In reading the law that means the land was most likely originally part of a land grant prior to the 1890s and that whoever they purchased it from included the mineral rights in the property sale.
Tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 4:54 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: RE: Altruism (was RE: US threatens Caribbean Countries) Further to this, the gov't did compensate landowners when they took over underground land rights. Also, people do get royalties from money made from underground natural resources. My girlfriend's grandfather makes about $500/month from the one oil well on his farm. As well, in order to extract the natural resource, whoever owns the rights still has to go on the *surface* of the property, meaning you still have some say in what the underground rights holder can do. Mind you, this isn't absolute in the sense that the surface rights has final say. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2003 2:39 pm Subject: RE: Altruism (was RE: US threatens Caribbean Countries) > >But take mineral rights and healthcare for instance. If I own > property and > >discover gold, if I understand it correctly, Canadian law states > that the > >country has the rights to the gold, not me. > > > >Is that not correct? > > Not quite you have to make a claim with the government. From > Natural > Resources Canada > In Canada, surface rights and mineral rights came with the > purchase > of land until some time in the early 1900s, depending on the > jurisdiction. Since then, mineral rights have been government- > owned > and cannot be purchased, but only leased, by individuals or > companies. As a result, the mineral rights on more than 90% of > Canada's land are currently owned by governments. > > Where mineral rights are privately owned, they can be sold > independently of surface rights, so that surface and mineral > rights > on the same property can be held by different owners. > > As per the Canadian Constitution, the regulation of mining > activities > on publicly owned mineral leases falls under > provincial/territorial > government jurisdiction. Thus, there is separate mining rights > legislation for each of the thirteen Canadian jurisdictions except > Nunavut (the northern and eastern portions of the former Northwest > Territories that became a separate territory on April 1, 1999). > > http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/efab/tmrd/inv_6.htm > > So it really depends on what province you are in. > > larry > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Dana Tierney [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 2:30 PM > >> To: CF-Community > >> Subject: Re: Altruism (was RE: US threatens Caribbean Countries) > >> > >> Well all I know is that Tim claimed that it was socialist > because the > >> large > >> industries are government owned and something about property > rights,>> neither of which is true. I have been in the states a > long time but I have > >> family in Canada and ya they own houses, work and pay taxes in > very much > >> the same way that I do. > >> > >> Dana > >> > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
