seemed full of oil -
looked greasy.
Your friend, [signed] E. Bateman
GD's note: EC did not receive above letter from Mr.
Wyrick until after
4905-70 was given. It is put here in
date sequence so that the full situation can be considered
in studying the reading.
4/25/27 See
4905-70.
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