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Rancher in Nevada being harassed by the FEDS and confiscating his cattle
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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 2483533" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>I don't know what they are smoking on that deal but you can get the gist of it from this:</p><p></p><p>Last year I and about 12 others were working on a large drilling prospect in Colorado. The majority of the sections we were working had been patented prior to CO statehood from the United States with them reserving an undivided 1/2 of the minerals. Not all but a good number of the patents were transcribed incorrectly when filed at the County courthouse. The deputy clerk at the courthouse had neglected to transcribe the reservation to the U.S. Now one would think that the BLM who now manages this stuff would want to get the record set straight. We sent a compiled list of all the errant records to them so they could do just that. Faxes, letters, certified letters and numerous phone calls finally revealed that they couldn't care less, they just weren't interested. They knew that they owned the minerals, their records reflected the same and they could not have cared less what the county courthouse showed. If we would have leased the record owners, drilled, hit and then paid royalties, when it would be brought to court (and it would), an impartial court would say "tough luck BLM, you should have corrected the record since you have legal standing to do so." We were forced to just note that the public record didn't reflect true ownership which was shown on our reports. When BLM basically said they didn't care we were all like WTF? So you are correct in your assessment, they just make up what they want and dictate as they please.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 2483533, member: 3099"] I don't know what they are smoking on that deal but you can get the gist of it from this: Last year I and about 12 others were working on a large drilling prospect in Colorado. The majority of the sections we were working had been patented prior to CO statehood from the United States with them reserving an undivided 1/2 of the minerals. Not all but a good number of the patents were transcribed incorrectly when filed at the County courthouse. The deputy clerk at the courthouse had neglected to transcribe the reservation to the U.S. Now one would think that the BLM who now manages this stuff would want to get the record set straight. We sent a compiled list of all the errant records to them so they could do just that. Faxes, letters, certified letters and numerous phone calls finally revealed that they couldn't care less, they just weren't interested. They knew that they owned the minerals, their records reflected the same and they could not have cared less what the county courthouse showed. If we would have leased the record owners, drilled, hit and then paid royalties, when it would be brought to court (and it would), an impartial court would say "tough luck BLM, you should have corrected the record since you have legal standing to do so." We were forced to just note that the public record didn't reflect true ownership which was shown on our reports. When BLM basically said they didn't care we were all like WTF? So you are correct in your assessment, they just make up what they want and dictate as they please. [/QUOTE]
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