Oil Boom Echoes Through Bronte and Fort Chadbourne
The Bronte and Fort Chadbourne oil fields expanded rapidly after World War II with Humble and Lone Star Producing Co guiding development. New wells and camps emerged, fueling jobs and schools, though activity declined from the late 1940s peak as fields cooled and production slowed.
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Bronte Enterprise
Bronte
Humble
Lone Star Producing Co
Fort Chadbourne
Palo Pinto
Goens
Ellenburger
Odom
Maverick Oil Well Drilling May Be Resumed
The Enterprise reports the Maverick section may see drilling restart as oil men with interests in California and Texas push to complete a project. Assurances claim drilling will continue until oil is definitively confirmed.
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Maverick
California
Texas
Hoblitzelle Perkins oil operation active around Bronte area
Karl Hoblitzelle of Dallas and Ronald Perkins run an independent oil outfit with about 40 producers near Norton, Bronte, and Norton area in Runnels County. Clyde Lee and Royce Lee supervise drilling and production living in Bronte, with crews in North Motley and South Motley fields. Oil activity paused with a planned restart in October after ten months of continuous drilling.
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Yson
Bronte
North Bronte
Gome
Town
Wendkirk
Silver
Edith
Karl Hoblitzelle
Dallas
Hobblitzelle
Ronald Perkins
Vicinty
Norton
Royce
Clyde Lee
Hoblitzelle
Clyde
Texas
Hoblitzelle and
Perkins
Bryan
Lee Brothers
Maverick
Lee Bros
Homer Daniel
Culp
Discovery Wells
Lee
Royce Lee
Davy Crockett
Don Furr
Crockett
Furr
North Motley
South Motley
Runnels County
Ballinger Lake
Colorado River
Coke County
Louisiana
South
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T. W. Murray
Louis Mabee
Bronte Motor Co
L. T. Youngblood
Enterprise
Barney Carter
C. H. Wylie
Sallie Odom
Runnels
Barnsdall Oil Co
Harris Davenport
William Hamm Jr
S. L. McNay
Railroad Commission
Lone Star
Tad Richards Place
Hiawatha Oil Co
Barnsdall No. 2
Davenport
Nolan County
Mary Alice McNay
Humble No
Charles C. Cave
Blackwell
Stanolind
Irene Morrow
Oil Progress
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