It was worse in Pittsburgh. I owned some land down in Torrance County, NM from 1990 to 2000. The deed specified that I owned half the mineral rights, as I recall. Pittsburgh has something called the “Pittsburgh Coal Seam” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_coal_seam ) under it. You can’t buy the mineral rights for any price as I understand it. You would own a lot of coal if you could. Apparently the coal under the City won’t be mined any time soon, however.
Frank Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 <mailto:wimber...@gmail.com> wimber...@gmail.com <mailto:wimbe...@cal.berkeley.edu> wimbe...@cal.berkeley.edu Phone: (505) 995-8715 Cell: (505) 670-9918 From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Owen Densmore Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 10:35 AM To: Complexity Coffee Group Subject: [FRIAM] Don’t harm municipalities for regulating oil costs - The Santa Fe New Mexican: My View Kim Sorvig, a long time Friamer, wrote this last week: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_view/reader-view-don-t-harm-municipalities-for-regulating-oil-costs/article_0235a9bd-0f56-5610-8386-40efc6167e55.html?_dc=234697471139.95255 I just thought this might be an interesting conversation, especially for those of us outside of New Mexico. Basically you don't own your property completely, there is something called "Mineral Rights" .. which means you don't own your property "all the way down" .. if its on top of oil, uranium, etc .. the industries may have rights to that. Probably lost in history but basically its a sorta "commons" argument .. but silly. -- Owen
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