The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-02-03

Pc ROLEUM AND MINING co.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BE CLOSED.
Cash Working Capital, SI5O,OOO.
OFFICERS:
OLIVER Z. WOOD President.
JAMES CRUIKSHANK, Vice President
CHARLESJ. MARTIN Treasurer
JAMES WADSwoRTH, Secretary
f. r. BLACKWELL, Consulting Engineer and
! General Superintendent.
TRUSTEES:
PAUL SPoFFoRDs of Spoiorl, fileson
Co. ny
CHARLES }. MARTIN, President Homo In
surance Co., n. Y.
Hon. ROGER AVERIhL, Danbury, Conn.
Hon. ALBERTZ CATLIN, Burlington, Vt.
JAMES CRUIKSHANK So Broadway, ~ y.
OLIVER Il. WOOD o6 Barclay street \. Y.
JAMES WADSWORTH, of James Wads
worth & Co., 81 Cedar street \. Y.
JOHN W. STRONG, Detroit Mich
EDWARD N. MORGAN, . Pine street n. Y
THE SUB CRIPTION IS so
Il NEARLY completed that il is intended 10
close the same on or before the nth Of February.
Subscriptions, $3.50 noe Of which S6oo,Ooo pur.
chases the land-to wit: e. s6O acres. The re-
naming $3.50 600 is the permanent cash working
capital of the Company.
Par value of shares, si0G Lands located on
the Little Kanawha and Elk Rivers in the conn
ties of Gfmer and Braxton in the very heart of
the oil regions of West Virginia.
Professor Richardson reports Your proper
tv ia the very centre of the West Virginia oil
regions lthas numerous oil and gas springs
along the banks of its streams one of which
vies with tho famous Burning Spring itself
Professor Shepherd of New Haven, Conn, re-
ports; Il consider Il eninently oilprodueingland.
The oil-6edri,ag shatss underhs Il eTtsnsipe'y, and
The long lines Of carburettedh hydrogen or Wuhi'la-
ting gas springs, s0Tc ofioticE sac burning as
,geH as the appearance of III hSelfo' the s'otoef OF
he tract fully confirms main this belief
there can be no doubt that o,oag yo,D' GREEKS and
tributaries there iSa large extent Of rdludbb OIL
producing territory The prodigioUs amount Of
bituminous and curret coal iron ore limestone
and IRE cIays embodied in ne high has on yo'"
proporty tie tops and slopes q ghiGh are coca'ed
,cih an extraordinary gToech Of 'ohite OAK and
ottor heavy timbers. add immensely 10 as rai"e.
These views are fully endorsed by the reports
of the most practical and experienced men from
the oil districts of both Pennsylvania and Vir'
ginia -. ..
The Company consider themselves fortunate
in having secured the services Of Mr.. Blackwell,
practical civil engineer for the general super.
inten,loncy, so well known as the lato Chief En-.
gineer and Superintendent Of the Commissions.
ers OF Washington Heights New York City.
Arrangements are in rapid progress for tho
immediate development OF tho property, on
scale commemorate with its value and extent.
Subscriptions payable at the time Of subscri-
bling OF one.half in cash.. the balance III thirty
days from the time of closing tho subscription,
can be made in person or by letter AZ the Office
of the undersigned, 30. 81 Cedar street, New
York; j. h. DOBSON, No. ~ State street BOs'
ton; and JOHN W. STRONG Detroit Mich.
where full information can be obtained.
JAMES wAD5w0RTH & Co,
No 81 Cedar street, New York
ANY information with reference 70 the above
Company can be obtainedby calling at the count
ing room of the REShTER office, Wheeling, wy.
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