01CONFIRMED
Yellow Wolf / Grandma Mary’s Farm
Roger Mills County, Oklahoma • Sec. 19, T13N R25W
Mary Frances Swope Trammell owned about 322 acres in Section 19. A 1979 surface-sale notice expressly excluded oil, gas and other mineral interests.
Ownership chain
Mary Frances Swope Trammell → minerals retained → estate/heirs [OPEN] → Frances Chandler branch → Dudley → descendants
Open title work
Obtain Mary’s probate and mineral distribution instruments; calculate heir fractions.
02CONFIRMED
Chandler Wells / Section 35 OS-2
Wheeler & Hemphill Counties, Texas • Sec. 35, Block OS-2
Leland A. Chandler and wife leased the tract by at least 1959; another lease followed in 1970 and a deed of trust in 1971. Chandler No. 1 is documented in 1976.
Ownership chain
Pre-Leland owner [OPEN] → Leland A. + Frances L. Chandler → 1980 mineral deeds → children/beneficiaries → later royalties
Open title work
Recover all five April 15, 1980 mineral deeds and trace Leland’s acquisition before 1959.
03STRONG EVIDENCE
Conrad Estate Cluster
Roger Mills County, Oklahoma • T13N R26W • Secs. 5, 6, 8+
Inexco No. 1 Conrad Estate was drilling by 1973; El Paso No. 1-A Conrad by 1979; later Chesapeake activity.
Ownership chain
Conrad Estate [OPEN] → heirs/mineral owners [OPEN] → Chandler-family interest [OPEN]
Open title work
Locate Conrad probate/estate, pooling orders and mineral-owner lists.
04OPEN
Petersen Unit
Roger Mills County, Oklahoma • Sec. 17, T13N R26W
Dyco Petroleum No. 1-17 Petersen Unit documented in 1979, geographically adjacent to Conrad.
Ownership chain
Original owner [OPEN] → Petersen ownership [OPEN] → family interest [OPEN]
Open title work
Pull OCC pooling/spacing cases and county deed chain.
05OPEN
Canadian County Section 12
Canadian County, Oklahoma • Sec. 12, T14N R5W
Multiple oil/gas wells and units confirmed in this section; family royalty paperwork points here.
Ownership chain
Original mineral owner [OPEN] → heirs [OPEN] → Chandler-family interest [OPEN]
Open title work
Identify exact family lease/royalty and trace county grantor-grantee index.
06STRONG EVIDENCE
Gwen Humes / Barbara Sue / Michael
Beckham County, Oklahoma • common development area
OCC survey places Gwen Humes #1-35HA, Barbara Sue #3-35 and Michael #2-35 in the same development area.
Ownership chain
Common mineral title [OPEN] → family royalty interest [OPEN]
Open title work
Resolve legal description and obtain pooling/unit owner exhibits.
07OPEN
Bryant / White
Oklahoma • legal description pending
Names appear on family royalty/payment records.
Ownership chain
Owner [OPEN] → family interest [OPEN]
Open title work
Match operator and well name to API/legal description, then title search.
08OPEN
Clay
Oklahoma • legal description pending
Family payment record associates Clay interests with Presidio activity.
Ownership chain
Owner [OPEN] → family interest [OPEN]
Open title work
Resolve exact Presidio lease/well and legal description.
09OPEN
WEHLU Tracts
Oklahoma • tracts 178 / 179 / 196 / 197 / 250
Family payment records reference WEHLU tract numbers and Formentera.
Ownership chain
Underlying sections [OPEN] → mineral owners [OPEN] → family interest
Open title work
Decode tract-to-section mapping and trace leases.
10OPEN
Cow Hills 20/29 AP 1H
Oklahoma • legal description pending
Family payment record identifies a Mewbourne-operated interest.
Ownership chain
Original mineral owner [OPEN] → family interest [OPEN]
Open title work
Resolve API and section from OCC/Mewbourne records.
11OPEN
Buffalo Horn / Klopfenstein
Oklahoma • legal descriptions pending
Family payment records associate these interests with BCE-Mach.
Ownership chain
Original owner [OPEN] → family interest [OPEN]
Open title work
Resolve units, sections and pooling owner lists.
12OPEN
Powder River County 480 Acres
Powder River County, Montana • ~480 acres • NW 1/4 clue
Inherited mineral/land interest. Full PLSS description is the critical missing key. Mineral estate is more plausible than assuming a literal gold mine.
Ownership chain
Original patent [OPEN] → mineral severance [OPEN] → estate/probate [OPEN] → family heirs [OPEN]
Open title work
Find full Section-Township-Range; search BLM patent and Powder River/Custer deed and probate records.