Periodically, it occurs to me that many people have not been active on GMS since the beginning and that many may not even know who the heck I am. If you all know this, skip on ahead and feel free to introduce yourself below. But if you are somewhat new read on; and then introduce yourself below :)

First things first. I am married to an amazing woman, Anna (for almost 13 years), we have 3 kids (9, 7, and 5) and we recently moved from the DC Metro Area to Cape May, NJ to be closer to family. I was raised in a cornfield in Indiana that had a few people sprinkled about it.

From Indiana -->DC--> New Jersey. You might now be asking, "How did he ever get involved in the shale stuff?" Good question. My wife co-owns a 300 acre farm that has been in the her family for 100 years, or so. For years, under her Grandparent's ownership, it was an operating farm with cattle/chickens/timber. After her grandmother's passing, the farm was passed down to my wife and her 3 siblings and they created an LLC to manage the farm.


Fast forward a few years to 2008. I was nearing completion of my law degree when my wife (and siblings) was approached for mineral leasing rights. After we came to the realization that we knew little to nothing about minerals, we decided to turn to the web and start a website and facebook page. By this time, I was trying to focus on the bar exam, but there was this thing going on with the website that was much more exciting. People were talking and networking and learning and getting better contract terms because of it. We also had professionals jumping in to educate and network. I was hooked and I realized the inevitable was going to happen. I was going to have to skip the bar exam. Frankly, now I realize that shale rescued me from the law! 

After that first site (GoHaynesvilleShale.com), I launched GoMarcellusShale.com after a discussion with some PA family and then came EagleFordForum.com and now ShaleCast.com.

Since the launch of these sites, I've had the opportunity to delve into the industry on the policy side and have thoroughly enjoyed it.

Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/keithmauck

Or Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/shalermauck

Or Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/haynesvilleshale

Now, I'm looking forward to hearing more about you.

Please Tell Us (if it pertains)

- Mineral Owner or Professional? Perhaps both?

- Your mineral acreage interest

- Company you work for

- Why you ventured on here

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wore out old oil field trash and mineral owner spent 10 years in the clinton before the 1985 bust pumped wells and owned a steaming business STEAMKING just set around researching the Marcellus and Utica now.........If U AINT OIL FIELD TRASH U AINT SH-T........DONT TELL MOMS I AM WORKIN IN THE OIL PATCH SHE STILL THINKS I'M STILL PLAYIN PIANO IN A WHORE HOUSE.....Have Minerals in West Virginia and Ohio 

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