More on Marcellus Shale

Prospectors are already paying hundreds of millions of dollars to landowners to stake out access to the Marcellus Shale. Farmers in Tioga County are being offered $1,500 per acre, while the going rate east of Binghamton is $2,500 per acre.

For the complete story, go to the Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin newspaper.

There's also an interesting story in the Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice.