Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-03
Little Kanawha & Elk River
PETROLEUM AND MINING CO.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BE CLOSED.

Cash Working Capital, sIJO,O0O.
oFFIcERs
OLIVER y. WOOD, President.
JAMES CRUlkSnANK Vice President.
CHARLESJ. MARTIN, Treasurer.
JAMES WADSW0RTH Secretary.
E. r. BLACKWELL, Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent.
PAUL N. sPoFFORD, of SpOford Tilsson 4
Co., MY. i..
CHARLESJ. MARTIN. President Home Insur-
ance Co.. Y.
Hon. ROGER AVERILL, Danbury. Conn.
Hon. ALBERT z. CATLIN, Burlington. vt.
! JAMES CRUIKSHANK, 55 Broadway, N. Y.
OLIVER E. WOOD, 20 Barclay street, N. Y.
JAMES WADSWORTH. of James .Wadsworth
4 Co.. 81 Cedar street, N. Y.
! JOHN W. STRONG, Detroit, Mich.
/ EDWARD NJ. MORGAN. 2 Pine street, N. Y.
THE SUBSCRIPTION Is so NEARLY
i completed that tits intended to close the same
on or before the l2th Of February. r.la 70
Subscriptions, s75O OOO Of which S6O0 900 purchas
es the land-to-wit: 81. $50 acres. The remaining
sl5OO is the permanent cash working capital Of the
Company. 'nI t-.nf r't
Par value Of shares, 500. Lands located on the
Little Kanawha and Elk Rivers. in the counties Of
Gilmer and Braxon 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. II
has numerous oil and gas springs along the banks of
its streams, one Of which vies with the famous
Turning Spring, itself %
Professor Shepherd, Of New Haven. Conn.,. re-
ports: "Iconsider 70 emiaenay Oh producing land.
77e oit6earfng sAdles underiie 10 ertensipely and
the long lines Of car0uretted hydrogen, Huminat-
ing gas springs, some Of UAicA I sato burning as
pen as Me appearance Of oil itsey on the surface
OF the etract, Jutty confirms me In this 6elief. ..
7Aere cdn6e no doubt ndt along your oreeks and
tributaries ere % large ertent Of vdlua6ls OIL
producing territory. The prodigious amount Of
6itumiaors and camel coal iron ora. Imsstogs and
fire clays embodied IN tho nigh Nils on Jour proper
IT, the tops and slopes Of soAich are covered t5in an
scrdordiScry 0rotsh Of sohite oah and other AeaVy
tins5ers. add Immensely to tts vdlue." H g
These viewsare fully indorsed by the reports Of
the most practical aud experienced men from the oil
districts Of both Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The COMPANY consider themselves fortunate in
uhNluB boouhOu buo uofNtooo VI OiaOhWOht n
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. .eri r-,.
Arrangements are in rapid progress for the imme-
diate development Of the eproperty, on scale com
mensurate with its value and extent
Subscriptionspaysbie at the time Of subscribing.
or in cash, the balance in thirty days from
the time Of closing the subscription, can be made in
person or bylstter at the Office Of the undersigned,
No 81 Cedar street. New York; J. K. D0BSON. No.
b State street, Boston; and JOAN W. STRONG.
Detroit. Michigan. where full information can be
obtained.
JAMES wADswoRTa 4 CO..
b.. aIt i. No. 81 Cedar street, New York.
NIB. Subscriptions received for the above Conn
panyby LEWIS BAKER,
febs f Wheeling. w. v.