Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-10
Little Kanawha & Elk River
PETROLEUM. AND MINING co.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BE CLOSED.

Cash Working CapitnL s15O,0OO.
OFFICERS
OLIVER T.. wOOp. President.
JAMES GRUI SHANK Vice President.
CHARLES J. MARTIN. Treasurer. . a-
JAMES WADSW ORTIZ. Secretary.
Z. R. BLACKWELL, Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent. ..as
PAUL N, SPoFF0RD. Of Spodord Tileson 4
Co., N. Y. ..i. a. Htt. .a ...- s.lla
CHARLEsJ. MARTIN. President Home Insur-
ance Co., N Y. Ira'a.iF
l7 Hon. ROGER AVERILI., Danbury. Conn.
Hon. ALBERTZ. CATLIN. Burlington, Vt.
, JAMES CRU IKSHANK, So Broadway, N. Y.
y OLIVER E. WOOD, 26 Barclay street, N. Y.
JAMES WADSWoRTH, Of James Wadsworth
& Co.. 81 Cedar street, Y. I,7
JOHN w. STRONG, Detroit, Mich. NJ.
EDWARD NJ. MORGAN. 2 Pine street, N. Y.
THE SUBSCRIPTION IN SO NEARLY
j. completed that il is intended to close the same
on or before the 18th oc February. .t.ll I
Subscriptions $3.50 900, of which 5000 900 purchas
es the land--to-wit: 90, $50 acres. The remaining
$50 is the permanent cash working capital Of the
Company ,rr nod JOff roy
Par value of shares. 500. Lands located on the
Little Kanawha and Elk Rivers. in the counties Of
Glmer and Braxton. in the very heart Of the oil
gions of West Virginia. ''i'1q .l2iL.l isI
Professor Richardson reports: "Your property is
the very centre of the West Virginia oil regons II
has numerous oil and gas springs along the banks Of
its streams, one of which yies with the famous
Burning Spring ITSELF" ...,... ,.,.,s
~ Professor Shepherd, Of New Haven, Conn, re-
ports Jcohsider ID eRiaenlty oil producing land.
TIE ol-bedring sAdIes pnderlie ft etensi0ely, and
MeLon0 lines Of car6wretted hydrogen. or ntumiaat
ing gas springs some Of aehiclt 6arniag, as
nell as the appearances Of oil itseB on the ssr,Gce
OF Eetrdct, fully confirms me In this belief ar
There can 6s no doubt that along your creeks and
tri6utdries there Is a large extent Of OaluablS OIL
producing territory. The ProdigioHs amount iof
bitpninoys and camel coal iron ore limestone and
dre clays embodied In the high hills on Our proper
tn. the tops and slopes Of sohtch coUered aoin an
extraordinary groSuA Of sohfte odb and herheauv
tip,5ers, add Immensely TO its 0Glue."
These views are fully indorsed by the reports Of
the most practical and experienced mon from the oil
districts Of both Penns ylvania and Virginia.
The Company consider themselves fortunate 10
having secured the services of Mr. Blackwell. .
practical oiEi, angnser for the general superintend
ency SO well known as the late Chief Engineer and
Superintendent of the Commissioners of Wash
, ington Heights, New York City. fL -sfrs Y (
y Arrangements are in rapid progress for the mne-
diate development of the property, on scale com
mensurate with its value and extent.
Subscriptions payable at the time of subscribing.
or one half in cash. the balance in thirty days from
the time Of closing the subscription, can be adeih
person or by yletter at the office Of the undersigned
No 81 Cedarstreet, New York; ]. K.DOBSoN. No
A State street, Boston; and JOAN w. STRONG,
Detroit, Michigan where fun Inform alton can be
obtained. I'm orp m s',rR
"'''' JAMES WADSW0RTd Il CO.,
No. 81 Cedar street, New York.
NIB. Subscriptions received for the above Com
pany BY 81 sgsiF LEWIS BAKER,
feb6 Wheeling. W. V.