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Newspaper
Bronte Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1953
Page
1
A Bronte Enterprise retrospective recalls the early oil history in the Bronte area as part of Oil Progress Week. The feature highlights initial attempts and local memory, with thanks to Mrs. Minnie West for access to her files.
The oil well on E C Rawlings ranch three and a half miles northwest of Bronte is abandoned after three drilling attempts. The district has faced limited success in recent years, with this failure marking a major setback for local prospects.
The narrative covers Homer Ogden securing leases at Rawlings ranch and abandoning a test, then returning with funds to test the well. It notes progress on the J. S. Craft test near Blackwell, a first Coke County producing well by Wm. F. Morgan, and later test holes by Cardinal Oil Co on the Conda Wylie ranch as Bronte oil prospects continue amid past failed wells in the region.
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