[TexasNative2000]

Hope she owns the mineral rights . . . . .

[Koblenz]

Wasn't there an episode of Beavis and Butthead where they thought they struck oil but really hit the sewer line?

[ElkGroveDan]

Hope she owns the mineral rights . . . .

You'd be surprised. I most areas that have been properly explored for minerals resources, properties in residential home developments are sold with only minimal rights, and rates of payment already negotiated.

I grew up in a residential tract in the the foothills above Los Angeles (Granada Hills), and our home was apparently sitting on some oil and natural gas. My dad used to show me the small checks he would get once a year.

[hedgie]

The meek shall inherit the earth, the strong...get the mineral rights