[WSBARP] Mineral Right Ownership

[Gregory L. Ursich]

Travis: An expert in this area is Stephen Graddon, at sjgraddon at msn.com<mailto:sjgraddon at msn.com>.  He does chain of title research and forensic title examination.  He is based in King County, Washington; sorry, I do not have his phone or address.  He has done significant research involving title held by railroads in the PNW, especially in the "rails to trails" cases.  I think he would be your best bet.  Have you also ordered from a title company a chain of title on the property? -Greg

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Subject: [WSBARP] Mineral Right Ownership

Hi all. I'm the WA member of my firm and a long-time section member.  I'm trying to track down the current owner of mineral rights initially reserved in a conveyance of land by Northwestern Improvement Company in Kittitas County.  We understand Burlington Northern (now BNSF) and potentially a subsidiary that was called Meridian Minerals could be involved.

Does anyone have experience with such an ownership history, or can you point me to a consultant who specializes in this kind of thing?

Thanks!

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