What an idiot. Helium is cryogenically distilled from natural gas.
Interesting article:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/doh02
A quote from the article:
“On July 1, 1925, the government assumed control of all helium production in the nation.”
Hmmmm.
There are only a very few wells in world that contain Helium. You cannot get if from almost all wells.