THE DAYS OF THE "LANDMAN' OF THE 70'S & 80'S MAY NEVER RETURN UNLESS A NEW ENERGY POLICY WHICH INCLUDES THESE MINERALS AS A SHORT TERM SOLUTION. HOWEVER. IT COULD WELL BE UPON US.  THE PROBLEM IS GOING TO BE THAT THOSE OF US THAT WERE INVOLVED BACK THEN ARE GETTING TO OLD AND TIRED TO BE WORKING AT THE PACE THAT WE DID BACK THEN.  YOU HAD TO BE AN ABSTRACTOR, DETECTIVE, SKIP TRACER, AND SOBER PARTOF THE TIME, TO BE EFFECTIVE.  WE WORKED LONG HOURS AND HARD AND PLAYED HARD, HAD MORE MONEY THAN WE HAD SENSE, BUT WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE.   I CAN STILL LOOK AT A METES & BOUNDS DESCRIPTION AND KNOW THAT IT'S WRONG EVEN BEFORE IS PLAT IT. MET SOME GREAT AND ALSO UNUSUAL PEOPLE, IN TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE.  AS LONG AS DRILLING IS DONE OFF-SHORE AND/OR IN ANWAR THE ENERGY COMPANIES WON'T NEED "LANDMEN" OR DARE I SAY "LANDLADIES"?  FUN TO REMEMBER THOSE TIMES THOUGH. JON A SARVER, CUMMING, GA

Go West young (and old) man! The oil and gas industry, particularly natural gas, are stong and active in Colorado, Wyoming and most of the Rocky Mountain states and southwest. Landmen (and ladies) are in short supply.