At this point in time hiring a lawyer to handle my WV troubles is out of the question due to lack of finances that can be spent on this pointless legal problem. My money is earmarked for food to feed myself, not persons in the business to deal with parties like ARC.
The lease in Ritchie County WV vs the one in Doddridge County are night and day. The Doddridge lease made a reference to Third Party Liability, abandonment, and several other issues, the newer Ritchie contract make no mention in these areas.
The cover letter from ARC's lawyer instructed me to contact a landman (?, or simple a contact for ARC) before Jan 6. I have left three messages within the time frame and no reply. I have sent three letters to their lawyer and no reply.
Rereading your message you mention landmarks in regards to the map, the Doddridge contract has these, the Ritchie contract makes no mention.
From my experience with ARC in Doddrisge County I take this Ritchie contract as just a step on ARC's part on the route to going to court. I have NO reason to believe they are in fact acting in "Good Faith".
("I keep asking on this site for someone to define WV's "Good Faith" law but either no one has replied or if they have I did not receive notification. I have shown several of the messages I have received mentioning good faith and everyone who has seen these message here in Central Ohio believe the people in WV are thinking what someone wants them to think. The local post office told me that the mear act of receiving an unexpected package from the USPS IS NOT GROUNDS for the sender to claim the receiver is obligated to the sender. I keep repeating: From what I am seeing on this board too many people in WV have been feed false information in regards to how they are able to respond to the situation, the Fedaerl law does NOT support what people are claiming the WV "Good Faith" law means!) RCR 2/16/2016