Sell Mineral Rights in Burns, WY

Burns sits inside the broader footprint of the Silo Field, the discovery that proved horizontal Niobrara development could work this far north in the DJ Basin back in the 1990s.

Laramie County's oil history out here is tied directly to Silo, a field that predates the modern horizontal shale boom but demonstrated the productive potential of the Niobrara chalk decades before Colorado's Wattenberg field made the play famous nationally. That early activity means Burns-area minerals have a longer recorded lease history than a lot of newer plays elsewhere in the state.

If your family's interest ties back to that original Silo-era leasing, or to more recent horizontal development in the same footprint, we want your actual documentation in hand before we give you a number, because production history here spans multiple technology generations.

Silo Field's layered history

Silo was developed initially with vertical wells targeting the Niobrara chalk's natural fracture systems, then saw renewed interest as horizontal drilling and modern completion techniques improved recovery decades later. That layered history means a Burns-area tract could carry royalty history from more than one development era, sometimes with gaps in between when the field went quiet.

We check the full lease timeline for your specific section, not only current activity, since older production history still matters to how we price your interest.

What determines value near Burns

Distance from active or historically productive wellbores, your trailing royalty statements if you have them, and current DJ Basin activity levels all factor in. Horizontal oil plays like this one move with commodity prices, so we peg any number to recent comparable trades and current market conditions rather than a fixed formula.

Confirming your title

Laramie County keeps thorough records, and we pull your chain of title directly from the recorder's office before quoting anything, so you know exactly what you're holding.

Build the County-Record Packet

A town name is only the first line of a Wyoming mineral file. The working packet should connect the tract to the county, legal description, section, township, range, owner name, vesting instrument, reservations, lease, division order, payor record, and any probate or trust document that changed the chain. Local field history belongs beside the recorded evidence, not in place of it. Where fee minerals meet federal or state ownership, the packet should also identify which tract, depth, or formation is actually private and conveyable before any acreage or paid decimal is carried into an offer.

Keep the Paid Interest and the Deed Scope Aligned

A royalty statement can show what is being paid on a tract, but the statement does not by itself prove the full mineral estate. The review should reconcile the paid decimal to the ownership fraction, lease royalty, unit allocation, well, product, production month, deductions, taxes, suspense, and any adjustment line. The proposed deed and written purchase scope should then repeat the verified owner, county, legal description, included depths or formations, effective date, conveyed fraction, retained interest, pre-closing proceeds, title conditions, and recording instructions. Any mismatch stays on the curative list until the supporting record resolves it.