Matador Oil & Gas Company Leased in Motley & Dickens Counties, Texas
[N.p., likey Lubbock or Dallas: ca. late 1950s]. Blueline map, 20.25 x 16.25 inches. Old folds, some expert reinforcement of fold lines on verso, moderate dust-soiling, extensive lead and color pencil notations. About very good. Item #3006
An apparently unrecorded Texas oil map for a small but important area of West Texas just northeast of Lubbock, documenting the oil and gas leases held by the Matador Oil & Gas Company after the energy products were discovered there in the late 1950s. The town of Matador is the seat of Motley County, one of the least-populous counties in the state of Texas. The present plat map shows available land along the county line between Motley and Dickens counties, some of which were held by railroad companies such as the Houston & Great Northern Railroad Company and the Brooks & Burleson oil company. Numerous blocks are colored in red, with mathematical figures at top left and bottom right. The map's key includes locations for drilling wells, oil wells, gas wells, dry holes, and abandoned wells.
"Oil was discovered in the county in 1957, and subsequent production was significant though not large enough to place Motley County among the leading petroleum counties in the state. County wells produced 309,549 barrels of crude in 1960, 310,400 barrels in 1965, 405,039 barrels in 1974, 185,296 barrels in 1978, 122,025 barrels in 1982, and 304,465 barrels in 1990. By January 1, 1991, more than 9,439,000 barrels of oil had been produced in Motley County since discovery in 1957" - Handbook of Texas online. No copies in OCLC.
Price: $950.00