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Permalink Reply by bo boboski on May 25, 2014 at 9:51am

You may,like alot of folks in the twps. surrounding Salt Fork State Park, have to wait till the Gubner,or whomever is in charge, to decide to lease the minerals under the park. With the State whining about not enough $$$ to do this,or that with the park,you would think at $7000. per acre,and Royalties on what?18,000 acres? would be enough incentive to lease. They wouldn't even have to have a drilling rig,or trucks for that matter in the park. Center twp. would be the spot for pads!  I heard that since the state, back in the day, more or less TOOK the land to build it,and there may be a problem with proving who actually owns those mineral rights.   Anyone out there have any info?

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Permalink Reply by GW3 on May 25, 2014 at 11:16am

We leased with eclipse last year with some of our acreage in center twp.. At 5800/ acre 20%gross royalties .. Also kaufman auctions is selling a property with minerals that is unleased in center twp .. Online auction only .. Be interesting to c what that brings ..

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Permalink Reply by Dennis J on May 26, 2014 at 7:59am

that's good, I would be ok with that. Not sure anyone is leasing this spring.

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Permalink Reply by jason irvine on May 25, 2014 at 11:50am

That may be the case. Some of the parks in wv have prior mineral owners. Not sure if a landowner donated the property year.s ago and/or they sold the top side to the state. Either way like at lewis wetzel hunting preserve, the state has no say in the minerals.

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