[Durham INC] Homes sold in Durham minus mineral rights -- Fracking to come?

[Anthony Waraksa]

Most often if a large tract of land is being developed the initial
landowner does reserve mineral rights and it's documented on the deed. It's
a common practice: railroads for example owned large parcels in PA,
reserved mineral rights when surface rights were sold, and that permitted
deep coal mining under houses.

In coastal South Carolina, -- the 'Low Country', when the land was sold by
the paper companies to developers mineral rights were reserved as a matter
of course.

Read your deed: if the rights are reserved it will be documented there.



On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Kelly J <kjj1bg at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Melissa,
>  Is this not being disclosed to buyers? Are we now going to have to
> purchase mineral rights separately from land/home? Could cities or counties
> prohibit this?
>
> Sent from my iPhone. Take typos and autocorrect errors lightly please.
>
> On Apr 10, 2012, at 6:30 PM, Melissa Rooney <mmr121570 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> This really worries me, so I wanted to share the info with those who I
> know care about what goes on beyond their personal property lines:
>
> Currently, houses in Durham are being sold minus the mineral rights ...
> this is scary wrt the possibility of Fracking and who knows what else.
>
> See the links below. And please keep your eyes open for any information
> pertaining to Fracking and Mineral Rights in Durham. We will likely need to
> make our elected officials well aware of the hazards for our county.
>
> Does a Developer Sale of Mineral Rights to an Energy Company Foreshadow
> Fracking
>
>
> http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/does-a-developers-sale-of-mineral-rights-to%20-an-energy-company-foreshadow-fracking/Content?oid=2970445
>
>
>
> It is also in the Herald Sun:
>
> Builder sells homes without mineral rights. It was when he was
> finalizing the purchase of his new home in Durham last month that
> Danny Conyers first heard the words "mineral rights" brought up. [You
> may need to register to view this article.]
>
>
> http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/18181034/article-Builder-sells-homes-without-mineral-rights
>
> Here is a link to a video about  Fracking in NC (by Durham resident Tina
> Motley Pearson for Clean Water for NC):
>
> Fracking for Natural Gas in NC...  Can it Happen Here?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsrVF-DVFz4
>
>
> --Melissa (Rooney)
>
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