Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-04
Little Kanawha & Elk River
PETROLE EUMAND MINING CO.
SuBsCRIPTIONs TO BE CL0sED.
Cash Working Capital, sISo,OoO.

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Cash Working Capital, SI50.OOO.
oFPIoERs
OLIVER y. WOOD, President. 1li1t
JAMES URUIkSliANK, Vice President. J..r
CHARLES J. MARTIN, Treasurer, .. ..
JAMES WADSW ORTIZ. Secretary.
e. R. BLACKWELL. Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent. ll 9a'
PAUL N. SP0FF0RD. of Spoford Tileson q
Co., MY. ,.,,.r .,et..at ''r,
CHARLES J. MARTIN, President Homo Insur-
ance Co., MY.
IS Hon. ROGER AVERILL Danbury. Conn. 'i''
Hon. ALBERTZ. CATLIN, Burlington VT. q
JAMES CRUIKSHANK, IS Broadway, MY.
OLIVER Z. WOOD, 20 Barclay street. N. Y.
JAMES wADSwORTH of James Wadsworth
d Co.. 61 Cedar street, MY.
JOHN W. 'STR0NG Detroit, Mich. 'u'
EDWARD NJ. MORGAN. Pine street, N. Y. 2.
THE SUBSCRIPTION Is SO NEARLY
j. completed that tits intended 10 close the same
on or before the 18th OF February. '
Subscriptions $3.50. 900. of which $e0O. 900 purcbas-
es the land-to-wit: 1880 acres. The remaining
$50 is the permanent cash working capital ofthe
Company.
Par value of shares, 500. Lands located on the
Little Kanawha and Elk Rivers, in the counties Of
Gilmer and Braxton in the very heart of the oil re-
gions of West Virginia. .) $40
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. ono of which vies with the famous
Burning Spring itself. ."ii1y iru7 s,lyesi.N
n CJI- r. NJ
ports: "Iconsfder 10 ehptneny OIL producing land.
The oa-6earing shales 4nder,te u eptensi5ely, and
tie long lines of cdr0Areted hydrogen, or aluminat
ia0 gas springs. some Of Which IsaD burning, as
soeH as the appearance Of oil itseD on the surface
OF the tract ftlzy confirms me In khfs belief. l.
There can be nodou6t nat along your creeks and
tributaries there Is a large ertent Of valud5le oI
produciao territory. The prodfoious amount Of
6ituminops and camel coal, iron orc. limestone and
hrs clays embodied In the nigh hills on sOur proper
IT, tie tops and slopes Of aohich are covered toiA an
extraordinary 0ro,0h Of sohtte OAK and other AeGVy
Hnu6ers, add Immensely to It's odlue." 80 %"
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, q
practical civil engineer for the general superinend
ency, so well known as the late Chief Engineer and
Superintendent of the Commissioners Of WASH
ington Heights, New York City. .rr ..I
Arrangements are in rapid progress for the imme-
diate development of the property. on scale COM
mensurate with its value and extent.
Subscriptions payable at the time Of subscribing.
or onehal in cash, the balance in thirty days from
the time of closing the subscription, be made in
person or byletter at the Office of the undersigned.
No 81 Cedar street, New York; j. X. DOBSON. No.
a State street, Boston; and JOHN W. STRONG,
Detroit, Michigan, where full inform alton can be
obtained.
JAMES wADSwORTH q CO.,
.".I .'..l No. 61 Cedar street, New York.
NIB. Subscriptions received for the above Com
panyby LEWIS BAKER,
feb6 Wheeling, WV.