Start here
The two pages that frame everything else.
What leverage do we actually have?
An honest look at what a united community can — and can't — do when a company holds claims on federally owned minerals.
Read → Start hereSplit estate, explained
Why surface and minerals can be owned separately — and why your rights depend on which applies to your land.
Read →Know your parcel
Whether the rules and rights apply to you is a title question.
Do the CC&Rs apply to your lot?
Which restrictions bind every lot's surface, and why Article 10.16 on minerals turns on your chain of title.
Read → ResearchWho owns the minerals under your land?
The public county and federal records — deed, title policy, BLM patents and claims — where you can check it yourself.
See the records →The agreement & the money
What's being negotiated, and how the value is won or lost in the fine print.
The two drafts, side by side
How the company's initial surface-use terms compare to the protections we recommend owners ask for.
Compare → The moneyHow mining royalties work
NSR vs. gross royalty, all the metals, sliding scales and collars — and why the definitions matter more than the rate.
Read →The bigger picture
How long this really takes, and how we treat each other along the way.
How a mine comes to be
The five stages from exploration to closure — where we are, and why the timeline itself is leverage.
Read → CommunityCommunity civility guidelines
How we keep this a neighbor-led effort: cooperative, fact-based, and hard on problems rather than people.
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