EQT Searches for Indians Before Building Freshwater Pond in SWPA

EQT signed a lease with a landowner in Washington County, PA back in 2007 that allows the company to drill and/or develop surface property--building things like a freshwater (NOT wastewater) pond that can be used for nearby drilling. The landowner's daughter, who either doesn't understand drilling (or more likely does understand but doesn't like it) claims there is an unmarked, single grave somewhere on the property (presumed to be an Indian), using that claim to stop EQT's work on building the water pond. EQT is patiently playing along, waiting for--even paying for and assisting with--an archaeological dig to see if the grave and other Indian remains can be located. So far, nothing has been unearthed--except for a lot of hot air...

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