Company A and company B own adjacent pieces of land. The companies own the full bundle of rights in their respective properties. Company A digs a mine that starts on its own property but extends, below ground, across the property line. If company A finds minerals below company B's surface property, it may mine and use the minerals for its own use because it has not gone onto or disturbed company B's property.

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Company A may not mine under Company B's property. Company B owns the full bundle of rights, which includes subsurface rights. Subsurface rights may be severed from the bundle of rights owned by the landowner and sold to a third party, but this is not the case with Company B's property.

Company a and Company B Own Adjacent Pieces of Land