The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-22
HENRY sIMoEs, ESQ President.
THE WETZELL NTY
OIL COMPANY.
The above named Company has been recently organized
with \ capital Of
ONE MILLION OF DOLLARS,

The above named Company has been recently organized
ONE MILLION OF DOLLARS,
Divided into enc hundfed thousand shFTe par yalle
The are ali sold excepting twenty thousand which
arc donated 20 the Company improve fund ana
the subscription money 10 I'D up In u Ine property OF
the Company consists OF 70 acres In Zee simple subect
Knob ofk OF Little Fishing creek, Wezen county, West
lie Tact which is undivided, lies about nine and half
miles OF the Town OF Mgrtnsyile. thsOhi0 river,
s n e Gy the Knob F5r Of Lss FShns crosk
which Las numerous tributaries penetrating the territory
its valuable aud abundant mineral resources.
Ibe knob lork igaa MaeI ils county ToSa r9as las
ard nmodious communication at al seasons win the
town tMatnsvle at the ohio river on the east, aad
bfarchng northward ard s-utnward the NC end Of
the properly At Andersoes Tavern conne'w Il with the
BAtmoIe and ohio Railroad al two oinerent points TO
wit eOn station ana Burton Station, distant, respect
ivs, but seven and a nal aud seven uios.
vie the county is nayigable by datboats for
sltraDe esisn,e 1p 10 course s9d auoIds n,s HaeaSs
pToper, inclusive of the OIL which viii be put up AZ the
wells ir barrels that will be Manufactured on the ground
out Of Nhe oHk timber laken ifOm the tract e' "hoA
h profusCy covered With it. 800
muOus and camel coal ron ore IRE clay, Limestone aud
the very hes quality OF illuminating and 1brlaatng o'
besd forests OF the best timber OF various kinds,
on aneEhsoring property, which me 9wssr' ave nlw
vein of he test quslty OF coal has been struck
which hteen feet IN thickness, and russ through tbs
tract OF this Company. All materials necessary deya
opng wealth. such coal, timber ana so f,rth are
found in abundance the property and viii, OF ejurae,
greatly the working expenses Of the cOrp0rsto
while the the, eGamGed Ane passed by judge GarreA
Mallory, OF PHILADELPHIA is complete and perfect
The OF Knob creek which, as before stated runs
directly hTOug the Companys track for two ana half
miles affords boring territory Of that extent each side
OF the stream hye miles In all, besides many other
borabe sites the banks OF the various tributary creeks
while the whole tract embraces area enough on
which 10 organize great Of Independent working
corporations, and the Company could now Il 40 dis
posed sell portions Of their land at considerable
advance the pnce paid for t. The properly lies within
thirty meS OF the celebrated Dunkard creek oil district in
in In oil
westward.
The enterprise Ia In the hands Of our most active intel
lis ent and best practical business who are
operating with speculative deslgns, but who purchased
their properly develop Il for the common benefit Of
themselves and their shareholders, and who are deteT-
mined to carry out 'hAt Intention with the greatest posai
Bile energy and despatch. .f 49,
on the whole this Is altogether OF the most soldy
based and promising undsrtAknss the oil business yet
originated. and those Interested In may confidently look
for largely rsnuneratVe Pronh nom their invest
menta. H2l