Hi Richard,  Thanks for the email.  This is land in Sec. 12 T11N  R12W.  It is family land.  My husband's great-grandfather obtained 160+ acres in 1896 through homesteading in the NE quadrant.  My husband and his brother have an undivided interest in about 23 acres.  It has been almost 2 years since we were last there and the well in Sec 10 was just going up.  I think our section is in conflict with the lignite so that is why no one is drilling.  We have found a permit in the southwest quadrant that Encana is getting ready to drill this Spring.  I assume we will share in these royalties.  I don't think we are related to Randy Ryder.  I know Mabel Taylor has some interest in the same property plus her husband land on Double Church Road or Grove Hill Road.  She's my father-in-laws first cousin.  My husband's grandmother was a Lord.  Their family is also from that area.  We will probaby visit the area sometime this in March or April when the weather gets warmer.   What section is your land in? 

Thanks for writing, Nancy