Most folks don't own the mineral rights under their houses either.
Guess what happens if someone finds a pool of oil/gas under there?
Yep
I shut down 2 escrow company's when I asked them to find out whom owned my water rights and whom owned the mineral rights to my place here in Commyfornia & in Arizona
I found out on my own whom owned the water rights in Commyfornia and the Realtor handed over an Arizona State ordinance that stated that I own the water rights for my own personal use in Arizona.
No one has been able to come up with whom owns the mineral rights.
I would suspect that it would be the Railroad because of what the Feds did for the Railroad giving them 100 mile of each side of the tracks if the built the lines way way back in the day. but I have no proof.
The Realtor in Arizona told me that if I found Gold or Silver tell everyone that I found it in Commyfornia and any Turquoise was the Indians and Never by any means let anyone know that I found it on my property.
