Highway 67 , Fort Stockton, TX 79735(Pecos County)

The topography of the ranch is a broad open valley with several limestone hills, cut by broad wooded draws and elevations ranging from 3,500 feet to 3,100 feet, which makes for a wide variety of soils and a very interesting mix of habitats. The ranch to the south has several center pivot irrigation fields right up to the fence-line, accessing the same aquifer under this ranch, the Hovey Channel. There are several areas where this could be replicated along Coyanosa Draw as there is a huge amount of relatively shallow fresh water, with deep soils.

The ranch has a number of windmills and solar wells. Electricity is located at the southwest corner and an excellent submersible water pump produces from only 220 feet. There are several dirt tanks on the ranch with room for many more. Monsoon rains come in the summers, providing for an excellent growing season of a wide variety of Chihuahuan Desert plants, shrubs, and grasses.

There is an extensive road network on the ranch and the exterior fences range from new to functional. Several caliche gravel pits will provide significant materials for future needs. The owners have built extensive all-weather caliche roads. There is a great metal barn, as well as a set of pens and a historic rock ruin, and many places to build a new lodge or headquarters.

Habitat

The landscape consists of one-half foothills to the Glass Mountains and the other half deep-soil bottom land. This ranch lies at an elevation that supports a mix of vegetation from the mid-Chihuahuan Desert such as century plants, Spanish dagger, yucca, agarita, sotol, and cholla, with a dominant gramma grass mix and scattered bush/trees, including creosote, mesquite, hackberry, and soap berry. Native grasslands provide excellent forage for livestock as well as habitat for Mule Deer and native birds and mammals. The ranch also has several ridges and hills rich in a diversity of rocks and minerals, including many types of agates.

Wildlife

This is Chihuahuan Desert grassland and scrubland at its very best. The grasses, forbs, and brush provide excellent habitat for game and non-game animals and birds. Mule Deer and Elk are the primary game animals. Coyotes, javelina, bobcats, and badgers are all also present. Blue (Scaled) Quail and Doves are the game birds. Raptors include Golden Eagles and wide variety of hawks, neotropical migratory birds, such as orioles, hummingbirds, warblers, flycatchers, and many others make for a wonderful birding experience.

Water

The ranch lies over a tremendous freshwater aquifer, both shallow and deep. There are three windmills, one solar pump, two generator pumps, and one electric submersible. Water is distributed to a number of storage tanks and water troughs for wildlife and livestock. Irrigated alfalfa and other wildlife forage could greatly enhance the deer and Elk populations. The water and soils are there, and with gas wells on the ranch, natural gas pumps could provide the energy needed to develop the irrigated cropland component.

Minerals

The owner of this ranch is Abraxas Petroleum from San Antonio, which purchased the ranch for its oil and gas resources. A number of wells have been drilled and have produced. A number of additional prospects have been developed. The older wells have been and are being cleaned up and plugged, leaving clean and orderly remaining production facilities. There is one shut-in well on Section 34 with a five-year lease with a 1/5th royalty and the remainder of the ranch is unleased. There is also a surface use agreement over the ranch, covering gas and water line right-of-ways and salt water disposal operations. 3D seismic has been completed over much of the ranch, the results of which are available from the seller. The seller owns 50% of minerals and is willing to convey 50% of what is owned, or 25% of the fee minerals. There are also 3,098 acres of Mineral Classified state minerals on the ranch. Rarely do you get a chance to own producing minerals in an area where a single future lease could generate significant resources to repay the purchase price and operating costs of the ranch.