For those that are interested, the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University has published several very good articles concerning Mineral Rights, all written by Judon Fambrough, Senior Lecturer and Attorney at Law. All of the articles can be found online, at the provided web address, as Adobe Acrobat PDF format documents.

The articles are:

''Minerals, Surface Rights and Royalty Payments'', Technical Report 840 - http://recenter.tamu.edu/pdf/840.pdf

''Hints on Negotiating an Oil and Gas Leases'', Report 229 - http://recenter.tamu.edu/pdf/229.pdf

''Rights and Responsibilities of Mineral Cotenants'', Special Report 843 - http://recenter.tamu.edu/pdf/843.pdf

''Subdivision Drill Sites'', Reprint 690 - http://recenter.tamu.edu/pdf/690.pdf

''Termination of an Oil and Gas Lease'', Report 601 - http://recenter.tamu.edu/pdf/601.pdf

--Robert

Thank You for the Information!

A special thanks to Robert Burger for the great information on Mineral Rights. I had never had any previous experience on this subject and have recently been contacted by Four Sevens Oil Company. I was lost without the information Mr Burger posted. It has given much information to aid my understanding.