The United States is one of a handful of countries in which private real property owners can hold and own subsurface mineral rights. In a majority of countries, only the government can own and benefit ...

PARKERSBURG – As the oil and gas industry moves into drilling for Marcellus and Utica Shale, property owners are scrambling to find out about the status of the mineral rights on their property.

North Carolina allows "split estates" or a tract that has different owners between the surface and the below-ground mineral rights. The subsurface can be sold, like in any land transaction, by the ...

Dear Mr. Premack: I own mineral rights to Texas property but do not own the property itself. I’m 80 years old and may need to go in a Texas nursing home, eventually need to apply for Medicaid. How can ...

DUNLAP, Tenn. | When Ed Lewis and some of his neighbors bought property on a scenic Tennessee mountain, they knew they didn’t own the mineral rights to the land, but they assumed a coal mining revival ...

Red-winged blackbirds chirped and trilled over the noise of clanging pipes. Diesel exhaust scented the breeze that rustled the lilies and irises next to Rebecca Samblanet's front porch. For 10 days, a ...

Dunlap, Tenn. | When Ed Lewis and some of his neighbors bought property on a scenic Tennessee mountain, they knew they didn't own the mineral rights to the land, but they assumed a coal mining revival ...

So far, hydrogen companies have obtained mineral rights for areas in Minnesota’s Iron Range, saying the geological makeup there looks promising. The federal report found a high probability that ...

As Arkansas wades into the lithium industry, companies are scooping up mineral rights and the state is adjusting to meet the new workforce needs.

Boulder has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed in early 2021 by a couple who owns mineral rights within the city. The city will pay $35,000 to John and Valorie Wells, who own the rights to minerals ...