HomeMy WebLinkAbout20252087.tiffWELD COUNTY SMALL -TRACT OIL AND GAS LEASE
Containing 5.00 acres, more or less:
Containing 5.00 net mineral acres, more or less:
THIS LEASE AGREEMENT, dated this eZl.1' day of auk -, 20 -pews use onio, made
and entered into by and between WELD COUNTY, COLORADO, a political subdivision of the
STATE OF COLORADO, acting by and through the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF THE COUNTY OF WELD, for its respective interests, do BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, 1150 O STREET, P.O. BOX 758, GREELEY, CO 80632, hereinafter called
Lessor, and:
Verdad Resources LLC, whose address is 5950 Sherry Lane, Suite 700, Dallas, TX
75225
hereinafter called Lessee:
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, said Lessee has applied to Lessor for an oil and gas lease covering the land
herein described, and has paid a bonus consideration totaling $ 6,000.00 , calculated at
$ 1,200.00 per mineral acre, fixed by Lessor as an additional consideration for the granting of
this lease, and the following consideration:
WHEREAS, all the requirements relative to said lease agreement have been duly complied
with and said lease agreement has been approved and allowed by Lessor;
THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein, on the part of Lessee to be paid,
kept and performed, Lessor does lease exclusively to Lessee for the sole and only purpose of
drilling for, development of and production of oil and gas, or either of them, thereon and therefrom
with the right to own all oil and gas so produced and saved therefrom and not reserved as royalty
by Lessor under the terms of this lease, together with rights -of -way, easements and servitudes
for pipelines, telephone and telegraph lines, tanks and fixtures for producing and caring for such
product, and housing and boarding employees, and any and all rights and privileges necessary
for the exploration and operation of said land for oil and gas, the following described land situated
in the County of Weld, State of Colorado, and more particularly described as follows:
SECTION TOWNSHIP RANGE
24 3N 63W
DESCRIPTION OF LAND (attach exhibit if additional space is required)
S/2SW/4SW/4SE/4
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD said land, and all the rigs and privileges granted hereunder to
Lessee until the hour of twelve o'clock noon on the 1.1 day of 3't _ \t , 20A2xciews use
only), as primary term, and so long thereafter as oil and gas, or either of them, is produced in paying
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quantities from said land or Lessee is diligently engaged in bona fide drilling or reworking
operations on said land, subject to the terms and conditions herein. Drilling or reworking
operations shall be deemed to be diligently performed if there is no delay or cessation thereof for
a greater period than sixty (60) consecutive days, unless an extension in writing is granted by
Lessor; provided that such drilling or reworking operations are commenced during said primary
term or any extension thereof, or while this lease is in force by reason of production of oil and gas
or either of them, or that such reworking is commenced within (60) sixty days upon cessation of
production for the purpose of re-establishing the same, and provided further that such production
is commenced during such primary term or any extension thereof, or while this lease is in force
by reason of such drilling or reworking operations or other production.
EXPLORATION - Lessor reserves the right to conduct exploration on the leased land provided
such exploration does not interfere with rights granted herein.
In consideration of the premises, the parties covenant and agree as follows:
1. RENTAL - This is a PAID -UP LEASE. In consideration of the down cash payment, Lessor
agrees that Lessee shall not be obligated, except as otherwise provided herein, to
commence or continue any operations during the primary term. Lessee may at any time
or times during or after the primary term surrender this lease as to all or any portion of
said land and as to any strata or stratum by delivering to Lessor or by filing for record a
release or releases, and be relieved of all obligation thereafter accruing as to the acreage
surrendered.
2. ROYALTY PROVISIONS:
A. Lessee Responsible for All Costs/Expenses: Lessee shall account for any and all
substances produced on the leased land and shall pay to Lessor as royalty, in addition
to the rentals provided, the royalties described in paragraphs B through E below, which
shall be free of all costs of any kind. In this regard, Lessee agrees to bear one hundred
percent (100%) of all costs and expenses incurred in rendering hydrocarbons
produced on or from the Leased Premises marketable and delivering the same into
the purchaser's pipeline for immediate transportation to an end user or storage facility.
If a gas purchase contract makes any deductions for the expenses of dehydrating,
transporting, compressing, manufacturing, processing, treating, gathering or
marketing of such gas, then such deductions shall be added to the price received by
Lessee for such gas for the purpose of the payment of royalties to Lessor. Additionally,
royalties payable to Lessor shall never bear, either directly or indirectly, under any
circumstances, the costs or expenses (including depreciation) to construct, repair,
renovate or operate any pipeline, plant, or other facilities or equipment used in
connection with the treating, separation, extraction, gathering, processing, refining,
transporting, manufacturing or marketing of hydrocarbons produced from the Leased
Premises or lands pooled therewith. It is the intent of the parties that the provisions of
this Paragraph 2 are to be fully effective and enforceable.
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B. Royalty Payment on Products: On products, Lessee shall pay Lessor a royalty
payment of twenty-two and one-half percent (22.5%) of the gross market value or
proceeds of sale thereof, whichever is higher.
C. Royalty Payment on Residue Gas: On residue gas or gas remaining after separation,
extraction or processing operations, Lessee shall pay Lessor twenty-two and one-half
percent (22.5%) of the proceeds of sale or of the market value thereof, whichever is
higher.
D. Royalty Payment on Oil: At the option of Lessor, and with sixty (60) days' notice to
Lessee, Lessor may take its royalty oil in kind, in which event Lessee shall deliver such
royalty oil to Lessor on the leased land, free of cost or deduction, into the pipelines or
storage tanks designated by Lessor, but Lessee shall not in such case be required to
provide free tankage for any such oil for a longer period than one month after the same
is run into tanks. With sixty (60) days' notice to Lessee, Lessor may cease taking oil
royalty in kind. When paid in cash, Lessee shall pay Lessor for oil produced and saved
from the leased land, twenty-two and one-half percent (22.5%) the market value of the
oil at the wellhead, or the price actually paid to Lessee at the well by the purchaser
thereof, whichever is higher; and in no event shall the royalties be based upon a
market value at the well less than the posted price in the field for such oil, or in the
absence of a posted price in the field for such oil, upon a market value at the well less
than the prevailing price received by other producers in the field for oil of like grade
and gravity at the time such oil is run into pipelines or storage tanks.
E. No Refund of Bonus: If Lessor owns a lesser interest in the oil and gas deposits of
the above -described land than the entire and undivided fee simple estate, then the
royalties and rentals herein provided shall be paid to Lessor only in the portion which
its interest bears to the whole and undivided fee, but no refund of any bonus
consideration shall be made by Lessor hereunder.
F. Timing of Royalty Payments: All royalties payable under the terms of this lease shall
be payable in cash (unless Lessor elects to take such royalty oil or gas in kind) to
Lessor within one hundred twenty (120) days following the first commercial sale of
production and thereafter no more than sixty (60) days after the end of the month
following the month during which production takes place. Subject to the provisions of
Paragraph 16 of this Lease concerning shut-in wells, royalties shall be paid to Lessor
by Lessee and/or its assigns or by the product purchaser for oil and/or gas. Upon the
failure of any party to pay Lessor the royalty as provided in this paragraph, Lessor
may, at Lessor's option, elect to terminate this Lease by sending written notice to
Lessee. Lessee shall then have forty-five (45) days from the date of service of such
written notice in which to avoid termination of this Lease by making or causing to be
made the proper royalty payment or payments that should have been paid. If such
royalty payment is not made on, or before, the expiration of the 45 -day period, or
written approval is not obtained from Lessor to defer such payment, Lessor may elect
to terminate this Lease by filing a Notice of Termination with the Weld County Clerk
and Recorder. The effective date of said termination shall be the date said Notice of
Termination is recorded.
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G. Effect of "Take or Pay Provision": In the event Lessee enters into a gas purchase
contract which contains what is commonly referred to as a "take or pay provision"
(such provision meaning that the gas purchaser agrees to take delivery of a specified
minimum volume or quantity of gas over a specified term at a specified price or to
make minimum periodic payments to the producer for gas not taken by the purchaser)
and the purchaser under such gas purchase contract makes payment to Lessee by
virtue of such purchaser's failure to take delivery of such minimum volume or quantity
of gas, then Lessor shall be entitled to twenty-two and one-half percent (22.5%) of all
such sums paid to Lessee or producer under the "pay" provisions of such gas
purchase contract. Such royalty payments shall be due and owing to Lessor within
sixty (60) days after the receipt of such payments by Lessee. If the gas purchaser
"makes up" such gas within the period called for in the gas contract and Lessee is
required to give such purchaser a credit for gas previously paid for but not taken, then
Lessor shall not be entitled to royalty on such "make up" gas. If Lessee is not producing
any quantities of gas from the Leased Premises but is receiving payments under the
"pay" portion of such "take or pay" gas purchase contract provision, such payments
shall not relieve Lessee of the duty to make shut-in royalty payments if Lessee desires
to continue this Lease, but such "take or pay" royalty payments shall be applied as a
credit against any shut-in royalty obligation of the Lessee. Lessor shall be a third -party
beneficiary of any gas purchase contract and/or transportation agreement entered into
between Lessee and any purchaser and/or transporter of Lessor's gas, irrespective of
any provision of said contracts to the contrary, and such gas purchase contract and/or
transportation agreement will expressly so provide. Further, Lessor shall be entitled to
twenty-two and one-half percent (22.5%) of the value of any benefits obtained by, or
granted to, Lessee from any gas purchaser and/or transporter for the amendment,
modification, extension, alteration, consolidation, transfer, cancellation or settlement
of any gas purchase contract and/or transportation agreement.
H. Recovery of Liquid Hydrocarbons: Lessee agrees that before any gas produced from
the Leased Premises is used or sold off the Leased Premises, it will be run, free of
cost to Lessor, through an adequate oil and gas separator of a conventional type or
equipment at least as efficient, to the end that all liquid hydrocarbons recoverable from
the gas by such means will be recovered on the lease and Lessor properly
compensated therefor.
I. Excess Payments to Lessor: Any payment of royalty or shut-in gas royalty hereunder
paid to Lessor in excess of the amount actually due to the Lessor shall nevertheless
become the property of the Lessor if Lessee does not make written request to Lessor
for reimbursement within one (1) year from the date that Lessor received the erroneous
payment, it being agreed and expressly understood between the parties hereto that
Lessor is not the collecting agent for any other royalty owner under the lands covered
hereby, and a determination of the name, interest ownership and whereabouts of any
person entitled to any payment whatsoever under the terms hereof shall be the sole
responsibility of Lessee. It is further expressly agreed and understood that: (i) this
provision shall in no way diminish the obligation of Lessee to make full and punctual
payments of all amounts due to Lessor or to any other person under the terms and
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provisions of this Lease, and (ii) any overpayments made to the Lessor under any
provisions of this Lease shall not be entitled to be offset against future amounts
payable to parties hereunder.
J. Effect of Division Order: The terms of this Lease may not be amended by any division
order and the signing of a division order by any mineral owner may not be made a
prerequisite to payment of royalty hereunder.
K. Limitation of Sale to Subsidiaries and/or Affiliates: Oil, gas or products may not be
sold to a subsidiary or affiliate of Lessee as defined herein without the Lessor's prior
written permission.
L. Royalty Payable on All Gas Produced: Lessee shall pay Lessor royalty on all gas
produced from a well on the Leased Premises and sold or used off the Leased
Premises, regardless of whether or not such gas is produced to the credit of Lessee
or sold under a contract executed by or binding on Lessee. Should gas be sold under
a sales contract not binding on Lessee, Lessor's royalty will be calculated based on
the highest price paid for any of the gas produced from the well from which such gas
is produced. In no event will the price paid Lessor for Lessor's share of gas be less
than the price paid Lessee for Lessee's share of gas.
3. LESSOR'S ACCESS TO LEASED PROPERTY AND RECORDS
A. Records Generally: Lessee agrees to keep and to have in its possession complete
and accurate books and records showing the production and disposition of any and all
substances produced on the leased land and to permit Lessor, at all reasonable hours,
to examine the same, or to furnish copies of same to Lessor upon request along with
purchaser's support documentation. Lessor will not be unreasonable with requests.
All said books and records shall be retained by Lessee and made available in Colorado
to Lessor for a period of not less than five (5) years.
B. Access to Premises: Lessor shall have free access, at all times, to all wells, tanks,
and other equipment on the Leased Premises, including drilling wells, and Lessee
agrees to furnish Lessor, or Lessor's nominee, currently and promptly, upon written
request, with full well information including cores, cuttings, samples, logs (including
Schlumberger and other electrical logs), copies and results of deviation tests and
directional and seismic surveys, and the results of all drill stem tests and other tests of
other kind or character that may be made of wells on the Leased Premises. Lessor or
Lessor's nominee shall be furnished with, and have free access at all times to,
Lessee's books and records relative to the production and sale of oil, gas or other
minerals from the Leased Premises, including reports of every kind and character to
local, State or Federal governmental authorities. Lessor shall have the right, at its
election, to employ gaugers or install meters to gauge or measure the production of all
minerals produced from the premises, and Lessee agrees to prepare and deliver to
Lessor or Lessor's gauger or nominee duplicate run or gauge tickets for all minerals
removed from the premises. Lessee shall furnish to Lessor daily drilling reports on
each well drilled upon request.
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C. Gas Purchase Agreements/Gas Contracts: At least thirty (30) days prior to the
delivery or the execution of any contract for the sale, delivery, transporting or
processing of gas produced from the Leased Premises, Lessee shall provide Lessor
with a complete copy of each proposed contract for the purchase, transportation and/or
processing of such gas that Lessee intends to execute (each a "Gas Contract"),
whereupon, Lessor may object if the terms of said Gas Contract conflict with the terms
and conditions of this Lease. Lessee shall furnish to Lessor, within a reasonable time
after its execution, a copy of any Gas Contract or transportation agreement entered
into in connection with the Leased Premises, or if there is already a Gas Contract or
transportation agreement in effect due to Lessee's operations in the field, then a copy
of that contract. Furthermore, a copy of any amendments to the gas purchase contract
or transportation agreement shall be furnished said Lessor within thirty (30) days after
execution thereof; and on request of Lessor and without cost to the Lessor, Lessee
shall furnish Lessor a copy of the following reports: core record, core analysis, well
completion, bottom hole pressure measurement, directional survey records, electrical
and induction surveys and logs, gas and oil ratio reports, paleontological reports
pertaining to the paleontology of the formations encountered in the drilling of any wells
on the Leased Premises, and all other reports which pertain to the drilling, completing
or operating of the wells located on the Leased Premises. Such information shall be
solely for Lessor's use, and Lessor shall attempt to keep same confidential for twelve
(months after receipt, subject to its obligation to comply with the Public Records
requirements under Colorado law. Lessee agrees that it will not enter into any contract
for the sale, delivery, transporting or processing of gas produced from the Leased
Premises which shall extend more than two (2) years from the effective date of such
sales contract unless such contract has adequate provisions for redetermination of
price at intervals of no less frequency than one (1) year to ensure that production from
this Lease is not being sold for less than the then current market value.
D. Lessee to Advise Regarding Well Status: Lessee shall advise Lessor, in writing, of
the location of all wells drilled upon the Leased Premises on or before thirty (30) days
prior to commencement of operations, and shall advise Lessor, in writing, the date of
completion and/or abandonment of each well drilled within thirty (30) days after
completion or abandonment.
4. MEASUREMENTS: All production shall be accurately measured using standards
established by the American Gas Association (AGA) and/or the American Petroleum
Institute (API) and all measuring devices shall be tamper proof as nearly as possible. Oil
royalties due within the terms of this lease shall be calculated on actual and accurate
measurements within API standards unless a different means of measurement, subject to
Lessor's approval, is provided.
5. PAYMENTS AND REPORTS: All payments and reports due hereunder shall be made on
or before the day such payments and reports are due. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to extend the expiration of the primary term hereof. Oil royalty payments and
supporting documents shall be submitted prior to the last day of the month following each
month's sale of production, and gas royalty payments and supporting documents shall be
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submitted prior to the last day of the second month following each month's sale of
production. All payments shall be made by cash, check, certified check, or money order.
Payment having restrictions, qualifications, or encumbrances of any kind whatsoever shall
not be accepted by Lessor. A penalty for a late payment shall be charged as set forth in
the PENALTIES paragraph herein.
6. PENALTIES: A penalty shall be imposed for, but not limited to, late payments, improper
payments, operational deficiencies, violation of any covenant of this lease, or false
statements made to Lessor. Penalties shall be determined by Lessor, unless otherwise
provided for by law, and may be in the form of, but not limited to, interest, fees, fines,
and/or lease cancellation. A penalty schedule shall be prepared by Lessor and shall
become effective immediately after public notice. Said schedule may be changed from
time to time after public notice.
7. LAW: The terms and conditions of this lease shall be performed and exercised subject
to all laws, rules, regulations, orders, local ordinances or resolutions applicable to, and
binding upon, the administration of lands and minerals owned by the County of Weld, and
to laws, rules and regulations governing oil and gas operations in Colorado. Violations
shall result in penalties as provided for by law or as set forth in the aforementioned
schedule or shall, at the option of Lessor, result in default as provided hereinafter.
8. SURRENDER: Lessee may at any time, by paying to Lessor all amounts then due as
provided herein, surrender this lease insofar as the same covers all or any portion of the
land herein leased and be relieved from further obligations or liability hereunder with
respect to the land so surrendered; provided that this surrender clause and the option
herein reserved to Lessee shall cease and become absolutely inoperative immediately
and concurrently with the institution of any suit in any court of law by Lessee, Lessor or
any assignee of either to enforce this lease, or any of its terms expressed or implied. In
no case shall any surrender be effective until Lessee shall have made full provision for
conservation of the leased products and protection of the surface rights of the leased land.
9. ASSIGNMENTS:
A. Fee for Assignments: Lessee, upon payment of a $100.00 fee and prior written
consent of Lessor (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), shall have the right to
assign the entire leasehold interest of said Lessee in all or part of the land covered
hereby. Prior to written approval by Lessor of assignment of this lease, Lessee
(assignor) shall not be relieved of its obligations under the terms and conditions herein.
An assignment shall not extend the term of this lease.
B. Partial Assignment: If any assignment of a portion of the land covered hereby shall
be approved, a new lease shall be issued to the assignee covering the assigned land,
containing the same terms and conditions as this lease, and limited as to term as this
lease is limited, and the assignor shall be released and discharged from all further
obligations and liabilities as to that portion so assigned.
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C. Lessee to Notify: Lessee shall notify Lessor of all assignments of undivided
percentage or other interests. Said interests will not be recognized or approved by
Lessor, and the effect of any such assignments will be strictly and only between the
parties thereto, and outside the terms of this lease, and no dispute between parties to
any such assignment shall operate to relieve Lessee from performance of any terms
or conditions hereof or to postpone the time therefore. Lessor shall at all times be
entitled to look solely to Lessee or his assignee shown on its books as being the sole
owner hereof, and for the sending of all notices required by this lease and for the
performance of all terms and conditions hereof.
D. Filing with Lessor: Although not binding on Lessor, all instruments of every kind and
nature whatsoever affecting this lease should be filed with the Lessor.
10. OVERRIDING ROYALTY: Any and all reservations or assignments or overriding royalties
shall be subject to approval by Lessor. The total of said overriding royalties shall not
exceed five percent (5%), including any overriding royalty previously provided for unless
production exceeds a monthly average of fifteen (15) barrels per day or ninety thousand
cubic feet of gas per day (90 MCF/D). In the event production drops to this amount or less,
any overriding royalties which exceed five percent (5%) may be suspended. Lessor's
approval of a reservation or assignment of an overriding royalty shall not bind Lessor for
payment of said overriding royalty and shall not relieve Lessee of any of its obligations for
payment of royalties to Lessor as provided by ROYALTY paragraphs herein.
11. OFFSET WELLS: Lessee agrees to protect the leased land from drainage by offset wells
located on adjoining lands not owned by Lessor, when such drainage is not compensated
for by counter -drainage. It shall be presumed that the production of oil and gas from offset
wells results in drainage from the leased land, unless Lessee demonstrates to Lessor's
satisfaction, by engineering, geological, or other data, that production from such offset well
does not result in such drainage, or that the drilling of a well or wells on the leased land
would not accomplish the purposes of protecting the deposits under the leased land.
Lessor's decision as to the existence of such drainage shall be final, and Lessee shall
comply with Lessor's order thereon or surrender this lease as to any such undeveloped
acreage as designated by Lessor.
12. DEVELOPMENT: Upon discovery of oil and gas or either of them on the leased land,
Lessee shall proceed with reasonable diligence to develop said land at a rate, and to an
extent, commensurate with the economic development of the field in which the leased land
lies.
13. POOLING CLAUSE: Lessee may at any time or times pool any part or all of said land or
lease or any stratum or strata with other lands and leases, stratum or strata, in the same
field so as to constitute a spacing unit to facilitate an orderly or uniform well -spacing
pattern or to comply with any order, rule, or regulation of the State or Federal regulatory
or conservation agency having jurisdiction. Such pooling shall be accomplished or
terminated by filing of record and with the Colorado Oil and Gas conservation Commission
a declaration of pooling, or declaration of termination of pooling, and by mailing or
tendering a copy to Lessor. Drilling or reworking operations upon or production from any
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part of such spacing unit shall be considered for all purposes of this lease as operations
or productions from this lease. Lessee shall allocate to this lease the proportionate share
of production which the acreage in this lease included in any such spacing unit bears to
the total acreage in said spacing unit.
14. UNITIZATION — COMMUNITIZATION: In the event Lessor permits the land herein leased
to be included within a communitization or unitization agreement, the terms of this lease
may be deemed to be modified to conform to such agreement. When only a portion of the
land under this lease is committed by an agreement, Lessor may segregate the land and
issue a separate lease for each portion not committed thereunder; the term of such
separate lease shall be limited as to the original term of this lease. The terms of the lease
on that portion remaining in the unit shall be deemed to be modified to conform to such
agreement. Non -producing leases shall terminate on the first anniversary date of the
lease following the termination date of the unit or part thereof modifying the lease, but in
no event prior to the end of the primary term of the lease or the extension term of the
lease.
15. PRODUCTION: Lessee shall, subject to applicable laws, regulations and orders, operate
and produce all wells upon the leased land so long as the same are capable of producing
in paying quantities, and shall operate the same so as to produce at a rate commensurate
with the rate of production of wells on adjoining lands within the same field and within the
limits of good engineering practice, except for such times as there exist neither market nor
storage therefore, and except for such limitations on, or suspensions of, production as
may be approved in writing by Lessor. Lessee shall be responsible for adequate site
security on all producing properties.
16. SHUT-IN WELLS: If Lessee shall complete a well on the leased land productive of gas
and Lessee is unable to produce such gas due to a lack of suitable market therefore,
Lessor may grant Lessee suspension of his obligations to produce hereunder until a
suitable market for such gas can be found, and during any such suspension period, it shall
be deemed that gas is being produced hereunder in paying quantities. Except, however,
that beginning on the anniversary date next, of the year of an extension of the lease by
reason of a shut-in well, Lessee shall pay to Lessor a shut-in royalty equal to $2.50 per
acre of the lease per annum. The minimum amount of such shut-in royalty payment shall
be $240. Shut-in royalty payments shall not be reduced or proportioned when the Lessor
is not the sole mineral interest owner. Each year's shut-in royalty shall be forfeited to
Lessor except for the shut-in royalty paid for the year during which the well begins
production. The maximum extension of the lease, due to the existence of a shut-in well,
shall be five (5) years beyond the extension term as described in the EXTENSION
paragraph herein. The granting of any further extensions shall be at the sole option of
Lessor.
17. OPERATIONS: Exploration, drilling or production operation, including permanent
installations, shall be in compliance with all Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation
Commission and State of Colorado Regulations. Reports required to be filed with the
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission shall be made immediately available to
Lessor upon request.
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18. NOTIFICATION: Lessee shall notify Lessor and the surface lessee or surface owner of
the location of each drill site at least two weeks prior to commencing drilling operations
thereon. Lessee shall notify Lessor before commencing to plug and abandon any well by
copy of Lessee's request for approval or sundry notice of intent to plug and abandon.
19. BONDS: Lessee shall be liable for all damages to the surface of the land, livestock,
growing crops, water wells, reservoirs, or improvements caused by Lessee's operations
on said land. No operations shall be commenced on the land hereinabove described
unless and until Lessee shall have filed a good and sufficient bond with Lessor, in an
amount to be fixed by Lessor, to secure the payment for such damages as may be caused
by Lessee's operations on said land and to assure compliance with all the terms and
provisions of this lease, the laws of the State of Colorado, and the rules and regulations
thereto appertaining. A bond may be held in effect for the life of production of any well.
20. SETTLEMENT: Lessee shall not remove any machinery, equipment or fixtures placed
on said land, other than drilling equipment, nor draw the casing from any well unless and
until all payments and obligations currently due Lessor under the terms of this lease shall
have been paid or satisfied. Any machinery, equipment or fixtures left on this land for a
period of more than six (6) months after the expiration hereof, shall automatically become
the property of Lessor.
21. OTHER DISCOVERY: Should Lessee discover any valuable products other than oil and
gas, on or within the leased land, Lessee shall within seven (7) days report such discovery
to Lessor, in which event Lessee and Lessor may negotiate a provision for production of
such discovery.
22. WATER: This lease does not grant permission, express or implied, to Lessee for water
exploration, drilling, or establishing water wells without the written permission of the
surface owner. If Lessor is the surface owner, said permission shall not be unreasonably
withheld. If Lessee desires to establish or adjudicate any water right for beneficial use on
the leased land, any such adjudication or application shall be in the name of Lessor if
Lessor is the surface owner. The same shall apply to any non -tributary water rights
established on the leased land which may be put to beneficial use off said land.
23. DEFAULT: Upon failure or default of Lessee to comply with any of the terms and
provisions hereof including, but not limited to, the failure to comply with laws, rules and
regulations governing Colorado oil and gas operations, Lessor is hereby authorized upon
notice and hearing, as hereinafter provided, to cancel this lease as to all of the leased land
so claimed or possessed by lessee hereunder. In the event of any such default or failure,
Lessor shall, before making any such cancellation, send to Lessee by certified mail, to the
post office address of said lessee as shown by the records of Lessor, a notice of intention
to cancel for such failure or default, specifying the same, stating that if within forty-five
(45) days from the date of mailing said notice, Lessee shall correct such failure or default,
no cancellation will be made. If such failure or default is not corrected within forty-five
(45) days after the mailing of such notice, and if Lessee does not request a hearing on
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such notice within forty-five (45) days, this lease will terminate and be canceled by
operation of this paragraph without further action by Lessor, or further notice to Lessee.
24. EXTENSION: If Lessee fails to make discovery of oil and gas, or either of them, in paying
quantities during the primary term hereof, or during drilling operations commenced during
the primary term hereof, Lessee may make written application to Lessor for an extension
of this lease. The granting of such extension shall be at the sole option of Lessor,
according to the following conditions:
A. Extension Limit: No lease term will be extended for more than six (6) months from the
original expiration date.
B. Extension Payment: The Lessee shall pay to the Lessor the sum of one-third (1/3) of
the original bonus amount.
C. No Change in Royalty: The royalty will remain the same.
25. HOLD HARMLESS: Lessee shall indemnify Lessor against all liability and loss, and
against all claims and actions; including the defense of such claims or actions, based
upon, or arising out of, damage or injury, including death, to persons or property caused
by, or sustained in connection with, operations on this leased land or by conditions created
thereby, or based upon any violation of any statute, ordinance, or regulation.
26. CONDEMNATION: If the leased land shall be taken in any condemnation proceeding,
this lease shall automatically terminate as of the date of taking. The award for such
condemnation shall be paid to Lessor, except for any specific award(s) paid to Lessee for
severed oil and gas reserves, in which event 50% of such specific award(s) shall be paid
to Lessor in lieu of royalty lost by virtue of the condemnation. Improvements shall be
removed by Lessee per terms in the SETTLEMENT paragraph herein. If only a portion of
the leased land is taken by condemnation, Lessor may, at its option, terminate this lease
or terminate only that portion of the lease so taken.
27. ERRORS: Every effort is made by Lessor to avoid errors in all procedures including, but
not limited to, auction listings and lease preparation. Lessor shall not be liable for any
inconvenience or loss caused by errors which may occur. Lessee shall notify Lessor
immediately upon discovery of any errors or discrepancy whatsoever.
28. ARCHAEOLOGY: Lessee shall not destroy, disturb, mar, collect, remove or alter any
prehistoric or historic resources of any kind on Weld County lands as provided by law.
These resources include, but are not limited to, all artifacts of stone, wood or metal,
pictographs, structures, and bones. A discovery of anything of prehistoric or historic nature
shall be reported to Lessor or the State of Colorado Archaeologist immediately.
29. DEFINITIONS: For purposes of this Lease, the following definitions apply:
A. "Products" refers to any and all substances produced on the leased property, including
all oil and gas, found on or under the leased property.
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B. "Market Value" shall mean for gas and products therefrom (i) the gross price at which
gas or products therefrom are sold pursuant to a Gas Contract, as defined in
paragraph 2C, or (ii) if not sold pursuant to a Gas Contract, as defined in paragraph
2C, the highest gross price reasonably obtainable for the quantity of gas or products
available for sale, through good faith negotiations for gas or products produced from
the Leased Premises at the place where such gas or product is available for sale on
the date of such a contract with adequate provisions for redetermination of price at
intervals of no less frequency than two (2) years to ensure that the production is being
sold for no less than the current market price. Included within the definition of "Market
Value"as used herein is the presumption that Gas Contracts are arms -length contracts
with purchasers who are not subsidiaries or affiliates of Lessee. "Market Value" shall
never be less than the amount actually received by the Lessee for the sale of
hydrocarbons.
C. "Affiliate" is defined as the parent company or a subsidiary of Lessee, a corporation or
other entity having common ownership with Lessee, a partner or joint venturer of
Lessee with respect to the ownership or operation of the processing plant, a
corporation or other entity in which Lessee owns a ten percent or greater interest, or
any individual, corporation or other entity that owns a ten percent or greater interest in
Lessee.
D. "Costs" and/or "Expenses" shall mean all costs of gathering, production,
transportation, treating, compression, dehydration, processing, marketing, trucking or
other expense, directly or indirectly incurred by Lessee, whether as a direct charge or
a reduced price or otherwise, including fuel use attributable to any of the services listed
above. "Costs" or "Expenses" also include depreciation, construction, repair,
renovation or operation of any pipeline, plant, or other facilities or equipment used in
connection with the treating, separation, extraction, gathering, processing, refining,
transporting, manufacturing or marketing of hydrocarbons produced from the Leased
Premises or lands pooled therewith.
E. "Gas" as used herein shall mean all gases (combustible and noncombustible)
including, but not limited to, all gaseous hydrocarbons, gaseous compounds, carbon
dioxide, and helium.
F. "Oil and gas" as used herein shall include all substances produced as by-products
therewith, including, but not limited to, sulfur.
G. "Paying quantities" as used herein shall mean and refer to quantities of oil and gas or
of either of them sufficient to pay for the current cost of producing same.
30. HEIRS AND ASSIGNS: The benefits and obligations of this lease shall inure to, and be
binding upon, the heirs, legal representatives, successors or assigns of Lessee; but no
sublease or assignment hereof, or of any interest herein, shall be binding upon Lessor
until the same has been approved by Lessor as explained in the ASSIGNMENTS
paragraph provided above.
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31. WARRANTY OF TITLE: Lessor does not warrant title to the leased premises, but it shall,
upon request, allow Lessee access to such abstracts and other title papers as it has in its
files. There shall be no obligation on Lessor's part to purchase new or supplemental or
other title papers, nor to do any curative work in connection with title to the subject lands.
Where there is a conflict concerning ownership and/or title to the leased premises, the
Lessee shall provide evidence of ownership and/or title. Lessor relies on the evidence
provided by Lessee concerning title and ownership.
32. FORCE MAJEURE: Neither party shall be responsible for delays or failures in
performance resulting from acts or occurrences beyond the reasonable control of such
party, including, without limitation: fire, explosion, power failure, flood, earthquake or other
act of God; war, revolution, civil commotion, terrorism, or acts of public enemies; any law,
order, regulation, ordinance, or requirement of any government or legal body or any
representative of any such government or legal body; or labor unrest, including without
limitation, strikes, slowdowns, picketing or boycotts. In such event, the party affected shall
be excused from such performance (other than any obligation to pay money) on a day-to-
day basis to the extent of such interference (and the other party shall likewise be excused
from performance of its obligations on a day-to-day basis to the extent such party's
obligations relate to the performance so interfered with).
33. SURVEYS, ABSTRACTS, TITLE OPINIONS AND CURATIVE WORK:
A. If Lessee shall cause any of the exterior or interior lines of the property covered by this
lease to be surveyed, Lessee shall furnish Lessor a copy of such survey. Lessee shall
furnish Lessor, within a reasonable time, with a copy of all maps submitted to the Corps
of Engineers of the United States Army, Railroad, or other governmental or official
agency or department having jurisdiction, showing the proposed location of all roads,
pipelines, canals and drill sites on the Leased Premises.
B. All abstracts of title, whether new or supplementary, obtained by Lessee and covering
the subject lands shall become the property of, and be delivered to, Lessor after
Lessee has completed its title examination and curative work, subject, however, to the
right of Lessee to use such abstracts upon request at any time during the term of the
lease. Therefore, if Lessee causes an abstract of title to be prepared covering the
property herein leased, or any portion thereof or if Lessee shall cause the title to be
examined or should obtain a title opinion or title certificate upon the property herein
leased, Lessee agrees to furnish Lessor a copy thereof within two (2) weeks of
Lessee's receipt thereof. Lessor agrees that neither Lessee nor the attorney or firm of
attorneys rendering the opinion or certificate shall be responsible to Lessor for its
correctness, the said opinion or certificate being furnished to Lessor simply for its own
convenience, information and personal use. Similarly, if any curative material is
obtained by Lessee, a copy thereof shall immediately be furnished Lessor under the
same conditions of non -liability on the part of the Lessee or the persons who may have
obtained or prepared the same.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Lessor has hereunto signed and caused its name to be signed by the
CHAIR, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF WELD, with the seal of
the office affixed, and Lessee has signed this agreement, the day and year first above written.
LESSOR:
ATTEST:
Weld ounty Clerk to, the Board
By:
RD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY, COLORADO
eputy Clerk to the Bo .;td '`' '%�"�*' ty air, and of County Commissioners
JUL 2 1 2025
STATE OF Ct Ol2AtO )
) ss
COUNTY OF'DFNVC2 )
Verdad Resou
SiCE 4o, , l/ 1° G.,, h I
Printed Name and Title
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this J1 day of
J une. , 2025_, by j ei`��nn')es-r yDrn
Witnes my hand and official seal.
M/1.1,11Q
N tary Public
My Commission Expires: 3/14 /2029
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■III Iirjp'rtIVAMU4 AI?:Lul+. lil Iwrifh4'S IN 1,11111
KATHARINE J IMULTER
NOTARY PUBLIC
STATE OF COLORADO
Notary ID 20084005039
My Commission Expire March 14, 2029
(Revised 3/2023)
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BOOK1LU4 PAGED U
State of Colorado)
)ss
County of Weld
The Board of County Commissioners
of the County of Weld,.State
of Colorado,
Plaintiff
vs
In District Court
No, 10118
Esther K. Mitohell; Fannie McClintock; )
Frances Hope Lunquist; G. L. Cobb; Nora )
Cornwaite; Emma Livingston; George )
Collier; Jack A. Kitbury; 0. G. Worley; )
Annie J. Peterkin; ?ohn F. Sherman; C. )
Ernest Luning; P. 0. McDonald; John 8. • )
Stidger; Ed P. Iayzlett; Fred N. Apdrews; )
I. P. Colligen; Grace I Colligen; Joey )
Nugent; Henry R. Nugent; George H.+Kelly; )
Andrew R. Nestrom; S. N. Curry; Ethel L )
Lovelady; D. H. Friend; LaSallA Investment )
Co*pany, a corporation; M.E.; Hagan; C.T. )
Ahlstrand; Carrie Fashbaugh; L.M. Tumbling; )
Edward C. Cordes; Capitol Loans Investment )
Company, a corporation; Thomas Coughlin; )
The Empire Reservoir Company; The Klein )
• Land Company, a corporation; Fidelity and )
Deposit Company, of Maryland, Inc., a cor- )
poration; Chauncey H. Norton; E. S. Carpenter; )
M. S. Radetsky; Newcomb Realty Company, a )
corporation; A. Siegel; The Denver, Laramie )
and Northwestern Railroad Company, a corpor- )
ation; Louise H. Downey; Frank J. Anoell; )
John H. Bogs; O.M. Sutter; Rosa Lang Haefeli, )
C.C. Burnett; John W. Howard; Ynez Lopez, )
Sr.; Guadalupe Ortiz; Greet Western Sugar )
Company, a corporation; Ann D. Thuro; William )
H. Lowery; Orley Phelps; Elizabeth M. Campbell; )
Clerk Rogers; Mary A. Wadsworth; Welter I )
Fowle; Caroline Fowls; Dean Stanley; V. W. )
Conner; Genevieve P. Gill; George Breon; )
William Calhoun; Henry Rasmussen; Henry V. )
Samson; B. A. Noreworthy; 0. N. Erixon; )
Chris J. Buss; First State Bank, Gothenburg, )
Nebraska; Clarence Brokaw; Cecelia Brokaw; )
Lea Shaddox; Harry Searl; Mary Henderson; )
Loretta L. Thomas; Charles F. Gcddwin; E.H. )
Phillips; Frank Phillips; John P. Arnett; )
G. T. Newton; H.E. Gaylor; Nina E. Gaylor; )
Nettie E. Gaunt; D. Shelton Swan; Charles E.
Hendrickson; Harvey L. Hendrickson; The Pierce )
State Bank, a corporation; L.C. Graves; Walter )
A. Leiner; Levi Hullinger; The Sterling Home )
Realty Company, a corporation; C.A. Lee; The } Greeley-Poudre Irrigation District; Ralph E. )
Waldo, Jr., Public Trustee of Weld County,
Colorado; and any and all unknown persons who )
claim any right, title or interest in and to )
the lands described herein as the subject matter )
of this action, and Martin Field, newly appointed )
and acting Public Truatbe:: i .Ngld County,Colorado, )
)
Defendants. )
• fliED IN
D;sT1.17, i COURT
V.
WELD Cu., COLO,
N0V 1 J 942
AJ. LUTHER,
CLERK.
Decree in
Quiet Title
8codi(J2 PAGE 41
• This cause came on regularly to be heard this lalday of
November, A.D., 1942, plaintiff ap$aring by the County Attorney,
�. H. Bradfield, and the defendants end none of ilium appearing in
person or by attorney. Upon motion of attorney for plaintiff, the
default of wach . and all 01' the defendants arc duly entered by the
Court, and the Court having considered the oral and documentary
evidence offered on behalf of plaintiff and the arguments of counsel,
and bn:ini; fully advised,
Doth find taEtt sunviona was duly issued in this cause on
January 29, 1942, and that said summons with copy or enriplaint
attached was duly served on the said defendants a. follows:
By ties sheriff of 1/u d Countj,jolorado,
On defendant Ralph daldo, Jr., Public Trustee of Weld
County,Coiorado, porn pally in said i,eid Count,,eolorpds, on
Faiiruawy 24, 191,2, and
On defendant, tiiu, Greeley Peudre Irrigation District, a
corporation, by service on George Smith, the secretary of said
defendant, personally, in old Cuunty,Colorado on iebruary 25,
1942, and
On defendant, Rosa Lan,; llaefell, and defendant Mary A.
Wadsworth, both pirsanelly, in loll Count.y,Coloraao, on l eLruazy
26, 1942, and
On defendant, Great :lectern Sugar Company, a cor,:ora:,ion,
by service on ,l. D. :truce, its cashier, persnnol.ly, in Wild S ounty,
Colorado February 26, 1042, and
On defendant Pierce :Mate Dank, by service on 13.1.Shafor,
President of said bank, personally, in deld County,Colorado, on
August 17, 1942, And
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on defendant, John S. Stidger, and on defendant, Lea Shaddox,
both personally, in the City and County of Denver,Colorado, on
August 20, 1942, and
On defendant, Tee Klein Land Company, a corporation, by
service on natherine henhauser, its secretary, personally, in the
City and County of Denvcr,Coloredo, on August 20, 1942, and
On defendant, Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, Inc,,
a corporation, by service on Donald D. Scheib, its secretary,
personally in the City and County of Denver,Colorado, on August
20, 1942, and
On defendant, Newcomb Realty Company, a corporation., by
service on Harry Newcomb, its president, personally, in the City
and County of Denver,Colorado, August 20, 1942, and
On defendant, Charles i Hendrickson, by service on Mrs.
S. C. Hendricisoci, mother of and member of the fancily of defendant
over eighteen years of rage, personally, at the usual place of
abode of defendant iii the City and County of Denver, Colorado,
August 22, 1942, ansi
Cr: defendant, the Sterl_infoioe Peal.cy Company, a corporation,
by service on 2. H. hoberts, its secretary, ,.ersonaliy, in the
City and County of Denier, : eyte ber 3, 1942, and
On defendant, ::. 3. 2adetsky, by service on Sara iudets_{y,
wife of and member of family of said defendantover the age of eighteen
years, personally, at the usual place of abode of defendant in the
City and County of Denver, Colorado, September 4, 1942, and
That ,'.;arum FAeld, newly appointed and acting Public Trustee
of aid Cuuney,Colaratio, b, his written acceptance duly acenos'rledged
did accept service of said susseons with complaint attached in Jeld
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' That Roy U. Briggs, duly appointed Guardian ad Litem to
represent any of the defendants naued in the complaint who nay be
minors and to represent any unknown persona who claim an interest
in the real estate described in the complaint who may be minors,
by his written acceptance duly acknowledged, did accept service of
said swwrons with complaint attabhed, in dad Co nty,Cnior sdo, on
September 25, 1;"x42.
That 1 oy Briggs, :ss({., appointed attorney herein to
represent an/ and all defendants named in tl►v wooploint who may be
in the =rri.? iiac f service of the United Soat.es and an/ usktnoun
per i/a or ,.'arsons an., a L43.:c► any inGerrojt in a.iy of tit, lands
doccr:,hod in r.!i•:; b? in the .cll.i ,, y service of
the United :Jtates, b; ais writte, ;,ccr:utanuc duly aotulor;lndl:ed,
did ucee,►,t ser;ri cu of sash stuns :d `.ti su:rrp I siirt at.tuchad, in
dell ',:uun:.•:,Golor;uir, on SuptI::ubur 2), x.;14?.
:let. on Au..uct 1), 1142, '.he s;p►'i ;'t of runs County,
Colorac'v Load's' fiio return si►a:rina; tear defendants
&sthew :. ;..iz.n ►ell '::,�iw Lr:. c„ Lunnuist,
G. L. toot, nor: Flc:'iwwi►►'.`s, :i:lls I.. vinrstan, Ceorio Collier,
U. C. ilorlsy, 1. hut'.rrhin, john a' . .un.uzcurrl, d. distrust. Lunind,
P. 0. Itcituriald, John ;;. Stltlter, ::ti P. itu jzlutt, Fred it. Andrews,
J. P. Col.l1 frlrl, ;;racy I. fo.U.1g'arr, Jowy Nugent, Henry .t. eudellt,
CeorG.r itasti'►1.:t, d. N. Curry; tb n l L. L.ovwlady,
U. E. .•'i iend, u 6alle lnv: ath:tint Ccir i ia.ly, a cuzpwr;lt: erl, 3.L .
U . it.rand, (.;err..r . :1at..,il.lr;il, L. ... 1.1, :. �..r.:. f, .u'.i..I':i ;.
C,pit. J Loaas Invltrt"..iint. :;cmpan,', is Oovi,Ur...41oa, ?.,mar Cou;: ►i,'..ra,
Too .► p ire iinsorvoir Company, Tne 416i►1 Laid C, .i.,nt,',
coi';oratiOn, Fid,,litj and Deposit Company i,i t':,ejlarui, 1111.; a
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John W. Howard, Ynes Lopez, Sr., Guadalupe Ortiz, Anna D,. Thuro,
William H. Lowery, Orley Phelps, Elizabeth M. Campbell, Clark Rogers,
Waiter Z. Fowle, Caroline Foale, Dean Stanley, Genevieve F. Gill,
George i3reon, ►dilliat» .Calhoun,' Henry Rasmussen, Henry V.. Cartoon,
B. h. forsworthy, O. H. drixen, Chris J. Buss, First State Bank,
Gothenburf;, Nebraska, Clarence Brokaw, Cecelia Brokaw, Lea Shaddox,
Harry Searl, Gary Henderson, Loretta L. Thomas, Charles F. Goodwin,
S. H. Phillips, Frank Phillips, John P. Anreett, G. 2. Newton,
H. L. Ceylon, Nina E. Caylor, Nettie E. Gaunt, D. Shelton Swan,
Charles, '. Hendrickson, Harvey L. Hendrickson, L.
:falter A. Leiner, Levi Hullirg•or, The Sterling `io:se steal ti Company,
a corporation, C. Lee, and any and all unknown persons who claim
any right, title or interest in and to the lands described herein
as the subject matter of this action and any thereof could not be
found wit; in e ld Coulity, Colorado; eel that on'August August 20, 1942,
the Court, mein,; satisfied by clear and convincing proof that
such defendants could not be reached by personal service or by
United buttes r.ia:ii, entered its order herein that service cif summons
inssaid action be made upon said :above ;named defendants so
certified by the ct:umc ff of ',=cold County as not bain7, found within
Weld County,Colorado, by publication aI said m Ic rons at least once
each week for four successive weeksS_ tPoudre Valley,
_�;,��� Limes) ) :�►t the
Zy e;r . way 1 r d t �c e d County,
a ,reek public r: s��a published i �t x,i.n:,�c�r, in ',l�.tc. �,o�rnt
Colorado.
rhat sepa.icc of said suc•ruons has been made by publication
thereof in said newspaper pursuant to said order; that the first
public tine thereo was on August 27, 1) 42, and the last publication
thereof was on beptiersber 24, 1942; that the service upon each and
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That on September 22, 1942, plaintiff filed herein a verified
motion,. stating their, may to unknown defendants, or known or unknown
persons who may hove a claim or interest in and to the subject matter
of this proceeding, and that if any, plaintiff is unable to determine
whether said known or unknown defendants or unknown persona or any of
the.:i a;e subject to the provisions of the "Soldiers, and Sailors,
Civil ruliaf" Act of 1940" and naandnonts thereto, and the Court
found that the whereabouts of any such known or unknown defendants
or unknown persona are unknown to plaintiff; and thereupon the
Court appointed Roy U. Br',, ,sa., as the attorney to represent
said defendants and persons under said "Soldiers' and Sailors! Civil
Relief t,ct of 1940" and amendments thereto, and on September 25,
1942, said attorney filed herein his answer denying the allegations
thereof; and that the Court has heretofore made its order for
en :ry of JuJ anent undor the "Soldiers' and Sailors' Act of 1940,"
and amendoents thereto.
That each and every of the defendants althou,'h bcinr;
properly served with process herein, except Roy L. Briggs, Guardian
ad Liter reprusentin; an:,• of the defendants razed or unnar.Qd,
known or urr::nos :, who claim any inte>reet in the c: eject :,.otter of
this action who may be wirroru, ens filed his answer i.erein; and
except Roy M. 0rigr s, . so., the attorney appointed to represent any
of the defendants nosed or unncacd who Ci3.114 an interest in the
subject batter of this rction 'tire say b: In the military service
of the United States, who has filed his answer herein; feat each and
every other of aid defendants tci:r4 in default are hereby declared
to be in default and raid default is hereby entered and as to
them, said complaint 'S taken as confessed b! eve :Aid
BOON .I.U4 FAGEOlt)
The Court does further find that the allegations of the
complaint arc true and proven, and the findings of the Court herein
are generally for the plairitii'f;
That several portions of the land described in the complaint
were included within the Greeley-?uuire Irrigation District by an
order el the Poerd of County Commissioners of '_aid County,Cc'iortdo,
recorded. April le, 2 ,29, in Book 259, at Page 242, ir:.`.F_tt County,
Colorado records.
That thereafter said irrigation district, issued and sold
bonds, Series slumbered 1 cc' 10, ell of whieh as to principal and
interest tetoecie due on or before December 1, 1927; that lures have
been levied upon and assessments have been cede upon lands in
said district act in oases of non payment, thereof, the lands in
said district have been sold as prescribed 1)y law to satisfy both
principal. and in_orer;t of said hands; that more thee sic years have
elapsed since tic last rcclay Poudre irrigation District bonds
both as to principal, and interest becaee due, and the lands therein
described are not now and in the future shall not by liable i,a be
assessed for the pay:pant of either principal or internee of said
bond_.
That said Greeley Poudre Irrigation D strict, from the year
1910 to the year 1941, inclusive, or some of them, levied taxes
upon the lands of said district for irrigation maintenance purposes
and that stioce'. of Said irrigation maintenance taxes levied upon souk,
of said lands free the year 1918 to 1941 inclusive were not paid end
in default thereof, sere sold to tic Greeley i oudre Irrigation
District and the ts.r certificates representing amuse are all now in
the possession of said defendant the Greeley Poudre Irrigation
District; that any such irrigation district :maintenance taxes and
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Treamurer of dad County,Colorado,r for same and is . superior to any
right, claim or title for,the said lands under said Irrigation
maintenance tax certificates.
That the County of Weld, State of Colorado, is the owner in
fee airs le and in
p possession of the premises hereinafter described
excepting rights of way reserved to the -Union Pacific N ilroad
Company or the Union Pacific Railway Company; ny; reservations contained
in United :Mates patents; re:ierv,;.' citaa, irri aloe
ditches :eel :'ig'' is o; way for rwt:ia.
It is therefore Ordered, icd.jud;;r+.d and Decreed that
. .'mid Caanty,iLat', of Colorado is rca: and was at the time of t. e
er .uenae;cent of this action, vniaed ic: fee simple of the real estate
described in the zonplaint as follows, :o -wit;
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1. SE of Sec 8 Tp 1 N.R . 62 W
2. SV SE4 Sec 14 Tp 2 N.R . 61 W
3. NE. Sec 23 Tp 2 N. R. 61 W
4. NV* �Sec 24, Tp 2 N. R. cs1 W
5. SE4 Sec 26 Tp 2 N. R. 66 Vt
6. S 1 SV1, NW4 SWa NW4 Sec 1, •Tp 3 N. R. 61 W
7. Nt2 2 Nj-Tp Sec 5 3 N. R. 61W
8. NW* Sec 12, Tp 3 N. R. 61 W
9. SEt NE1 Sec 25 3 N. R. 61 W.
4 4
10. E2 NE4 Sec 10 Tp 3 N. R. 63 W
11. NV g NEI Sec 10 Tp 3 N. R. 63 Vt
12 SWI NEri Sec 10 Tp 3 N. R. 63 W.
13. 1 S'E* N1 SE* Sec 24, Tp 3 N. R. 63 W.
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NEE*Sec 24,
14. S� NE4 D�.t 4 Tp 3 N. R. 63 W
15. NW4 NE Inr*i NE. Sec 24, Tp .3.N. R. 63 W
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17. NW4 STS �4 SE -1 Sec 24, Tip 3 N. R. 63 W.
18. Si SVe SW4 NE4 Sec 24, Tp 3 N. R. 63 W
20. El SV1x NEt Sec 24, Tp 3 N. R. 63 J
21. SF SE,� ti
.�.: NEI S �'' i SEA : S z- SE l Ni+'�l SE } : lak NV * SE* : Sr -2 NE,�-� SEi
NE`= NEB. SE* : N } NV,F4 NE4 SE4: Si SWI 57 SE4 Sec 24, Tp N. R. 63 W.
22. E* Mil Sec 2 Tp 3 North, Range 66 Vt
23. ` ?1
2t1 . NW4 SE4 Sec 11 Tp 4 N. R . 61 W
25. S NV11, NEe NWt; S't r4 NE4 Sec 13 Tp, 4 N. R. 61 W
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
NWI SE4 Sec 25, Tp 4 N. R. 61 Vt
SEi Sec. 31, Tp 4 N. R. 61 W.
NEt Sec 32, Tp 4 N. R. 61 W.
SWi Sec. 26, Tp 4 N. R. 63 W.
8.23 acres in NE4 viz; Strip of land on each side of a line beg on W.
line Co Rd on S. line of NEI; 51' Vt of W line of Co Rdli on E line of
NEI, N 37° 42' Vt 3238' Nwly on a 1° curve to left, 347' to pt. on N.
line NE4 E. of NW cor. 3585' in Sec. 3, Tp 4 N. R. 67W
33. That pt. SWSW4 S. 12, Tr 5 N. R. 65 VJ east of Platte river.
34. 100 ft. right of way across lots 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 NEaSE4 and over
lots 1, 2, and 8 of SA-SE4 Sec. 19, Tp 5 N. R. 65 W.
35. 100 ft. right of way over and across lots 5 and 6, S'T4SE4 Sec. 19,
Tp 5 N. R. 65 W
36. 100 ft. right of way across NW corner of NV IS'J, Sec. 20 Tp 5 N. R. 65 W.
37. 100 ft. right of way. across Lot 8 NViNV'4 Sec. 30, Tp 5 N. R. 65 W.
38. 100 ft. right of way across Lots 1 to 3 and 5 to 7 NEI-NW4 Sec. 30,
Tp 5 N. R. 65 Vt
39. 100 ft right of way across Lots 1 to 4 SW4NVJ4 Sec. 30, Tp 5 N.R . 65 Vt
40. That pt Lots 5 and 6 SWiNVii and that pt. Lot 5 North of right of way,
and that part of Lot 6 South ofx,V., of way Sec. 30, Tp 5 N. R. 65 W.
41. That pt. Lot 5, seta South ofARight of Way in Sec. 30, Tp 5 N.R.
65 W
43. 100 foot strip over Lot 16, NE1 S. 25, Tp. 5 N. R. 66 W.
44. 100 foot strip for right of way across Lots 1 and 3 in NE4SE4 and over
lot 4 NWWSE4 and Lot 2 S:'SE4 Sec. 25, Tp. 5 N10 t 66 W.
45. That pt. lot 16 lying south of 100 ft. strip in,j } Sec. 25, Tp 5 N.R.
66 W.
46. 100 ft. right of way across Lot 3 N:4SE and Lots I, 2 and3, SE*SV , and
lots 4 and 5 in SW -1.5*- Sec. 25, Tp 5 N. R. 66 Vl
47. 100 ft. right of way across Lot 2 NE4SE4 Sec. 25, Tp. 5, N.R. 66 W.
dR M I T.n+ 2 CTaCF r Con_ 25. Tn 5 M. R. AA W.
51. 100 ft. right of way across SiNEi and t Sec. 34, Tp. 5 N.R. 66• W.
52. 100 ft right of way across NNW Sec. 35, Tp 5 N. R. 66•W.
53. 100 ft. right of way across NO* and Sitirl Sec. 35, Tp 5 N.R. 66 W
54. That pt. East * SE9 above north side Extension Ditch (3 acres) in Sec.
12 Tp 6 N. R. 64 W.
55. That pt. N?NNW lying west of private road in Sec. 31, Tp. 6 N.R. 65 W
56. Right of way across East SWW Sec. 6, Tp 6 N.R. 66 W.
57. Right of way over SQSW* Sec. 25, ?'p6 N. R. 66 W
58. Right of way over Sec 25,*Tp 6 N. R. 66 W
59. Right of way over SE* Sec 25, Tp 6 N. R. 66 W.
60. Right of way over WNW Sec. 26, Tp 6 N. R. 66 W.
61. Part of NE*NE* Sec. 33, Tp 6 N. R. 66:W Beginning at north line of
section, 100 ft east of NW corner NE, E 75 ft., So. 166 ft. to
C. & S. Right of Way, northwesterly along right of way to a:point
100 feet east of the west line of NEiNg north to beginning. •
62. Part of NW*NE* Sec. 33, Tp 6 N. R. 66 W. Beginning 100 ft. w. of NE
corner NW14•NF*, west 81 ft., so. 16 ft., west 152.2 ft. to C. & S. right
of way southeasterly along right of way to point 100 feet west of east
boundary line NW1 '' north to beginning.
63. Part Sec. 33,, Tp 6 N. R. 66 Beginning 50 feet east of the Northwest
corner NE*NE*. East 50 feet, south to right of way of C. & S. N. 740
along right of way to point due south of beginning, north to beginning.
64. Lots 43, 53 and 57 of NWNEE Espanola Subdivision of Sec. 36, Tp 6 N. R.
66 W.
65. Right of way over EISE* Sec. 1, Tp 6 N, R. 67 W.
66. SW -1 Sec. 10, Tp 7 N. R. 58 W.
67. Lots 1 and 2 of tint Sec. 6, Tp 7 N. R. 63 W.
68. NE1 Sec. 14, Tp 7 N. R: 64 W.
69. NW Sec. 14., Tp 7 N. R. 64 W.
fi0. Right of way over NEiNWI Sec. 18, Tp 7 N. R. 67 W.
71. Right of way over W*SE* See. 27, lip 7 N. R. 67 W.
72. Right of way over NF* Sec. 34, Tp 7 N. R. 67 W.
73. Undivided 1/24 interest in NWt Sec. 8, Pp 8 N. R. 56 W.
74. NE*NE* Sec 14, lip 8 N. R. 57 W.
75. South Sec. 30 Pp 8 N. R. 58 W.
76. E2 (except oil, gas and minerals) Sec. 21, Tp 8 N.R. 59 W.
77. SW* (Except U.P. Reservations) in Sec. 7, Tp 8 N. R. 62 W.
78. Pt. NW of Sec. 26, Tp 8 N. R. 66 W. Beginning 170 feet south and 370
feet west of SE eor r, Cave and Priddy Add. to Pierce South 117 ft.
W 160 ft. nwly alon4ri.ght of way 125 ft. E 178 ft. to beginning, Pierce
79. Beg. 367:4 ft. N. of Northeast cot. Cave and Priddy Add. N. 117. 7 ft.
W. 330 ft. S. 117.7 ft. E 330 ft. to beg. in NW4 Sec. 26, Tp 8 N.R.66 W
80. Pt NWt of Sec. 26 Tp 8 N. R. 66 W. Beginning 30 ft. S of SW corner of
Cave and Priddy Addition to Pierce along U. P. Right of way, East 125
ft. S 140 ft. W. 85 ft. Nowly 145 ft. to beg. Pierce.
81. Pt. SE* of Sec. 27 Tp 8 N. R. 66 W. Beg. 760 feet east 1628 ft. s. of
SW corner 1st Add. Pierce, East 330 ft.. S. 132 ft. W.330 ft. N-132 ft.
to
82. Part of SE Sec. 27 Tp 8 N. R. 66 W. Beginning 925 ft. East and 1232 feet
south of southwest corner 1st add. Pierce E 165 ft. S. 132 ft. W. 165 ft
N. 132 ft. to beg.( -.-fie - ' U. j
83. Pt. SE* of Sec. 27, Tp 8 N. R. 66 W. Beg. 1430 ft. E and 1996.7 ft.
south of southwest corner 1st Add. Pierce. 11. 340 ft. S. 128.1 ft. e
E. 340 ft. N. 128.1 ft. to beg.�� } u P'�•ze e vx�..d)
84. Part 521 Sec. 27, Tp a N. R. 66 W. Beginning 790 ft. E 1496 ft. S. of
SW corner 1st Add to Pierce E. 330 ft. S 132 ft. West 330 ft. N. 132 ft.
to beg. in Sec 27, Tp 8 N. R. 66 P..u��.,,..�)
85. Part of the SEt Sec. 27, Tp 8 N. R. 66 W. Beg. 760 ft. E and 1404 ft
south of SW corner let Add. Pierce, E. 330 ft. S. 132 ft. W. 330 ft. N.
132 f t . to beg. 6,-.1.4.6
86. Part of SE* Sec. 27, Tp 8 N. R. 66 W. Beg. 760 Ft. E and 1100 feet S.
of SW corner 1st Add Pierce. E. 330 ft. S. 132 ft. W. 330 ft. N. to beg j
87. Pt. of SE* Sec. 27, Tp 8 N. R. 66 W. Beg. 1430 Ft. E. and.2124.8 ft. S.
of SW corner, 1st Add. to Pierce, W. 340 ft. S. 128.1 ft. E 340 ft. N.
128.1 ft. to Beg.(11.9d1
88. Part 361 of Sec. 27, Tp 8 N. R. 66W Beg. 1090 Ft. E. and 1612.4 Ft. S.
.,f l e+ AAA 7,. o,n. T. ,an r+ NAA_Ma Wt_ W_ 'AAA ft_ M_
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89. Part of the NWi of Sec. 27, Tp.8 N. R. 66 W.(Beginning 1670 ft. S. and
1220 ft. W. of NW corner. 1st Add. Pierce, W. 800 ft. N. 625 ft. N.
600 50' E. 240 ft. N. 46° E. 384 ft. S. 46° E 262' S. 32° E 163 ft.,
S. 439 ft. to beginning.)(.'LI.P ) ,
90. E -SC`t; SteSWi of Sec. 6, Tp 9 N. R. 61 W.
91. SEA, (exc. beg SE corner N. 2494 ft. W. 2447 ft. S. 2470 ft. E 2451 ft.
to beg) in Sec. 5, Tp 9 N. R. 67 6r (except U. P. Reservation).
92. All in Colorado in Section 14, Tp 12 N. R. 64 W
93. N Silk Sec. 31, Tp 12, N. R. 64 W.
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save and excepting rights of way reserved by the Union Pacific flail —
road Company .or by the Union Pacific Railway Company; reservations
contained in United States. patents; existing reservoir sites and
irrigation ditches andrights of way :or roads,
that the defendants and each of then have no estate, right,
title, claim or interest in or to said premises or any part thereof
except as above limited, and that the title of the plaintiff to
said preoises .as so limited be and the same is hereby quieted as
against any and all of said defendants; that the defendants and
each of them and all persons claiming by, through'or under them
be and they are hereby forever enjoined, debarred and reatrdned
from making any claim of tit].c or possession to said propsrty and
from asserting any clans whatever in and to said premises adverse
to plaintiff, the County of ei( , Stet:, of Colorado.
That defendant, the Creel° Psudro .rrrit;at:i on District, is
directed to deliver to the Treasurer of Weld County,dolorado, for
cancellation, nn , ou,.str:nd1ii Gas e1 r Foudre .lrri{anion Di strict
maintenance tax c, rtiLica.tes for the „eur• 19 E to 1941, inclusive,
owned by it,nrtnd the County °fr•oas;tar.•_' of. dale County is directed to
cancel all said i �'isat,asand • (", endorse
^ .(� (':i.?i ul'7.t' � f�ii:L iG llc ii., tit f. cl L 1
such cancellation on the records of :..:.5 ofrice.
.
Dort, in Oi,n Court thin__2121:- _day of iovembe'r, 1942.
By the Court: -sr-!'-;
'..... .;. ' .Lea J'+'e�� x•r`�.„ f ♦
Judge
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CERTIFICATE OF COPY
STATE OF COLORADO )
SS.
COUNTY OF WELD )
•I, A. J. LUTHER, Clerk of the District Court, in
and for the aforesaid County and State, do hereby certify that the within
and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of DECREE IN QUIET TITLE
in Case No. 10118, entitled THE'BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE
COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, Plaintiff, vs. ESTHER K. MITCHELL,
et al., Defendants, as the same appears from the original files and
records in this Court, in this Cause, in this Office, now remaining.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my official seal, at my office in Greeley
in said County and State, this
November , A. D. 194_4.
/ r
19th day of
Clerk of District Court, Weld County, Colorado
By. -2/. �(
1,Beputy
LE0190-21
Section 24, T3N, R63W
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5 acres
Township/Range
Section
Qtr Sections
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Parcels
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VERDAD RESOURCES LLC
5950 Sherry Lane, Suite 700
Dallas, TX 75225
214-838-3000
WELD COUNTY COLORADO BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
PO BOX 758
GREELEY, CO 80632-0758
Invoice Date
RECEIVED
JUL 1 01025
WELD COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
Payee ID: 6043
Check Number: 32229
Invoice Number Invoice Amount
6/11/2025
6/17/2025
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DR -20250611 -WC
OGL-23250617-WC
$479.95
$36,000.00
Discount
$0.00
$0.00
Amount Paid
$479.95
$36,000.00
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$ %-1-tti.°1/45
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RESOURCES
July 8, 2025
Sent via FEDEX
Weld County Colorado
Board of County Commissioners
1150 0 Street, P.O. Box 758
Greeley, CO 80632
RE: Rental Payment
To Whom It May Concern:
Enclosed please find check #032229 in the amount of $36,479.95 from Verdad Resources LLC to cover the
amounts due on the oil and gas leases as follows:
OGL
Reception
Description
Legal
Acres
Annual
Rental
Total
Number
4988068
8N
-58W-6
191.98
S479.95
$479.95
3N
-63W-24
Bonus
Payment
Small
Tract
Leases
N2SENWSE
5.00
$6,000.00
S2SENWSE
5.00
6,000.00
5.00
6,000.00
S2NENWSE
t 5.00
6,000.00
N2NWNESE
5.00
6,000.00
S2SESWSE
5.00
6,000.00
$36,000.00
S2SWSWSE
$36,479.95
GRAND
TOTAL
Please feel free to call Jessica Mulverhill at 720.647.6808 if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely yours,
VERDAD RESOURCES LLC
Enclosure: check
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5950 Sherry Lane
Suite 700
Dallas, TX 75225 214-838-3000
*PLEASE KEEP AND SCAN IN TYLER*
Notes for Distribution Clerk
Please send the Lease to Recording
When the Oil and Gas Lease comes back from Recording, please be
sure to make a copy for our files and mail the original, recorded lease
to:
Please mail to:
Verdad Resources, LLC
Attn: Jessica Mulverhill
1125 17th Street, Suite 600
Denver, CO 80202
Please include the following in the mailing:
*Only the Original Recorded Lease and copy of resolution - DO NOT
SEND BACK-UP OR MAP, THAT STAYS WITH OUR COPY OF THE
LEASE.
Thanks.
Jess
Date sent to Recording of/2-5/2-S
Date mailed out 0F/2-0/25
By
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