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Permalink Reply by RBH on December 14, 2009 at 16:18

leases in William Humphries 138
Grantor Grantee Vol/Page Inst. Type County Inst. Date Term(months) Royalty Record Date Area
Anne Williams et al Southwestern Energy Production Company 2009005255/ Memo of lease Shelby 3/12/2009 36 6/29/2009 581.75
Paul L Mullen Southwestern Energy Production Co 2008101751/ Lease Shelby 9/17/2008 36 0.25 10/10/2008 581.75
Karen Crowe Endeavor Natural Gas LLC 1022/228 Lease Shelby 5/20/2005 36 0.1875 6/23/2005 60.00
David Putnam Endeavor Natural Gas LLC 1024/361 Lease Shelby 5/20/2005 36 0.1875 7/21/2005 60.00
Ann Wigley Lewis Endeavor Natural Gas LLC 1018/311 Lease Shelby 4/21/2005 36 0.1875 5/4/2005 60.00
Walter Bradshaw Endeavor Natural Gas LLC 997/919 Lease Shelby 7/23/2004 36 0.1875 8/31/2004 145.23

Permalink Reply by jffree1 on December 14, 2009 at 17:00

http://gis2.rrc.state.tx.us/public/startit.htm

This is the GIS Map on the Railroad Commission website. Scroll down on the right to Survey/Abstract and click. A new window will open. You can do a survey search by typing the name of the survey (last name only) or by abstract number. Click on your choice in the results and it will zoom in on the survey. Oh, and you have to choose your county (top left in the search window).

Permalink Reply by RBH on December 14, 2009 at 17:11

survey 137 and 138 shelby= shown as Cottle, GW survey--so leases below shown in 137/138 survey

Permalink Reply by Adam on December 15, 2009 at 13:28

Anskey,

RBH is correct. Any chance you have the wrong survey number?

Permalink Reply by jffree1 on December 15, 2009 at 13:39

Here's a picture:

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Permalink Reply by om28v on December 15, 2009 at 15:59

Anskey,
What they are trying to say, i think, is that the W Humphreys is in San Augustine County, this post you have put in the Shelby County section. A-137 in Shelby is Cottle survey. I hope you are in the A-138 in SA cnty as that is about 2 miles from the massive Kardell well. The map jffreel put above this post is a picture of that survey in SA cnty. The Texas railraod comm GIS viewfider map will tell you all this until your time runs out ( usually about 10-15 minutes ) then you have to start all over. At first it's confusing, but even I figured it out finally. If you are indeed in Shelby, don't worry, a very good area as well.

Permalink Reply by Anskey on December 16, 2009 at 2:51

Your right, I posted this under the wrong county. This info has been helpful though since I do have some land in Shelby. If I wanted further breakdown of the surveys to include property boundaries, where would I be able to find this? Thanks all for your help.

Permalink Reply by om28v on December 16, 2009 at 3:36

If you zoom in on the GIS it will not break down property lines for you. It may well be worth it to hire a survey co. to determine your lines. On some older properties it can be very trickey as the lines were drawn up long ago, and you may see things like " from the old Smith windmill to the large rock on the west side". I'm not kidding at all. Also, your time will be well spent on this great website. At first a lot of what is said will be Greek, but as you learn it will become more clear. You probably are going to need a good attorney too. These are all good problems, and as said, you are very close to the largest well to date in the Haynesville Shale. I would not consider leasing at all until you become very, very informed. Remember there are no stupid questions here. See you over in the SA section.

Permalink Reply by jffree1 on December 18, 2009 at 13:19

Anskey, contact the appraisal district office in your county of interest. They will advise you as to what they can do re: ownership map copies.

Permalink Reply by Anskey on December 18, 2009 at 12:44

Where exactly is the Kardell well? I see a bunch of wells in San Augustine West, but not sure if one of these is the Kardell well.

Permalink Reply by DJG on December 18, 2009 at 13:02

1.5 miles directly East of San Augustine.

Here's the link to the W-1:
http://webapps.rrc.state.tx.us/DP/drillDownQueryAction.do?fromPubli...

If you open that page you can click on the MAP button in the API# field and it will open up a seperate page for the GIS Map section of the Railroad Commission site.

Permalink Reply by om28v on December 18, 2009 at 13:52

after you click on the map, click zoom out 1.5x, then hit the arrow not straight up, but the one to the right (2:00 position) of it 3 times and there you are, W Humphreys. if you pull down map tools and put it on "identify wells" when you click on the well you will start seeing info and can further click on things from there. If you zoom out more you will loose some up close detail, but will see the bigger picture. you are by the huge well, very close, and good for you. now come see us in the San Augustine section, you need to meet cheerleader! she will tell you your minerals are worth up to $50,000 per acre + 25 % royalty, and she may not be too far off.