BA> ownership rights at some point in the dim past that's true.  If that
 BA> did not happen then the mineral rights remain with the ownership
 BA> rights.  As a general rule in the west the mineral rights are
 BA> separate and in the east they are not.

 RW> In east and west Texas, owning the mineral rights under your land is
 RW> not likely as they've been sold off years ago. In central Texas, it's
 RW> a toss up.

 Last year/last spring or the fall before I can't remember our
neighborhod was tested for potential oil drilling (horozontial
drilling they call it.)...  Whew.! Didn't find any.

Cindy

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