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  • Dreams of gas riches fading for NY landowners

    02/26/2013 5:10:10 PM PST · by posterchild · 31 replies
    AP via news.yahoo.com ^ | Tues Feb 26, 2013 | Mary Esch
    BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) -- When word spread about the potential natural gas riches of the Marcellus Shale, Kimberly More saw it as the hope for saving her horse farm. She figured that leasing her 170 acres to a drilling company could bring an upfront bonus of nearly half a million dollars, plus a monthly royalty when gas starts to flow, enough to pay for a new house, a new barn and her own riding business. "I have three young girls. My husband left," More said. "I don't want to be on social services. I want to take care of my...