County Research Suggests Section 11 Has Mineral Rights

Joe’l Lambe, who has been leading the Oil Drilling Communication Team, has further researched mineral rights in the Ponderosa Hills subdivision. According to her visit with the Douglas County Assessment Manager for Mineral Rights at the Assessor’s Office, it appears that Section 11 does have mineral rights for oil and gas . The “coal rights only” were severed by Union Pacific Railroad in 1891. According to Douglas County’s Marian Woodward, assessment manager, she reviewed a number of documents, including an original hand- written document dating back to 1891 by Union Pacific Railroad. According to the research, tax documents do not count as a determination of oil rights because they include coal, oil and gas taxes and are generated by Douglas County for tax purposes.

 

If you have questions, please contact the Douglas County Assessor’s Office.