Ive learned it’s always a better idea to give advice on the low end rather than the high end buddy.
While sure, lots of leases are being given at prices higher than $1,000.00, an average in the county and that block is much much lower. Just because acreage X is leasing for a certain price, does not mean acreage Y will lease anywhere near that number. A majority of mineral interests do not bring in huge amounts of money, in fact a majority of mineral interests are almost worthless until someone decides to put forth the capital to extract those minerals. As is the case in much of Winkler where a ton of wells are DUC or have been plugged, just because there is oil in the ground does not mean there will be money in your pocket…
In short, yes, you can get much higher than $1,000.00, but to go around telling people they can lease w/ $20,000.00 bonus without any actual specific information about production or even the legal description of the sections would not be very smart.