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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Joel Achenbach / The Bulletin
August 15, 2008
AMWELL, Pa. — The guys on the derrick, filthy with mud and grease, have the best view in the county. Their drilling rig rises from a bulldozed, flattened patch of meadow near the top of a hill. To the south is an old farmhouse and a white barn. Hay bales dry in the sun.
It’s....