I live in Weirton, WV, the part that is in Brooke County. Over the last 2 months, I've gotten letters from 2 different companies offering to BUY my mineral rights for "up to" $12, 000 an acre. I've never had an offer to even lease my mineral rights yet, and these letters make me wonder if there is some proposed drilling in the future going to be happening here? Why else would these companies be making an offer to buy if they weren't sure they were going to get some return on their investment? I haven't contacted either company to discuss sale. I was wondering if anyone knows what's going on in this area. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.