Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-05-31
Little Kanawha & Elk River
PETROL AND MINING CO.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BE CLOSED.
Cash working Capital, slSO,OOt

Cash Working Capital, S15O,O0O.
-,a. s,oFFIoERs:
OLIVER Il. WOOD. President.
JAMES CRUIKSIIANK Vice President. q
CHARLESJ. MARTIN, Treasurer.
JAMES WADSW ORTIZ, Secretary. .. .- 4,
{ e. r. BLACKWELL. Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent. T ...,....tst
~-...-, TRUSTEES: r.s
PAUL N. SPoFFORD, of Spoford Tileson 4
Co., IN. Y. .i' go l.fh r..
CHARLES J. MARTIN. President Home Insur-
ance Co., N. Y. So t,7....,. d. a.. r.,.
Hon. ROGER AVERILL. Danbury. Conn.
Hon. ALBERTZ. CATLIN, Burlington, VT
JAMES CRUIKS SHANK 90 Broadway, N Y.
OLIVER +. WOOD, 20 Barclay street, Y.
JAMES WADSW ORTIZ, of James Wadsworth
4 Co.. 81 Cedar street, MY. @.
JOHN w. STRONG, Detroit, Mich.
EDWARD NJ. MORGAN. . Pine street. N. Y.
THE SUBSCRIPTION IS SO NEARLY
i completed that II is intended to close the same
on or before the 18th Of February. -.- ,-,i
Subscriptions, s75O,COO of which 5000 900 purchas
es the laud-to-wit: 1880 acres. The remaining
$3.50 900 the permanent cash working capital Of the
Company. ........ a,
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. .... .
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 vies with the famous
Burning Spring itself" .. q. ....,. ....
Professor Shepherd, of New Haven. Conn, re-
ports: "Icon8ider 10 eninenAy oil producing land.
The oa-6earin0 shdleS unde,Iie ID ertensiUey, and
TIE long lines of car6uretted hydrogen, or muminat
ing gas springs. some Of a0AicA Saso burning. as
soeH as tie appearance Of oil itself on the surface
Of the tract, fu1y confirms me IN tAis 6elief. W.
There can be no dog6t that along your creeks and
tributaries there Is a large ertent Of Valua5le oR
producing territory. The prodigiowS amount Of
5ituminous and cdnnel coal, iron ore. limestone and
fire cldys embodied In the high hills on oar proper
IT, the tops and slopes Of a0AicA coUered 1cih an
extraordinary 0roacM Of pohite oab and other heaOy
in,5erS, add Immensely to its Cdlue."
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 superntend-
ency so well known as the late Chief Engineer and
Superintendent of the Commissioners Of Wash
ington Heights."New York City.
Arrangements are in rapid progress for the imne-
date development of the property. on scale com
mensurate with its value aud extent.
Subscriptions payable at the time Of subscribing,
or one half n cash, the balance in thirty days from
the time of closing the subscription. can be made in
person or by letter at the office of the undersigned.
No 81 Cedar street, New York; ]. X. DOBS0N. No.
~ State street, Boston; and joan W. STRONG,
Detroit, Michigan, where full inform alton can be
obtained.
.'n JAMES wADSw0RTH q CO.,
No. 81 Cedar street, New York.
NIB. Subscriptions received for the above Com
pany by LEWIS BAKER,
feb6 Wheeling, W. V.