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
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