<VV> Gasoline pricing in the US

Ken Pepke kenpepke at juno.com
Thu Dec 13 08:05:48 EST 2012


In the State of Michigan I have held title to many pieces of real estate [and many, many Corvairs] over the years but never the mineral rights … they do not automatically pass with the title but are held by some long ago, and usually unknown, owner.

Ken P
Wyandotte, MI
65 Monza 110hp 4 speed 2 door
Worry looks around; Sorry looks back, Faith looks up.

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On Dec 12, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Dave Keillor wrote:

> In Minnesota, mineral rights are owned by the state.
> 
> Dave Keillor in Rochester, Minnesota
> 
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Tom Berg <thesuperscribe at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Folks,
>> 
>> Did you know that the U.S. is the only country in which most property
>> owners retain mineral rights? It's called "freeholding," something I
>> learned in a conference on natural gas a couple of weeks ago. In all other
>> countries, governments keep mineral rights, and most (but not all) let
>> market prices prevail and tax motor fuels heavily to pay for infrastructure
>> and many other programs.
>> 
>> --Tom Berg
>> 





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