If you want to hold on to the property, the quickest and easiest way is for you to file a deed from yourself to yourself creating a life estate, with whatever heir you want the property to go to as the remainderman (the person that gets the minerals). They will have to file an affidavit of death upon your passing to claim the property. Or, you could just sell them the minerals now for a couple hundred dollars or whatever you all deem to be a fair offer, which is what I would do.
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