# Any Activity Recently
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/any-activity-recently/59056
**Category:** McCone County, MT
**Created:** [September 24, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/any-activity-recently/59056 "2020-09-24T21:49:55Z")
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### Author:  [@John\_Murray](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/John_Murray)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/any-activity-recently/59056/1 "2020-09-24T21:49:55Z")
My family owns some interests in McCone County, but we never hear of any activity there. Does Montana have a website like North Dakota does to check drilling and production?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/any-activity-recently/59056/2 "2020-09-24T22:59:44Z")
> **[MBOGC GIS](http://www.bogc.dnrc.mt.gov/WebApps/DataMiner/MontanaMap.aspx)**
This is the GIS maps, but if you back up on the link to the [dnrc.mt.gov](http://dnrc.mt.gov) and just use it, you will have more options.
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### Author:  [@John\_Murray](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/John_Murray)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/any-activity-recently/59056/3 "2020-09-25T00:56:50Z")
Thanks. This is very useful information.
I really like the ND site as it really helps me keep up on what is going on. My only complaint with ND is that I need to check adjacent sections or the map to see if someone has drilled into my section. Even worse, they sometimes drill into the border of my section from yet another section, get caught sucking oil from my section and then start paying even when my section is not mentioned on the well name.
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### Author:  [@Cara](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Cara)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/any-activity-recently/59056/5 "2020-09-26T13:07:36Z")
McCone has never been one of Montana’s hotspots but that is not to say there couldn’t be in the future. I own in Dawson, immediately to the east, and Valley to the northwest. Mine are all unleased and have never had development.
I would continue ownership and pass the holdings to your heirs. My reference is North Dakota’s Bakken development which was known for years but the early development seldom recovered drilling costs. After horizontal development expanded and the fracking methods changed it was a whole different story.
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### Author:  [@John\_Murray](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/John_Murray)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/any-activity-recently/59056/6 "2020-09-26T14:17:52Z")
Thanks.
I saw some activity in the area, but nothing recent or promising. It is not costing me anything, so I can wait. Maybe there are other valuable minerals there like rare earth minerals.
I recorded a notice of claim of mineral interests using the same form I used in North Dakota. The recorder accepted it. Is there anything else I should do to preserve this over the long term?
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/any-activity-recently/59056/7 "2020-09-26T15:22:15Z")
Make a big huge note to your heirs as to the dates when they need to renew those documents in each state. Many folks forget to do that and then the heirs may lose their minerals by not filing in time.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/any-activity-recently/59056/8 "2020-12-23T21:49:58Z")
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