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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 2251119, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> In the Commonwealth states you do not own your land only the area it may cover. Back in the in the early 19th century the states sold mineral rights to your land. If you had coal under your land a company could buy the mineral rights and dig up your land for the minerals. Even if you sold the land to other people the companies that had the mineral rights could just carve up the land and too bad for you or the fourth or fiveth owners of the land.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 2251119, member: 78"]Hi, In the Commonwealth states you do not own your land only the area it may cover. Back in the in the early 19th century the states sold mineral rights to your land. If you had coal under your land a company could buy the mineral rights and dig up your land for the minerals. Even if you sold the land to other people the companies that had the mineral rights could just carve up the land and too bad for you or the fourth or fiveth owners of the land. greg[/QUOTE]
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