[NVDave]

In the west, it is often the case that the federal government came in and stripped off the mineral rights from the land quite some time back.

On our farm in Nevada, the desert land entry started with all the rights, and then just before the Dep’t of Interior deeded the land over to the first owners, the feds stripped the oil and gas rights off the land and held them ‘in trust’ for the ‘American people.’

After that, you cannot buy the mineral rights - you can only lease them.

[bruinbirdman]

Here's the new link. Today is tomorrow in UK.

With all the riverrs around their property, I don't think "water" is the real reason for a dispute. The Mars are "recluses".

yitbos

[Mark was here]

They should have done the same with Alaska. The land was purchased with federal money and belonged to everyone in all the states.