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To: tejek who wrote (310190)11/10/2006 3:02:55 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574489
 
"you're digging your borrow pit and you hit oil or discover a vein of gold...."

Not what I was asking. Say the market for sand takes off. Under your house and topsoil is a lot of sand. The owner of the mineral rights decides now is the time to cash in...

I dunno about sand, but I have read of cases where unfortunate property owners without mineral rights have had their land moonscaped for a coal strip mine.