# Sell Mineral Rights in Holmes County, OH | Berlin Royalties

> Berlin Royalties buys Holmes County, OH minerals: Clinton stripper wells, no horizontals, around Millersburg and Berlin. Free valuation with the work shown.

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Where We Buy · Ohio · Holmes County

## Sell your Holmes County mineral rights.

Millersburg, Berlin, Walnut Creek, Killbuck: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Holmes County, Clinton stripper country with no horizontal wells.

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Holmes County is the center of one of the largest Amish settlements anywhere, about 48 percent of the county in 2020, and it is also a county with more than 1,500 oil and gas wells. The two facts overlap more than outsiders expect. Royalties here are small, conventional, and often held by families that have never been contacted by anyone about them, which is why we say what the interest is worth before we say anything else.

**What produces here.** ODNR's 2025 annual production report shows 73,935 barrels of oil and 511,664 Mcf of gas from Holmes County, with 1,590 wells reporting and 1,122 producing, all of them conventional; ODNR's 2026 quarterly horizontal report lists no Holmes County wells. W H Patten Drilling made the most oil, 13,270 barrels from 86 wells, and the other names on checks are Diversified Production, Lake Region Oil, Capstone Oil Producing, The Belden Brick Company, B and J Drilling, Mason Producing, Kenoil and Buckeye Oil Producing. No 2025 or 2026 Utica permits or sales in Holmes County appear in the ODNR reports we opened.

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. Inherited it? Start with [inherited mineral rights in Ohio](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/ohio/).

Formations & Plays

## What produces here

### Clinton sandstone and shallow conventional wells

Holmes County is conventional through and through: 1,122 wells produced in 2025 and none of them were horizontal. The Clinton trend runs from Ashtabula County down through Wayne and Holmes toward Hocking County.

Counties

## Communities we see in Holmes County title

Millersburg

Berlin

Walnut Creek

Killbuck

Glenmont

Wherever your tract sits in Holmes County, we will research it free and value it with the work shown.

Nearby

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We buy in every Ohio county, including ones without a page here. See the [full county index](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/counties/), or start with how to [sell Ohio mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/ohio/).

### Inherited Ohio 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 Ohio, what heirs should do](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/ohio/).

[What Ohio mineral rights are worth](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/ohio/), information only, with this month's activity. [Unclaimed Ohio royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/unclaimed-royalties/ohio/): where the money goes and how an heir claims it.

### The Ohio mineral owner's guide

Everything a Ohio 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 Ohio guide](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/guide/ohio/)

Questions

## Straight answers for Holmes County owners

What are mineral rights worth in Holmes County?
A Holmes County royalty is a stripper royalty, and the honest number comes from the well's actual production history and how many heirs share the fraction. W H Patten Drilling, Mason Producing and Diversified wells here each make a few hundred barrels a year at most. There is no Utica premium to add, so beware anyone offering one. We value off the actual wells and show the work, free.

Can I lose Ohio mineral rights I have not done anything with?
Yes, two ways, and neither needs a court. Under the Dormant Mineral Act, R.C. 5301.56, a surface owner can reclaim a severed mineral interest that has had no saving event in 20 years by serving notice, and you then have 60 days to record a claim to preserve. Under the Marketable Title Act, 40 years after the surface owner's root of title with no recorded saving event, the interest can be extinguished with no notice at all; the Ohio Supreme Court confirmed in West v. Bode (2020) that both routes apply. If nothing has been recorded in your name in decades, record a claim to preserve before you do anything else.

What is the Marketable Title Act and why does it matter for old mineral deeds?
It is the quieter of Ohio's two dormancy statutes. Forty years after the surface owner's root of title with no recorded saving event, a severed mineral interest can be extinguished with no notice to you, and West v. Bode (2020) confirmed it operates independently of the Dormant Mineral Act. The defense is a recorded instrument inside each 40-year window. We pull the chain free and tell you whether yours is still alive.

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 Holmes 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 Holmes 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.

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