# Sell Mineral Rights in Colfax County, NM | Berlin Royalties > Sell Colfax County, NM mineral rights: Raton Basin coalbed methane near Raton, and an honest read on whether your tract produces at all. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/new-mexico/colfax-county/ Publisher: Berlin Royalties, a veteran-owned oil and gas mineral and royalty buyer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, buying for its own account since 2014. Call or text 918-984-1645. License: free to quote and cite with attribution to Berlin Royalties and a link to the source URL. Where We Buy · New Mexico · Colfax County ## Sell your Colfax County mineral rights. Raton, Springer, Cimarron: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Colfax County, in the Raton Basin coalbed methane field. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Colfax County is a one-field, one-ranch county. The coalbed methane under the Vermejo Park Ranch west of Raton has produced since 1999, and it has been declining every year for more than a decade, from 27 billion cubic feet in 2012 to under 11 in 2025. Almost all of it belongs to one private mineral estate, which makes Colfax the rare New Mexico county where the honest first question is whether you own anything that produces at all. **What produces here.** Raton Basin coalbed methane. High River Resources Operating, with offices in Farmington and a Dallas parent, is the only producer, running about 850 Colfax wells on the VPR A, B and D leases that reported 959,704 Mcf in August 2026. County gas has fallen every year from 27.0 Bcf in 2012 to 10.8 Bcf in 2025. There is no oil production of note, and no current horizontal drilling. Whatever you own here, producing royalties, non-producing acreage, or an inherited fraction split among family, we will identify it from whatever paperwork you have, value it off the actual wells and activity, and show you the reasoning with the offer. Free, no obligation, and no pressure: if keeping it is the right answer, we will say so. If you hold a fee interest outside the ranch, the value is in the leasing optionality, and we will say plainly what that is worth today. Inherited it? Start with [inherited mineral rights in New Mexico](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/new-mexico/). Formations & Plays ## What produces here ### Raton Basin coalbed methane Vermejo and Raton Formation coals on the Vermejo Park Ranch west of Raton, producing since October 1999, drilled to the top of the Pierre Shale on roughly 160-acre spacing. ### One private mineral estate Nearly the entire play sits on the Vermejo Park mineral estate, so third-party royalty owners are rare; most Colfax minerals outside the ranch are unleased and quiet. Counties ## Communities we see in Colfax County title Raton Springer Cimarron Maxwell Wherever your tract sits in Colfax County, we will research it free and value it with the work shown. 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See the [full county index](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/counties/), or start with how to [sell New Mexico mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/new-mexico/). ### Inherited New Mexico minerals? Whether you need a probate, the affidavit and transfer on death routes, the dormant mineral rules, and where unpaid royalties go: [inherited mineral rights in New Mexico, what heirs should do](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/new-mexico/). [What New Mexico mineral rights are worth](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/new-mexico/), information only, with this month's activity. [Unclaimed New Mexico royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/unclaimed-royalties/new-mexico/): where the money goes and how an heir claims it. ### The New Mexico mineral owner's guide Everything a New Mexico owner needs in one place: who owns what under state law, how royalties must be paid and by when, what a buyer can and cannot deduct, the tax treatment of a sale, and the deadlines that quietly cost people their minerals. Free, and no sign-up. [Read the New Mexico guide](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/guide/new-mexico/) Questions ## Straight answers for Colfax County owners What are mineral rights worth in Colfax County? It depends on the wells and units actually touching your tract, their decline, and your decimal, and in Colfax County that ranges widely, so county averages mislead. We value off the actual wells and activity and show the work, free. I own minerals in Colfax County. Are they in the gas field? Probably not, and we would rather tell you that than pretend otherwise. The Raton Basin coalbed methane production is almost entirely on the Vermejo Park Ranch's private mineral estate, where the 1999 PennzEnergy and Sonat joint venture kept a 25 percent royalty for the mineral owner and the Oil Conservation Division regulates the wells as private land. If your family minerals are elsewhere in the county, around Springer, Maxwell or Cimarron, they are most likely unleased and unproducing, and their value is modest unless the play expands. We will check the records free and say which it is. What comes off a New Mexico royalty check before I see it? Several stacked taxes: the 3.75 percent Oil and Gas Severance Tax, the Emergency School Tax at 3.15 percent on oil and 4 percent on gas, the 0.19 percent Conservation Tax, and an ad valorem production tax on assessed value, all taken at the wellhead. Stripper and enhanced recovery wells get reduced rates. The combined bite on a private royalty is commonly described as about 7 to 8 percent. What does it cost me to sell? Nothing. Berlin pays all title work, document preparation, and recording costs. The offer you accept is the amount you receive. ## Before you sign anything in Colfax County The things owners here most often wish they had read first. All free, none of it gated. - [How mineral rights are valued](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/), including the rule of thumb people quote and why it is usually wrong - [How to sell mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/sell-mineral-rights/) and [how to sell oil and gas royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/sell-oil-and-gas-royalties/), with the real process and timeline - [Who buys mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/who-buys-mineral-rights/), the five kinds of buyer compared, and [the companies that buy mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-buyers/) and how to check them - [The Pugh clause](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/pugh-clause/), the single most valuable sentence you can negotiate into a lease - [What a farm out is](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/farmout-agreements/), and why your operator suddenly changed - [The rule of capture](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/rule-of-capture/), and why a neighbor's well can legally drain your minerals - [Non-participating royalty interests](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/non-participating-royalty-interest/), if your deed carved one out - [Executive rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/executive-rights/), if somebody else signs the lease that binds your minerals - [Surface owner rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/surface-owner-rights/), if you own the ground and someone else owns what is under it - [Questions to ask a buyer](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/questions-to-ask/) and [what happens if you want out after signing](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/can-i-back-out-of-a-mineral-rights-sale/) Free Valuation ## Find out what your Colfax County minerals are worth. Free, no obligation, and no pressure. We reply within one business day, usually faster. Prefer the phone? Call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) and you will get Stephen, the owner, not a call center. If we miss you, we text back the same day. In a hurry? [Text a photo of a royalty check stub](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/text-your-check/) to [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) and our [preliminary offer](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/preliminary-offer/) puts a written number in front of you within about two business days. It holds for 7 while you decide. Your Name Phone Number Email Address Where are your minerals located? OklahomaTexasNew MexicoLouisiana ArkansasKansasNorth DakotaMontana WyomingColoradoUtahCalifornia West VirginiaOhioPennsylvaniaKentucky MichiganMississippiAlabamaIllinoisIndianaAlaska Sand/Gravel/AggregateOther / Not sure County (if known) A few optional questions that speed up the valuation Interest type Select an option Minerals and Royalties Working Interest Overriding Royalty Interest An Entity (LLC, Partnership, Trust) Not Sure Are you currently receiving royalty checks? Select an option Yes No I Used To But They Stopped Not Sure Have you received offers for your minerals before? Select an option Yes No What best describes your situation? Select an option I'm ready to sell now I'm exploring my options I'm just curious what they're worth When would you like this done? Select an option This month This quarter No timeline, just researching Anything else? (optional) Get My Free Valuation No cost, no obligation, and we never share your information.