We learned that our land was on top of a formation called the Marcellus Shale, and that the Marcellus Shale was the Saudi Arabia of natural gas. We could lease our land to the natural gas companies. We would receive a signing bonus in the neighborhood of 100,000 and untold thousands more if we only let them... well... for the first time, we heard that word.
Leide vi ut marken til gasselskapene ville vi få en bonus på nærmere 100 000 dollar og tusentalls mer, hvis vi bare lot dem først da hørte vi ordet...