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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Thank you very much Greg. We understand the chain of ownership of our parcel. We’re just trying to identify and locate the current owner of the reserved mineral rights. I’ll try to contact Stephen. Thanks.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Travis: An expert in this area is Stephen Graddon, at
<a href="mailto:sjgraddon@msn.com">sjgraddon@msn.com</a>. 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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Travis S. Thornton<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have experience with such an ownership history, or can you point me to a consultant who specializes in this kind of thing?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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