Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-07-21
Little Kanawha e Elk River !
PETROLEUMAND' MINING co.
INSCRIPTIONS TO BE CLOSED.
Cash Working Capital, eISO,O0O.

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Cash Working Capital, sI5O,00o.
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OLIVER \. wOOD, President. gglfub iood9s
JAMES URU lKSllANK. Vice President, oyed
CHARLES J. MARTIN, Treasurer.
JAMES SWADSWURTH.S Secretary. "i L''''
E.. R. BLACKWELL, Consulting Engineer and
- General Superintendent! iGi)gqs J}Ta,'b
n, gaoo,fry s'nf,qr TRUSTEES, niu )191 Y!iu
y PAgt N sPoFFoRDp p0f spOfoFd Til''on q
CHARLES j. MARTIN. President Homo Insur-
ance Co., N. Y. a.oaN II JHuni io"4'H
Hon. ROGER AvERILL. Danbury. Conn.
Hon! ALBERT z. CATB1N, Burlington, Vt.
|bi JAMES CRUIKSHANK, IS Broadway! MY
OLIVER B. WOOD, 20 Barclay street, N!Y.Gm
JAMES WADSWORTH, Of James jWadsworth
4 Co., 81 Cedar street, MY. .-.-...,,,,,.
JOHN W. STRONG, Detroit, Mich.
/ EDWARD NJ. MORGAN. 2 Pine street. MY
UNHE SUBSCRIPTION Is SO NEARBY
l. completed that tits intended TO close the same
on or before the 18th Of February.
Subscriptions $75O 900, Of which eeOO 900 purcbas-
es tho lapd-to-wit: 90, SEQ acres! The remaining
sl5O is the permanent cash working capital Of the
Company. .a,t..a.t, ...,Ir,o
Par value Of shares, 500. Lands located on tho
Little Kanawha and Elk Rivers. in the counties Of
Gimer and Braxton in the very heart Of the oil re-
gions of West Virginia. l1na. iip7g ~
Professor Richardson reports: Your property Is
the very centre Of the West Virginia oil regions. II
has numerous oil and gas springs along the banks Of
Its streams, ono Of which vies with the famous
Burning Spring itself" "fr9QAa' i7f'-''G pl
Professor Shepherd, Of New Haven. Conn.,. re-
ports: "Iconsider 10 eminenhy OH producing land.
TIE oit-6edTfng shdles undertie u ertensive,y and
ne long lines Of cdr6uretted hydrogen OF n1nmindt-
tno gas spria0s, some of sOAic1 n s0so burning, ds
soeN az the appeardnce Of oil itsetf on the surJGcs
Of tetrdct. Juy confirms me tn tais belief. fgl
7aeye can DO no doubt that along your creeks and
tr6utdytes there 10 large ertent Of Vdtua6lo oit-
prodncin1 territory. The prodigi0as amount df
6ituninous and CANNED coal troN ore limestone and
fro clays embodied IN AsAt0A Ai1s o~toar proper
IT, tie tops and sopes oftohich are corsred toiA an
extraordinary orooM Of ,ohito oab and other AeGpy
Hnn5ers, add fpsAsense,y 10 its odtue." '' ''''
These views are fully Endorsed by the reports Of
the most practical and experienced men from the oil
districts Of both Pennsylvania and Virginia. .i.
Tho Company consider themselves fortunate in
having secured the services of Mr., Blackwell, q
practical civil engineer for the general superintend-
ency. 50 we'll known as the late Chief Engineer and
Superintendent of the Commissioners of Wash
iugton Heights.",New York City. ~ ..lr +rd
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 In cash, the balance in thirty days from
tho time of closing the subscription can be made in
person or bystter at the office Of the undersigned
No 81 Cedar street, New York; J. X D0BS0N. No.
a State street. Boston; and JOAN W. STRONG,
Detroit. Michigan where full inform alton, can be
obtained. '.'
JAMES wHDSW0RTH & CO.,
..ro.oslHf No. 6l Cedar street, New York.
NIB. Subscriptions received for the above Com
nyby s.t.a LEWIS BAkER,
feb6 r7 Wheeling, WV.