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Clifton Record

Location

Clifton, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1919

Page

23

Bosque Oil Company Seeks Small Investors for New Drilling Venture

The Bosque Oil Company announces a lease secured and a plan to drill within sixty days. They outline a low capital stock strategy offering shares to friends, with minimal cash outlay and no promoter fees. Partners Mooreana Massey and Norman Smith from Walnut Springs join, promising heavy emphasis on acreage near established fields and personal involvement to assure progress.

Letal Capital W. M. Sutphen Secy-Treas Meridian Liberty Bosque Oil Company H.C. Odle Tex H. J. Cureton Norman Smith Walnut Springs Tom Massey

Lease terms reveal risk-shifting on production deals

The document outlines a lease where no payment is made until production is achieved. The company receives the first 20 000 pounds of production before paying the lease seller, with a later 7 16 split of net production after a defined production amount.

Prominent Oil Stock Plan Promises High Returns

Capital stock set at 45000 dollars with 5000 dollars emergency funds. Shares at 50 dollars fully paid. Trustees to be announced, with local prominent citizens liable for duties. Reports of Knowles well yielding over 10000 barrels daily hint at strong profits. projections claim 800 barrel wells could yield 24000 barrels monthly totaling about 54000 dollars. Investors urged to join, asserting prior royalty investments prove high value.

W. M. Sutphen First National Bank of Meridian Steck Antil Dell Soine Magnolia Merriman Ranger Warren Wagner Merriman Baptist

Acreage and Location in the How Creek Oil Region

The map shows wells northeast and southeast of the Duke field with several producers in the area. The latest reports indicate the Well on the LC Ode farm and a Humble Company well on the Gray farm reaching the sand’s top, suggesting strong production prospects in this vicinity.

Rawwlen Sankeysstkelley Herrington Farmi Duan Salinas Hand Skelley-Sankey J.D. Herrington LC Ode Gray Farm Magnolia, Hoimble Plains Oil & Gas

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