The Bridwell Oil Company’s M. W. Smith No. 1, discovery well of the Ben Bolt field, is located 330 feet south of the north line and 1,145 feet east of the west line of the Smith 976.5-acre tract in the La Trinidad Grant, 112 miles southwest of the town of Ben Bolt, Jim Wells County, Texas.

The well was completed on May 28, 1939, with an initial production of 145 barrels of oil per day, producing on 18-inch choke; tubing pressure 875 pounds, casing pressure 1,000 pounds, and a gas-oil ratio of 500:1. The gravity of...

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