Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-28
Little Kanawha & Elk River
PETROLEUMAND MINING co.
sUBsCRIrTIONsTO TO BE CLOSED.
Cash Working Capital, $3.50, 900.

OFFICERS:
OLIVER e. WOOD. President : 4 ,
JAMES CRUIKSHANK Vice President.
CHARLES ]. MARTIN, Treasurer. al#-
JAMES WADSWORTA.S Secretary.
E. R. BLACKWELL, Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent. 2s..rT
PAUL N. SP0FFORD. Of Spoford, Tileson 4
Co.,NY. ouE sue .t-
CHARLES J. MARTIN. President Home Insur-
ance Co., N Y. iI rr1-r n
Hon. ROGER AVERILL, Danbury. Conn.
Hon. ALBERT z. CATLIN, Burlington, Vt.
JAMES CRU UIKSHANK, IS Broadway, MY.
OLIVER E.WOOD. 20 Barclay street, N. w.
JAMES wADswonTH, Of James wadsworth
& Co.. 81 Cedar street. Y.
JOHN w STRONG, Detroit, Mich.
EDWARD NJ. MORGAN, 2 Pine street. NY.
THE SUBSCRIPTION Is so NEARLY
Il completed that it is intended to close the same
on or before the 18th Of February.
Subscriptions, Ooo Of which seoo 600 purchas-
es the land-to-uit: 81 $50 acres. The remaining
$50 the permanent cash working capital of the
Company -.
Par value Of shares, 500. Lands located on the
Little Kanawha and Elk Rivers, in the counties Il
Glmer and Braxton in the very heart of the oil re-
gions of West Virginia. tt
Professor Richardson reports: "Your property is
the very centre Of the West Virginia oil regions 1t
has numerous oil and gas springs along the banks Of
its streams, one Of which yies with the famous
Burning Spring ITSELF"
Professor Shepherd, Of New Haven, Conn, re-
ports "Iconsider 10 eminenay oil producing land.
The oitbtdrin0 shdles underlie it ertensiUtLy and
the long lines fcar6uretted hydrogen or inumilat-
ing gas springs. seme of ohfch saD burning. as
aOeR as the appearance Of oil itself on the surface
Of the tract, fully confirms me In this BELIEF
There can be no doubt that along your creeks and
Tributaries there Is large ertent Of UaludbIe OIL
producing territory The prodi0ious amount of
bituminous and cannel coal iron ore. Limestone and
fire clays embodied In the nigh hills our proper
t the tops and slopes Of toAicA covered tOita
extraordinary gro'rm of UAite oak and other 4eavy
firp6ers, add Immensely to ds vaIus."
These views are fully indorsed by the reports Of
the most practical and experienced men from the oil
districts of both Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The Company consider themselves fortunate in
having secured the services of Mr.. Blackwell, a
practical civil engineer, for the general superintend
ency. so we'll known the late Chief Engineer and
Superintendent of the Commissioners of WASH
ington Heights" New York City.
Arrangement, are in rapid progress for the imme-
diate development of the property, q scale com.
meusurate with its value aod extent.
Subscriptions payable at the time Of subscribing,
oronehafin in cash. the balance in thirty days from
the time of closing the subscription, can be made in
person or byletter at the Office of the undersigned
No 81 Cedar street. New York; ]. K. DOBS0N. No.
A State street. Boston; and JOHN w. STRONG,
Detroit, Michigan, where full inform alton can be
obtained.
JAMES wADSwORTd l. CO.,
No. 81 Cedar street, New York.
NIB. Subscriptions received for the above Com-
pany by LEWIS BAKER,
feb6 Wheeling, wy. /