Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-09
y Little Kanawha & Elk River '.aa
,PETROLEUMAND MINING co.
% suBsGRIPTIoNsT TO NE CLOSED,
Cash working Capital, slSeooo.


Cash WorltIng Capital, sISo.O 900.
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OLIVER l.. wOOn, President. Hlaaf :.
tJAME ES CRU IN kiilAN Vice President
CHARLES J. MARTIN, Treasurer. ned 9aii. "
JAMES WADSW0 Secretary. nirr "
b. r. BLACKWELL, Consulting Engineer and
General Superihtehdent. .ails3 siesi5 ''
to . ...,,. a... y. TRUSTEES: eti, T''
PAUL N. SPoFFoRD. Of Spoford Tileson
Co., N. Y. ....... .. pupNrGa
CHARLEsJ. MARTIN. President Home Insur-
ance Co., N. Y.
90 Hon. ROGER AvERILL. Danbury. Conn.
Hon. ALBERT z. CATLIN, Burlington, vt.
10 JAMES CRUIKSHANK, IS Broadway, N. Y.
OLIVER +. WOOD, 20 Barclay street, N. Y.
JAMES, WiADSW0RTH. of James Wadsworth
d Co.. 81 Cedar street, NY. N't'2""j
JOHN W. STRONG. Detroit. Mich. +,
ID EDWARD M. MORGAN. 2 Pine street. May,
THE SUBSCRIPTION rs so NEARLY
~ completed that tits intended to close the same
on or before the 18th OF February. ,I'''' ''a'4,
Subscriptions. s15OcOd, Of which $eoO 900 purchas-
es the land-to-Wit; 62.seO acres. The remaining
$50 the permanent cash working capital of the
Company. ppff 1H'H
Par value Of shares, 800. Lands located on the
Little Kanawha and Elk Rivers, in the counties of
Gilmer and Braxton in the very heart Of the oil ro-
gions of West Virginia.
Professor Richardsonreports: ''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 which yies with the famous
Burning Spring itself" Z, ri 'Ig
Professor Shepherd, Of New Haven, Conn.,. re-
ports: "FeonSider IL eyaf1entty on producing land
Tho on-6edrin9 shGtes undsrlis Il ectensipe,y, and
tie long IinSs Of edTDHretted Hydrogen, or HUnilqt
ina gas springs, some Of soAtc6 7 sa,o burning, as
nell as ne appearance Of oil ttsetT on tho surface
or as tract, Jtlsy confirms me In this belief.
77evscdn bs no daubs that along yoar eeeetS and
tri6tartss there - q large sstent Of edl4dbse or
producing territory,h The ,Erodi0iouS aGAioant Of
bitunrirops and tdnnel COAL iron oro, limestone ad
fro ctays Embodied IN TIE AtgA hi1s on Jour zropsrs
~, Ae tops and slopes Of whicA are covered soit h
estrdordiHoiy orotttH OF tctte oaE and 6ter heavy
tna0ers add imnssase,y to fts VasueJ'aqra hoe 20
% These viewsare fully ihdorsed by the reports Of
the most practical and experienced men from the oil
districts of both Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The Company consider themselves fortunate in
having secursd the services of Mr.. Blackwell, a
practical civil engineer, for the general superinted
ency. SO we'll known as the late Chief Engineer and
Superintendent Of the Commissioners Of Wash
ington Heishts.' New York City. l aoi loo
10 Arrangements are in rapid progress for theimpe
diate development Of the PROPERTY, on q scale com
mensurste with its vslupand extent ~ lHA
Subscriptions payableat the time of subscribing,I
one-half in cash, the balance in thirty days from
the time of closing the subscription, can be made in
person or letter at the office of the undersigned,
Noel Cedar street. New York; j. X. D0BS0N. No.
a State street. Boston; aud J0HNoW. STRONG
Detroit. Michigan, where full information can be
obtained. ,y d '' f. 1
e ..... JAMES WADSW0RTa & CO.. Z I
.-......... r. No. 81 Cedar street. New York.
N. B. Subscriptions received for the above Com
pany by smr'Ii, LEWIS BAKER, I
feb6 ...,.-.. n Hf' Wheeling. W. v.
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