Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-05-17
Little Kanawha & Elk River
PETROLEUMAND MINING co.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BE CLOSED.
Cash Working Capital, sIso, 900.

OLIVER E. WOOD President &
JAMES CRUIKSHANK Vice President. ... o.
CHARLESJ ]. MARTIN, Treasurer. ..,
| JAMES WADSW0RTH. Secretary.
L. r. BLACKWELL, Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent. 'j ..r
PAUL N. SPOFF0RD, of Spohord, Tileson 4
Co., MY. .y,.--..
CHARLESJ. MARTIN, President Home Insur-
ance Co., Y.
Hon. ROGER AvERILL. Danbury Conn.
Hon. ALBERTZ. CATLIN, Burlington, Vt.
| JAMES CRUIKSHANK, So Broadway, N. Y. 4.
OLIVER L. WOOL, 20 Barclay street, N Y.
JAMES WADSWORTH. Of James Wadsworth
| 4 Co.. 81 Cedar street, n. Y. rG''
| JOHN w STRONG, Detroit, Mich. .....
EDWARD NJ. MORGAN. Pine street. Y.
THE SUBSCRIPTION Is so NEARLY
l. completed that tits intended to close the same
| on or before the 18th Of February. .. ..r....,
Subscriptions, $3.50 co., of which 5000 900 purchas-
es the land-to-wit: 62,s6O acres. The remaining
is the permanent cash working capital of the
| Company. .nr.rg rs,5T--.-
Par value of shares, 500. Lands located on the
Little Kanawha and Elk Rivers. in the counties Of
Gmer and Braxton, in the very heart Of the oil re-
gions of West Virginia. --rrf..f..-
Professor Richardson reports: "Your property ia
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
Burning Spring itself" .a
Professor Shepherd, of New Haven, Conn.,. re-
ports: "IconSider IL e,ntnenty OH producing land
The OA-6earin0 sAdles 4nderlie 10 ertensiUe1y ana
tle IO'ta lines Of cur6a,sted hydrogen, pr Wpmirdt
ing gas srrfn6s Sonte Of tohich sac burning, as
Deu as the appearance Of oil Itself on the surface
Of the tract, fully confirms me In this belief.
r. TAws can be nodou6t that along your ycreeks and
tri6usdriestfero Is large eetent Of Ualya6b OIL
producing territory. TIE prodigious amount oJ
bituniinous and camel coal. iron ore. limestone and
! frs cldys embodied In the nigh hills on our proper
IT, the tops and slopes ofaohich couered ,oitA an
tptrdordiHory grotrn of sohite OAK and otterhedUt
timbers, add ipnensely to its odlue." '' ''abfis .
These views are fully iudorsed by the reports Of
the most practical and experienced m from the oil
districts Of both Pelnsylyania and Virginia.
! The Company consider themselves fortunate in
| having secured the services of Mr.. Blackwell, a
practical civil engineer. for the general superintend
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 imme'
diate Development of the property. on scaie com
mensurate with its value aud extent : VS. y
| Subscriptions payable at the time Of subscribing
orone half iu cash. the balance in thirty days from
the time Of closing the subscription, can be made in
person or byletter at the office Of the undersigned
iNo6 81 Cedar street, New York; ]. K. D0BS0N. No
a State street. Boston; aud joan W. STRONG
Detroit, Michigan where full inform alton can be
obtained. .,a l.'1'yt III u.
JAMES wADswoRTa 4 CO.
q ES!lJA D,No. 81 Cedar street, Nav. York.
| B. Subscriptions received for the above Com
pany by LEWIS BAKER,
febo .'I y 7r Wheeling, W. v.