Form 88— (Producers) }� OIL AND GAS LEASE "HSASBw1EDR1KTCo.1we.
<br />Iran., Okla. & Colo. 1942 Rev. L W
<br />II] Noah NlA' SC -Nkhim I, Kw.v
<br />THIS AGREEMENT, Entered into this the -7 t'^ day of Jul ji _1952
<br />between__ t o1_+_r "-,001 t _ A.n.d. k,.nc,— Holtz-,L-is wife
<br />called lessor,
<br />and ti• j• Let :Ce _ _ hereinafter called }gsee, does witness:
<br />1. That lessor, for and in consideration of the sum of— QnQ Dollars in hand paid and of the covenants and agreementQ, hereinafter contained
<br />to be performed by the lessee, has this day granted, leased, and let and by these presents does hereby grant, lease, and let exclusiVk'iyy.rrunto the lessee the
<br />hereinafter described land, and with the right to unitize this lease or any part thereof with other oil and gas leases as to all or any parH`of the lands covered
<br />thereby as hereinafter provided, for the purpose of carrying on geological, geophysical and other exploratory work, including core drilling, and the,drilling, mining,
<br />and operating for, producing, and saving all of the oil, gas, casinghead gas, casinghead gasoline and all other gases and their respective constituent vapors,
<br />and for constructing roads, laying pipe lines, building tanks, storing oil, building powers, stations, telephone lines and other structures, thereon'' necessary or
<br />convenient for the economical operation of said land alone or conjointly with neighboring lands, to produce, save, take care of, and manufacture all of such
<br />substances, and for housing and boarding employees, said tract of land with any reversionary rights therein being situated in the County of
<br />1 1 ear as<:a
<br />State of
<br />and described as follows:
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<br />in Section Township_ 1C�-- i`�=�- - Range -2 =w and containing acres, more or less.
<br />2. This lease shall remain in force fo, a term of years and as long thereafter as oil, gas, casinghead gas, casinghead gasoline or
<br />any of the products covered by this lease is or can be produced.
<br />3. The lessee shall deliver to lessor as rovalty. free of cost, on the :ease. or into the pipe line to which lessee may connect its wells the equal one - eighth part
<br />of all oil produced and saved from the leased premises, or at the lessee's option. mac pap to the lessor for such one - eighth royalty the market price for oil of
<br />like grade and gravity prevailing on the day such oil is run into the pipe line or into storage tanks.
<br />4. The lessee shall pay to lessor for gas produced from any oil well and used by the lessee for the manufacture of gasoline or any other product as roy-
<br />alty 4e of the market value of such gas at the mouth of the welt: if said eas is sold by the lessee, then as royalty to of the proceeds of the sale thereof at
<br />the mouth of the well The lessee shall pay lessor as royalty Ia of the proceeds from :he sale of gas as such at the mouth of the well where gas only is found
<br />and where such gas is not sold or used, lessee shall pay or tender annua:ly a the end of each yearly period during which such gas is not sold or used, as
<br />royalty, an amount equal to the delay rental provided in paragraph 5 hereof,, and while said royalty is so paid or tendered this lease shall be held as a
<br />producing lease under paragraph 2 hereof; the lessor to have gas free of charge fret any gas well on the leased premises for stoves and inside lights in the
<br />principal dwelling house on said land by making his own connections with the well, the use of such gas to be at the lessor's sole risk and expense.
<br />5. If operations for the drilling of a well for oil or gas are not commenced on said land on or before the 7 "''day of
<br />this lease shall terminate as to both parties, unless the lessee shall on or before said date pay or tender to the lessor or for the lessor's credit in the
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<br />Bank at-- - or its successors, which. Bank and its suc-
<br />cessors are the lessor's agent and shall continue as the depository of any and all sums payable under this lease regardless of changes of ownership in said
<br />land or in the oil and gas or in the rentals to accrue hereunder, the sum of c•�," 3.21 `� no/10,,.' Dollars, which shall op-
<br />erate as a rental and cover the privilege of deferring the commencement of operations for drilling for a period of one year. In like manner and upon like
<br />payments or tenders the commencement of operations for drilling may further be deferred for like periods successively. All payments or tenders may be made by
<br />check or draft of lessee or any assignee thereof, mailed or delivered on or before the rental paving date, either direct to lessor or assigns or to said depository
<br />bank, and it is understood and agreed that the consideration first recited herein, the down payment, covers not only the privilege granted to the date when said
<br />first rental is payable as aforesaid. but also the lessee's option of extending that period as aforesaid and any and all other rights conferred. Notwithstanding
<br />the death of the lessor or hls successors in interest, the payment or tender of rentals in the manner above shall be binding on the heirs, devisees, executors,
<br />and administrators of such persons.
<br />6. If at any time prior to the discovery of oil or gas on this land and during the term of this lease, the lessee shall drill a dry hole, or holes on this land,
<br />this lease shall not terminate, provided operations for the drilling of a well shall be commenced by the next ensuing rental paying date, Or provided the
<br />lessee begins or resumes the payment of rentals in the manner and amount heremabove provided, and in this event the preceding paragraphs hereof gov-
<br />erning the payment of rentals and the manner and effect thereof shall continue in force.
<br />In case said lessor owns a less interest in the above described land than the entire and undivided fee simple estate therein then the royalties and rent-
<br />als herein provided for shall be paid the said lessor only in the proportion which his interest bears to the whole and undivided fee. However, such rental shall
<br />be increased at the next succeeding rental anniversary after any retersion occurs to cover the interest so acquired.
<br />8. The lessee shall have the right to use. free of cost, gas, oil and w :er found on said land for its operations thereon, except water from the wells of
<br />the lessor. When required by lessor, the lessee shall bury its pipe fines bel— plow depth and shall pay for damage caused by its operations to growing crops
<br />on said land. No well shall be drilled nearer than 200 feet to the house or barn. rc•s on said premises without written consent of the lessor. Lessee shall have
<br />the right at any time during, or after the expiration of, this lease to ren --o- a t machmerv, fixtures, houses, buildings and other structures placed on said
<br />premises, including the right to draw and remove all casing, bin issue shat: he under no obligation to do so.;" Cl} iz' S7S$. II�SSef: if; QB; S�IiA$ F: �L4;DiIJi��.4'j8fi• <�L :YBSC'Q('@
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<br />9. If the estate of either party hereto is assigned and the privilege of assigning in whole or in part is expressly allowed), the covenants hereof shall extend
<br />to the heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns. but no change of ownership in the land or in the rentals or royalties or any sum
<br />due under this lease shall be binding on the lessee until is has been furnished with either the original recorded instrument of conveyance or a duly certified
<br />copy thereof or a certified copy of the will of any deceased owner and of the probate thereof, or certified copy of the proceedings showing appointment of
<br />an administrator for the estate of any deceased owner, whichever is appropriate, together with all original recorded instruments of conveyance or duly certi-
<br />fied copies thereof necessary in showing a complete chain of title back to lessor to the full interest claimed. and all advance payments of rentals made here-
<br />under before receipt of said documents shall be binding on any direct or indirect assignee, grantee, devisee, administrator, executor, or heir of lessor.
<br />10. If the leased premises are now or shall hereafter be owned in severalty or in separate tracts, the premises nevertheless shall be developed and oper-
<br />ated as one lease, and all royalties accruing hereunder shall be treated as an entirety and shall be divided among and paid to such separate owners in the
<br />proportion that the acreage owned by each separate owner bears to the entire leased acreage. There shall be no obligation on the part of the lessee to off-
<br />set wells on separate tracts into which the land covered by this lease may be hereafter divided by sale, devise, descent or otherwise or to furnish separate
<br />measuring or receiving tanks. It is hereby agreed that in the event this lease shall be assigned as to a part or as to parts of the above described land and
<br />the holder or owner of anc such part or parts shall make default in the payment of the pr000rtionate part of the rent due from him or them, such default
<br />shall not operate to defeat or affect this lease insofar as it covers a part of said land upon which the 'lessee or any assignee hereof shall make due payment
<br />of said rentals.
<br />11. Lessor hereby w 'rants and agrees to defend the title to the land herein described and agrees that the lessee, at its option, may pay and discharge in
<br />whole or in part any taxes, mortgages, or other liens existing. levied. or assessed on or against the above described lands and, in event it exercises such option,
<br />it shall be subrogated to the rights of any holder or holders thereof and may reimburse itself by applying to the discharge of any such mortgage, tax or other
<br />lien, any royalty or rentals accruing hereunder.
<br />12. Notwithstanding anything in this lease contained to the contrary, it is expressly agreed that if lessee shall commence operations for drilling at any
<br />time while this lease is in force, this lease shall remain in force and its terms shall continue so long as such operations are prosecuted and, if production
<br />results therefrom, then as long as production continues.
<br />13. If within the primary term of this lease, production on the leased premises shall cease from any cause, this lease shall not terminate provided opera-
<br />tions for [he drilling of a well shall be commenced before or on the next ensuing rental paying date; or, provided lessee begins or resumes the payment of
<br />rentals in the manner and _amount herembefore provided. If, after the expiration of the primary term of this lease, production on the leased premises shall
<br />cease from any cause, this lease shall not terminate provided lessee resumes operations for drilling a well within sixty 160, days from such cessation, and this
<br />lease shall remain in force during the prosecution of such operations and, if production results therefrom, then as long as production continues.
<br />14. Lessee may at any time surrender or cancel this lease in whole or in part by delivering or mailing such release to the lessor, or by placing same of
<br />record in the proper county. In case said lease is surrendered and canceled as to only a portion of the acreage covered thereby, then all payments and
<br />liabilities thereafter accruing trader the terms of said lease as to the portion canceled shall cease and determine and any rentals thereafter paid may be
<br />apportioned on an acreage basis, but as to the portion of the acreage not released the terms and provisions of this lease shall continue and remain in full force
<br />and effect for all purposes.
<br />15. All provisions hereof, express or implied. shall be subject to all federal and state laws and the orders, rules, or regulations (and interpretations there-
<br />of, of all governmental agencies administering the same, and this lease shall not be in any way terminated wholly or partially nor shall the lessee be liable
<br />in damages for failure to comply with any of the express or implied provisions hereof if such failure accords with any such laws, orders, rules or regulations
<br />for interpretations thereof I. If lessee should be prevented during the last six months of the primary term hereof from drilling a well hereunder by the order of any
<br />constituted authority having jurisdiction thereover, or if lessee should be unable during said period to drill a well hereunder due to equipment necessary in the
<br />drilling thereof not being available on account of any cause. :he primary term of this lease shall continue until six months after said order is suspended
<br />and 'or said equipment is available, but the lessee shall pay delay rentals herein provided during such extended time.
<br />16. The unitization of this lease or any portion thereof with ary other .ease or leases or portions thereof shall be accomplished by the execution and
<br />filing by lessee in the recording office of said county of at.. :nstrsmen; deciartre its purpose to unitize and describing the leases and land unitized, which unit-
<br />ization shall cover the gas rights only and comprise an area not exceeding approximately 640 acres. The royalty provided for herein with respect to gas
<br />from gas wells shall be apportioned among the owners of such royalty on minerals produced in the unitized area in the proportion that their interests in the
<br />minerals under the lands within such unitized area bear to the minerals under all of the lands in the unitized area. Any well drilled on such unit shall be for
<br />all purposes a under nder this lease and shall satisfy the rental provision of this lease as to all of the land covered thereby; Provided, however, lessee shall be
<br />under no obligation, express or implied, to drill more than one gas well on said Unit.
<br />17. This lease and all its terms, conditions, and stipulations shall extend to and be binding on all successors of said lessor and lessee.
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