Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-29
10, Little Kanawha & Elk River
PETROLEUMAhD MININGCO.
INSCRIPTIONS TO BE CLOSED.

Cash Working Capital, $3.50, 900.
H sa5 ." oFFIcERs il
OLIVER X. wOOp, President. . '"e'a +
JAMES CRUlkSliANK Vice President.
CHARLESJ. MARTIN. Treasurer. .I
JAMES WADSW0RTH Secretary.
&. R. BLACKWELL. Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent. .'" -t .
'' TRUSTEES: .'. Il ~ /
PAUL N. sPoFFoRD, of spoHOrd Tileson d
Co..N.Y. ....-.. .s ......o1. ,s- /
CHARLEsJ. MARTIN. President Home Insur-
ance Co., N. Y. o '-'
Hon. ROGER AyERILL, Danbury. Conn. =.
Hon. ALBERTZ. CATLIN, Burlington, Vt.
JAMES CRUIKSHANK, IS Broadway. NY.
OLIVER Z. WOOD. 20 Barclay street, NY. (
20 JAMES WADSW0RTH. of James Wadsworth
Co.. 81 Cedar street, MY.
JOHN w, STRONG, Detroit, Mich. b -.nits I
EDWARD M. MORGAN. Pine street. N
T,HE SUBSCRIPTION Is 50 NEARLY
i completed that tits intended to close the same
on or before the l2th Of Februsry.ae i9lQ'ap .
Subscriptions. $3.50 600 Of which $500 900 purchss-
es the land--to-wit: CISCO acres. The remaining
the permanent cash working capital Of the
Company. g14l7rl Dr. icltHrl st Iiy 7
Par value of shares. $780, Lands located on the
Little Kanswhs and Elk Rivers in the counties Of
Gimer and Braxton in the very heart Of the oil re-
gions Of West Virginia. --.t5[ go" .
Professor Richardson reports; 'eYour property Is
the very centre Of the West virgns oil regions. It
has numerous oil aud gas springs along the banks Of
its streams. one Of which vies with the famous
Burning Spring ITSELF" --
Professor Shepherd, Of New Haven, Conn.,, re-
ports; "Iconsifsr u enfne4ay OIL producing land
71s o1-bearing sAdles undergis q estensfvsig, dad
Me long lines Of cdr6uretted hydrogen. or numinat-
ing gas springs. some Of toAich sato 6prnin0, as
soeH as tie dppedrdnee Of OIL itseJ on tie surface
Of thetract, JSuy confirms me IN belief,
7Aerecdn Be no doubt Rds along yohr csssts and
tributaries there 70 large eetent of calsabLs or
producing territory. The prodi0ioSs amount Of
6itsnsinous and camel coal iron ore Hmestone asd
fro clGys embodied IN tie Nigh hills on Sour proper
w. e tops and slopes of ftoaicA coVered Uith an
extraordinary 0rovM of soAits oak and other Asapy
tisa1srs. add iNnsssnsetv 70 Sts sassie."s sf&
These views are fully indorsed by the reports Of
the most practical and experienced men from the oil
districts of both Pennsylvania and Virginia n
The compsny consider themselves fortunate in
having secured the services Of Mr.. Blackwell, .
practical civil engineer. for the lsuperntend
ency. 80 well known as the late Chief Engineer and
Superintendent Of the Commissioners of WASH
ington Heights. New York City. @ shGsA ia II
Arrangements are in rapid dtprpGsss for the immel
diate development Of tho property. on scale com!
mensurste with its value and extent.
Subscriptionspaysbiea tho time Of sdbscribihg,
Dfons-haf incash. tho balance in,thirty days from
the time Of closing the subscription can be msde in
person or BY letter at the oee Of tho undersigned
No 81 Cedar street. NsEt York; J. K DOBS0N. No.
a Statessrest, Boston; and JOHN w. STRONG.
Detroit. Michigan, where full information can be
obtaipst; lTq . -53gaC0 dMAH9NA9
JAMES wADSwORTa CO.,
:1oo-Itss a. No. BrCsaAr stfsst. .NeMY6fk.
NIB. subscriptions received for the above Conn
psnyby j. LEWIS BAKER, il II
febe Wheeling. WV.