Beaver's Store site to be rv park

- Formerly Beaver's Store -

A major undergoing was achieved this week by the owners of the former Beaver's Store site at Camp Springs. Charles and Lisa Lee, along with Peggy Lopez, razed the house and store to the ground, with plans to make it a camp site for workers that are expected to inundate the area as the Cline Shale exploration heats up.

Wood was reclaimed from the store walls and floor. "There was double layer of tongue and groove on the floor. About 25% of the wood was salvaged", said Lisa Lee, wife of Charles.

Repairs and removal of old pipe was necessary to make an existing water well viable. There is now running water at the site. "If you don't have water, you don't have anything", said Lisa. The Camp Springs area is known for it's abundance of good, natural drinking water from underground wells.

"Cleaning up" activity is occuring all across the area. Driving through Mitchell and Scurry counties, it's possible to see old houses being razed, moved or refurbished. There are a lot of new rv parks and pads for oil tanks. It's like everyone is preparing for the big party.

There have been some doubts about the reality of the impact the oil business is going to have in this area, seemingly because the effect has been happening before the cause, but the installation of pipeline for PVR Midstream, to be used for collecting gas from wells on the Cline Shale, may herald the changes to come. Read more about PVR's Midcontinent Midstream Systems, in particular the Hamlin System, and their Businessweek Snapshot by clicking the highlighted links. 

An acknowledgement goes to twitter user @blair1220 for the PVR info.