# Sell Mineral Rights in Cotton County, OK | Berlin Royalties > Sell Cotton County, OK mineral rights: the 1919 Walters field and Red River stripper oil near Walters, Temple and Devol. Free valuation, work shown. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/oklahoma/cotton-county/ Publisher: Berlin Royalties, a veteran-owned oil and gas mineral and royalty buyer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, buying for its own account since 2014. Call or text 918-984-1645. License: free to quote and cite with attribution to Berlin Royalties and a link to the source URL. Where We Buy · Oklahoma · Cotton County ## Sell your Cotton County mineral rights. Walters, Temple, Devol, Randlett: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Cotton County, the old Walters field and Red River stripper oil that spilled north from Burkburnett. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Cotton County had its oil boom in 1919, when the Burkburnett excitement across the Red River spilled north and wildcatters drilled the whole county looking for more of it. Only the Walters field paid: by September 1919 the area was making about thirty-four hundred barrels a day, by 1920 there were 290 producing wells, and Devol had refineries and pumping stations serving the Texas pools. A century later, what is left is a few dozen stripper wells, local operators, and royalty checks that have been small for a very long time. **What produces here.** Legacy stripper oil and no gas. The state production data compiled by aggregators shows roughly a dozen operators reporting oil and none reporting gas in Cotton County, with Ole Crow Operating and Clark Operating of Wichita Falls, 3 H Operating of Walters, E4 Production, C and Y Casing Pulling of Duncan, Bridwell Oil and Inman Oil among the names on checks and in the county records. Thousands of wells are on file from the boom, most of them plugged. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission does not publish a simple monthly county total, so we describe activity rather than quote a figure, and we found no 2025 or 2026 drilling in Cotton County to report. Whatever you own here, producing royalties, non-producing acreage, or an inherited fraction split among family, we will identify it from whatever paperwork you have, value it off the actual wells and activity, and show you the reasoning with the offer. Free, no obligation, and no pressure: if keeping it is the right answer, we will say so. Inherited it? Start with [inherited mineral rights in Oklahoma](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/oklahoma/). Formations & Plays ## What produces here ### Walters field and the Burkburnett extension The 1919 boom that spilled north from Burkburnett, Texas; 290 producing wells by 1920 and a refinery at Devol. Thousands of wells on file today, a few dozen still pumping oil, and no gas reported. Counties ## Communities we see in Cotton County title Walters Temple Devol Randlett Wherever your tract sits in Cotton County, we will research it free and value it with the work shown. 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[Unclaimed Oklahoma royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/unclaimed-royalties/oklahoma/): where the money goes and how an heir claims it. ### The Oklahoma mineral owner's guide Everything a Oklahoma owner needs in one place: who owns what under state law, how royalties must be paid and by when, what a buyer can and cannot deduct, the tax treatment of a sale, and the deadlines that quietly cost people their minerals. Free, and no sign-up. [Read the Oklahoma guide](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/guide/oklahoma/) [Every oil and gas operator in Oklahoma](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/operators/oklahoma/), with contact information, refreshed from the state regulator. Free to search, and useful whether or not you ever sell anything. Questions ## Straight answers for Cotton County owners What are mineral rights worth in Cotton County? It depends on whether one of the county's remaining stripper wells is on your section and what it still makes. Cotton County is a century-old oil field with a few dozen wells paying small royalties and no new drilling, so value is a function of the existing well, its operator, and your decimal, not of a play. We value off the actual wells and show the work, free. The operator on my Cotton County check is a small company I cannot find. Is that a problem? It is common here and usually fine; Walters field wells pass between local operators, some of them a single family. What matters is that the royalty keeps coming. Since November 1, 2026, under HB 1371, late royalty in Oklahoma carries 15 percent simple interest, which gives even a small operator a reason to stay current. What happens to royalty an operator cannot deliver to me? Proceeds an Oklahoma operator cannot pay are presumed abandoned after 36 months and go to the state treasurer as unclaimed property, and pooling money for owners the operator could not find sits in the Mineral Owners Escrow Account. We check both for every Cotton County tract we research, free. What does it cost me to sell? Nothing. Berlin pays all title work, document preparation, and recording costs. The offer you accept is the amount you receive. ## Before you sign anything in Cotton County The things owners here most often wish they had read first. All free, none of it gated. - [How mineral rights are valued](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/), including the rule of thumb people quote and why it is usually wrong - [How to sell mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/sell-mineral-rights/) and [how to sell oil and gas royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/sell-oil-and-gas-royalties/), with the real process and timeline - [Who buys mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/who-buys-mineral-rights/), the five kinds of buyer compared, and [the companies that buy mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-buyers/) and how to check them - [The Pugh clause](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/pugh-clause/), the single most valuable sentence you can negotiate into a lease - [What a farm out is](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/farmout-agreements/), and why your operator suddenly changed - [The rule of capture](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/rule-of-capture/), and why a neighbor's well can legally drain your minerals - [Non-participating royalty interests](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/non-participating-royalty-interest/), if your deed carved one out - [Executive rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/executive-rights/), if somebody else signs the lease that binds your minerals - [Surface owner rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/surface-owner-rights/), if you own the ground and someone else owns what is under it - [Questions to ask a buyer](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/questions-to-ask/) and [what happens if you want out after signing](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/can-i-back-out-of-a-mineral-rights-sale/) Free Valuation ## Find out what your Cotton County minerals are worth. Free, no obligation, and no pressure. We reply within one business day, usually faster. Prefer the phone? Call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) and you will get Stephen, the owner, not a call center. If we miss you, we text back the same day. In a hurry? [Text a photo of a royalty check stub](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/text-your-check/) to [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) and our [preliminary offer](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/preliminary-offer/) puts a written number in front of you within about two business days. It holds for 7 while you decide. Your Name Phone Number Email Address Where are your minerals located? 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