(Others in Dimock claim they were told that if they refused to sign a
lease, gas would be taken out from under their
land anyway, since under Pennsylvania law a well drilled
on a
leased piece of property can capture gas from neighboring, unleased properties.)
Two decades - old
pieces of legislation — the Mineral
Leasing Act
of 1920 and the Mineral
Leasing Act for Acquired
Lands of 1947 — give the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management responsibility for minerals leasing on more than 550 million acres of federally owned public lands, as well as state and private lands where mineral rights have been acquired by the federal govern
Lands of 1947 — give the Department
of the Interior's Bureau
of Land Management responsibility for minerals
leasing on more than 550 million acres
of federally owned public
lands, as well as state and private lands where mineral rights have been acquired by the federal govern
lands, as well as state and private
lands where mineral rights have been acquired by the federal govern
lands where mineral rights have been acquired by the federal government.