Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-07-20
Little KansWha & Elk River
PET,ROtE;ULIMl,AND mi MINING co.
sUBsCRIPTIONs TO BE CLOSED. Dy
-lbbA .ycb ioE ofS o'
Cash Working Capital, sl5o,OOO.

;9i oFFIcERs r'i ai'I'
OLIVER y. W GOD, President. . jlI.p
JAMES CRU IKSnANK. Vice President.OI jla
CHARLESJ. MARTIN, Treasurer. o ft..f1
JAMES SWADSWORTH Secretary. ''4 ''''
n sR! BLACKWELL, Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent. d rJoy 10 GEu7tiD 4
TRUSTEES: .smoI
PAUL N. SPOFFORD, Of Spoford Tileson 4
Co., N?Y1llob rsaHiFlN JtiI lniiqHp
Is bCHARLESJ j. MARTIN. President Homo Insur-
ance Co., N.Y., p~u9uIf .YTjuro1 gdl vi
!, Hon. ROGER .AVERILL. Dsnbury. Conn, "a ,ro,
Hon. ALBERTZ. CATLIN, Burlington, Vt. j..
JAMES CRUIKSHANK, IS Broadway; NJ ~. %
OLIVER &, WOOD. % Barclay street, n. Y.
JAMES wADSw0RTH. of James Wadsworth
q Co.. 81 Cedar street, N. Y.
JOHN W,ST G., Detroit AiShc M Intqq
EDwARDM MORGAN. 2Pihe street. N! Y.
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THE SUBSCRIPTION, Is SO NEARLY
i completed that tits intended TO close the same
on OF before tho 18th OF February. 'ilInM I5i3i
Subscriptions $75O,O0o, of which 4eoOO purchas-
o. the land--to-vit: e2.ssO acres. The remaining
$50 is the permanent cash working capital Of the
Company. 80
dpar value Of shares, 500. Lands located on the
Little Kanawha and Elk Rivers, in the counties Of
Gimer and Braxton. in the very heart Of the oil re
gions Of West Virginia. .,1 oriu-ey, nj ,,roiq
Professor Richardson reports: "Your property Is
the very centre Of the West Virginia oil regions. It
has numerous oil and gas springs along the banks Of
its streams. one of wnichi Yios with the famous
Burning Spring itself."e 9iisqb .eu qdV'yrg
Professor Shepherd, of New Haven. Conn.,. re7
ports "fconstder u entfnenty oilzproducfn0 land.
The oit-bedrtng shateS 4tndevtio u Srtehssoe1y and
the long lines Of car6uretted hydrogen or uminat-
ing Sas springs some OF tOhich Y sdto burning, as
soeu as the appearance Of OIL dsslf0a tae savtace
of tho tract fEsv confirms me In tts 6eltefs unGm
Ia 72eye can DO no dou6t that alOn0yo creeks and
tributaries there ts large estent Of valuable oil-
prodlcip6 territory. Tho prodigioas amount Of
6itunitoSs and cdnnel coal iron ore limestone and
Nrs czdyt embodied In the eAig1h hills on tour proper
ty.the tops and slopes Of sOc1 are covered soih an
sStraordtnvry groioth Of schie odk and other edvy
tins5ers, add Immensely 10 as oatue."
These views are fully indorsed by the reports Of
the most practical and experienced men from the oil
districts Of both Pennsylvana and Virginia. 1j Ot
The Company consider themselves fortunate in
having secured the services of Mr.. Blackwell, q
practical civil engineer for the lsuperntend-
ency. SO well known as the late Chief Engineer and
Superintendent Of the commissioners Of ash
ington Heights. NEW York City. .5aob ii ~. .rir
Arrangements are in rapid progress for the imme,
diate Development Of the property. on scale com
tnensurate with its value and extent. '"' "'i'"
Subscriptions payable at the time Of subscribing,
or ronehalf In cash. the balance in thirty days from
tho time Of closing the subscription can be made in
person or byletter at the Office of the undersigned
No 81 Cedar street. New York; J. K. DOBSON. No.
A State street. Boston; and JOHN W. STRONG.
Detroit, Michigan, where full inform alton can be
obtained. 81. '.. 1gggi . do,. lo yu.rf
..-,-..,. JAMES WADSWORTH 4 CO., -,
No. 81 Cedar street, New York.
N. B. Subscriptions received for the above Com
panyby 1E -3o.T LEWIS BAKER, ~
feb6 l.-.slto1 lHiAlg Wheeling. W.Y..