31.   Mineral rights, air rights, and the continental shelf are all disputed.

32.   New homeowners in the West are sometimes surprised to learn that someone else owns the severed mineral rights under their land and can drill for oil or gas.

33.   None of that dissuaded Friedland, whose company bought the mineral rights after Anaconda let them lapse.

34.   Once surveyed, BNDES can either sell its mineral rights or help develop the reserves.

35.   Owners of mineral rights have the ability to change the surface characteristics in order to extract their minerals.

36.   Only a lucky few hold mineral rights, and fewer still have made a fortune from them.

37.   That despite the mineral rights in the area being owned by the State Land Department.

38.   The company had leased the mineral rights from then-owner Southdown Sugars to look for gas and oil.

39.   The company kept the mineral rights, which it leases to EnerVest Management Partners, which is based in Houston.

40.   The first installment toward the fellowships was in the form of oil and gas mineral rights from the foundation.