Field Notebook: Florida. 1935, 1936
Page 79
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Lakeland, Fla., Feb. 28, 1936 A. C. Lane with E. H. Driege (Jacksonville) called to talk with Mr. Blanchard's oil venture. After lunch Mr. Driege lost us in his auto 30 miles N.E. travel site. Now down to 2700'. The last 300 feet had much anhydrite one bed over 100' thick. Very hard to drill by the churn method. Saw about 800' of a two inch core, all marl lens ls, dl, and some argillite. Saying no attention to find and have no idea when they are slate/pathical. At about 2700' in Hule- Haeck ls (maybe? staurolite) another maybe older Eocene a Cret. Saw one forams, and therein two ls within the drilled out, and of course from to determine. Blanchard gets his money by selling real- estate at inflated prices in the hope he will out-drill, or far no showing.