How does mineral rights inheritance work in WV?

Kris McNutt Loomis · 2018-02-09T01:04:10Z

We (my sister and I) have been contacted by a landman in WV. Apparently we are "heirs" to some mineral rights because my great grandmother/father owned mineral rights there. We are aware of mineral rights in OK and have been through the lease process. We also receive royalties from another parcel in OK that had our names on the deed. In WV, are mineral rights (without surface ownership) considered "property"? In Oklahoma it is not. Either you are named in the will or on the mineral rights, or the mineral rights go to all heirs (surviving descendants). How does it work in WV?

West Virginia Mineral Rights Monongalia County, WV