Attention all mineral owners � follow the excellent advise of ewest and others and seek advice from a qualified O&G professional or attorney.

Well-intended advice from well meaning sources can lead to disaster.

26 acres of mineral interest in the right place can make you a very wealthy person, whereas a thousand acre of �goat pasture� can lead to nowhere.

Again, talk to your neighbors � natural gas wells are much cleaner with less traffic than stripper oil wells with pump jacks and tank trucks, usually indicating old production, being brought back on-line due to increased O&G prices.