Between those visits, he bought mineral rights — a few acres here, a few there — slowly building a portfolio that would eventually support his family for generations.
Seventy-five years later, our family still manages those minerals. What started as a handful of properties has grown to 370+ mineral interests spread across Oklahoma, now shared among an ever-growing number of heirs.
For decades, we made it work with eight filing cabinets and an Excel spreadsheet. We tracked permits by hand, waited for division orders to arrive in the mail, and hoped we didn't miss anything important at the OCC.
I always knew there had to be a better way — an affordable tool that could watch the Oklahoma Corporation Commission filings for us and send a plain-English alert when something happened on our land.
So I built Mineral Watch.
It's the tool I wished our family had years ago. We replaced the filing cabinets with automated digital feeds. We rely directly on the state's public records. Our system translates the technical codes into plain English summaries, recommends potential actions, and always includes the direct link to the official filing. You get the simplicity of a summary with the proof of the original document.