[AT] Why not New Mexico Hello out there

[Bob McNitt]

Bruce is right ...there's a natural gas rush going on right now in 
western & central NY as well as PA. The gas is forced out of the deep 
shale deposits using huge volumes of high pressure water mixed with 
special chemicals and creates fractures in the shale bed which releases 
the gas and sends it to the surface. The depths they drill to do the 
fracturing is unbelievable. Take a look at the following. 
http://www.ccemc.org/Docs/gasrush.html.
Bob in CNY


Bruce Moden wrote:
> I don't know the geology of your area, but an idea that worked well for us in WNY was to have a natural gas well drilled on our farm.  Back in the days when it was relatively cheap to drill them (1976, about $26,000.00), the driller told me to save my money there was no gas on our property.  In 1978 a young geologist came up here from Boulder CO and asked if he could lease our gas rights, I told him of my experience but he was still interested, so we signed.  The same driller drilled for him & came up with a good producing well, now it isn't as good as if we had done it on our own, but in 1978 the price had gone up to $52,000.00 per well, but we get free gas to our home & 1/8th the royalty (not much, about $75.00 per month, but it keeps us warm!)  The well is 2,200 feet deep (just below the Medina Stone).
> Bruce
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> --- On Tue, 11/17/09, Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] Why not New Mexico Hello out there
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 12:06 PM
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> I think that at my age and with my interest and with almost all of my
> descendants right here (3 of my 4 kids, 10 grandchildren and 9 [at
> last count] great grandchildren) that I'm pretty firmly rooted in this
> farm. :-)
> Gads! I hate winter but I decided to take another approach to the
> problem. I hate being cold. I also always suffered from "cabin fever
> badly. This is a very large house with a lot of glass and that helps.
> Of course it also takes a lot to keep it warm and comfortable so I
> chopped the natural gas (long story) and installed a wood furnace big
> enough to heat all of it that we do heat (about 4,000 sq. ft.) except
> for a hard to heat at night solar room (more of a distribution
> problem) which we heat a tiny bit with a pellet stove. We usually run
> it on low and it burns about a pound an hour and is shut off on sunny
> days. We cut some wood but even if we had to buy it all the heat is
> reasonable enough.
> That gives us a decently warm house that we can walk around in a lot,
> looking out windows in all directions. It really helps with the cabin
> fever.
> Now I have to improve my farm shop. Actually it is more of an old
> tractor shop these days since I only take care of the grass (pastures
> and lots) now. It has always been impossible to heat but I intend to
> put the same kind of furnace in it as the house and do a "LOT" of
> tightening up next month. It also has a decent amount of glass and is
> a 36' x 50' building with a couple of lofts. If I can "EVER" get all
> of the excess crap out of there it is at least big and open enough to
> help avoid cabin fever.
> I also plan to spend a lot of the winter in the woodshop. It used to
> be part of my old house and the shop is 1,400 sq. ft. It also has a
> good bit of glass, a 24'x24' area of cathedral ceiling and a lot of
> lights. It is pretty easy to heat and will hold heat well over night.
> We currently have our horses in an old livestock barn but we want to
> convert another building to a stable for them and it will have a
> heated tack-room (hangout) about 12'x18', a 10'x18' feed room and two
> 12'x12' stalls for the horses with room to expand if needed.
> I just expect to spend the whole winter indoors in one building or the
> other where it is warm and to hell with that outside nonsense... :-)
> Exposure to snow and ice will mostly just be going from building to building.
> Hmmmm. I wonder what tunnels would cost?  ;-)
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