This is why you have to dig deep and pay close attention when you buy property. Mineral rights...the rights which accrue with ownership of the subsurface of a given piece of real property can, in most cases, be separated from the real property on the surface. If you buy a piece of ground that does not include these mineral rights, then you MUST permit the owner of said mineral rights to access THEIR property. They are required to compensate you for any losses or damage resulting directly from said access, but that's about it.

In many states, mineral rights NEVER accrue to the real estate located on the surface. Rather, they are the property of the state. In some states, the mineral rights are part of the real property. But in many, many cases they have long since been severed by deed from the surface property. The same is true of the air rights which accrue with ownership of real property. You've got to know what you are buying.

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