Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-06-21
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g Little Kanawha & Elk River
PETROLEUMa AND MINING CO.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BE CLOSED.
Cash Working CapitaI, s1So,OOO.


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JAMES URU IKSllANK.yi ice President. agar
CHARLES j. MARTIN. Treasurer. ,c.,, 10. ,og.'.
JAMES DSW ORTIZ, Secretary.
E. r. BLACKWELL, Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent. 'n ..H-i' '',
O. sag.rTlI g'l TRUSTEES: :mmo221 yli"
PAUL N. SPoFFORDs of spOford Tileson q
Co., N. Y. ,y n ..ritaJ0
CHARLES J, MARTIN. President Home Insur-
ance Co., N. Y.
Hon. ROGER AYERILL. Danbury. Conn.
Hon. ALBERT z. CATIlIN, Burlington, vt.
JAMES ERUIK SHANK, IS Broadway, N. Y.
OLIVER f.. WOOD. 20 Barclay street. NiY.ngu
JAMES. .WADSWORTH. of James Wadsworth
Co.. 81 Cedar street. N. Y. ...t,lo,.,...r..
/ JOHN W. STRONG, Detroit, Mich.
EDWARD M. MORGAN, Pine street, N! Y."''
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THE SUBSCRIPTION is SO NEARLY
i completed that ii is intended to close the same
on or before the 18th OF February. .
Subscriptions, $75OOOO, of which $500 o0e purehas
es the land-to-yit 62,S6O acres. The remaining
$3.50 900 is the permanent cash working capital the
Company. ,..s.-,...r ..,oi,oo
Par vaIue Of shares, siOC. Lands located on the
Little Kanawha and Elk Rivers. in the counties Of
Gilmer and Braxton in the very heart Of the oil re-
gionS of West Virginia. .uiHsIuJ. bOTGcT
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
it's streams, one Of wtiibh vies with the fathous
Burning Spring itselfi'i1r 1gGtri 'GGaHJlQ o
/ Professor Shepherd, of New Haven. Conn. re-
ports: "Lconsider ID enainent1y iprodnciag kand
me o,bedrino Shales ttnderlie IL eStensicety and
taYtong lines Of 6dS1dIsttcd Hyaroge,, or Htmtndt
ting gas springs. sonsoof pohtcA Fis6t6 6urnin9 aS
'1eU as the Gppeayat,ce f oil itself O1t the surface
Of the tract. frYy confirms me &n his bslief, ulr
There can be nodou6t that along your creeks and
tribhtdrtes Mer6 Is large estent Of gdladble OIL
producing tOrITtory The 7jr0digiotS dntount Of
bituminoas and cannel COAL iron ore. limestone and
fro clays embodied Sp tie high hills on gor preRsr-
~, the tops and slopes Of aohch are covered aOih an
eptrdordiEUry grotOM of qobie odk and other heGUy
tim6erS, add ihmensely to It's gdtae."
These views are fully indorscd by the reports Of
the most practical and experienced men from the oil
districts of both Pennsylvania and Virginia. .,l.,
The CompanY consider themselves fortunate in
having secured the services Of Mr. Blackwell, a
practical civil engineer. for the egeneralsuperintend
ency SO well known as the late Chief Engineer and
Superintendent Of the Commissioners of Wash
ington Heights" New York City.
Arrangements are in rapid progress for the imne-
date development of the property, on a scale com
meusurate with its value aod extent. 7S' W.
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 byleter at the Office of the undersigned,
No OF Cedar street, New York; J.'K. D0BSoN. No.
~ State street. Boston; and JOHN w. STRONG,
Detroit. Michigan, where full inform alton can be
obtained. -.,.. 5rl- ,.. .,erl4r. .ii1in
~. JAMES WADSWORTH & CO.,
'sl b No. 81 Cedar street, New York.
NIB Subscriptions received for the above Com
panyby bio adf g LEWIS BAKER, %
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