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Originally Posted by Whirlaway
Isn't that what royalty payments to landowners is for ?
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depending if the landowner has the mineral rights, you can bet someone has them ... a great deal of the remaining large, pristine ranches sit in that geographical reigon, some not all have oil and or gas wells.
an owner of a 10,000 acre ranch dotted with gas wells doesnt necessarily need a royalty check or have the desire to pass along an empty ditch to their kids and grandkids ...
unlike North Dakota we have plenty of oil offshore and other resources to support us.