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MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1981
Texas millionaire to begin
oil drilling in Michigan
United Press International
DALLAS — The Hunt Energy
Corp. announced Friday it has be
gun a $75 million drilling program
in Michigan aimed at developing
the state’s deep oil and gas re
serves.
In making the announcement,
Herbert Hunt, the company’s
chief executive officer, said ener
gy development may provide
Michigan some relief from the re
cession produced by the down
turn in the auto industry.
“We have brought two deep
rigs to Michigan to work round-
the-clock for the rest of the year
and three seismic crews to speed
up property evaluation,’’ Hunt
said. “We have allocated $75 mil
lion to Michigan exploration and
we expect the drilling of at least 70
wells with this commitment of
vice president.
“We sometimes get 100 offers
of leases a day in our Lansing
office,” Whitaker said. “We evalu
ate every offer, usually within a
few days, but when a major block
of property is offered, we can
move the same day.”
Hunt Energy first became in
terested in the development of
Michigan’s deep oil and natural
gas reserves in the mid-1970s
when it learned there had been
few tests of hydrocarbon potential
below 5,000 feet in 50 years, Whi
taker said.
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Col. James Woodall, commandant of the Corps of Cadets,
looks over art and craft items being sold by the Houston Area
Mothers Club. The Houston club, along with several other
mothers clubs, sold items during Parents’ Weekend that club
members had made. The profits will go back into the clubs to
finance various events they sponsor.
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Hunt Energy Corp., a private ■
company owned by the Hunt 1
family of Texas, began operations
in Michigan in 1976 when it
opened an exploration office in
Lansing. Hunt said the lease ac
quisition program begun then is
now far enough along to begin an
increased drilling schedule.
Hunt Energy already has ac- I
quired leaseholds totaling 1 mil- ;
lion acres in Michigan, and plans
to continue lease acquisitions, said
Tom Whitaker, the company s
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SAN ANTONIO — The thieves
rubbed salt on the wound by not
only taking her money but also her
prized collection.
Betty Teska doesn’t feel the loss
ilastforyeu () f $£25 as much as the loss of 44
non-poisonous, but rare snakes
from her serpentarium, a popular
tourist attraction on Interstate 35
between San Antonio and New
raunfels.
She has reason to be upset be
cause the snakes, stolen Friday
morning, reportedly were of a rare
variety placed on the’ 'endangered
species list.
John Cherry, manager of the
Snake Farm, estimated the value
of the missing snakes at $10,000.
To make matters worse, the
thieves let out a number of the
poisonous reptiles from their
^fT cages before escaping.
JM.* Cherry said he and Teska were
making a security check of the
farm when they saw four men
loading the snakes on their truck.
He said he and Teska fired their
shotguns, but missed.
“Oh, they knew what they were
doing,” Cherry said. “They broke
in and went right to the most valu
able snakes, bypassing the cheap
er, less rare ones.”
Cherry said, “Among those
taken were albino corn snakes and
Mexican milk snakes. They took
two Davis Mountain King snakes
and those are worth $800 apiece. ”
He said snake collectors would
pay handsomely for the stolen re
ptiles.
“There’s snake collectors, just
like there’s stamp collectors.
There’s a bunch across the nation
that would like to have the snakes
we have,” he said.
A sheriffs office spokesman
said it appeared the thieves broke
in through a window on the farm
and freed several poisonous
snakes to roam free about the
place before escaping with their
loot.
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