Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-07-03
/ Little Kanawha & Elk River b.
PETROlEUMAND MINING co.
sUBSCRiPTIONs TO BE CLOSED.
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Cash working Capital, s1So,OoO.

Cash Working Capital, $I0V,OVO'
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OLIVER y. WOOD, President. y !., ".roi'a p
JAMES CRU ikSllANK. Vice President.
CHARLESJ. MARTIN. Treasurer.
JAMES WADSW ORTIZ. Secretary. '.'2 .'' ''.
Il. R. BLACKWELL, Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent. Y'E's
TRUSTEES:
PAUL N. SPoFFORD, of Spoford Tileson a
CHARLESJ. J. MARTIN. President Home Insur:
ance Co.. N Y. ,,....
Hon. ROGER AVERILL, Dahbury. Conn ~
h Hon. ALBERT Y. CATLIN, Burlington. VI III.
/ JAMES ORUIKSHANK. IS Broadway. N. Y0 IL.
OLIVER f. WOOD, 20 Barclay street, N. y. luo
JAMES WADSW0RTH, of James Wadsworth
q Co.. 81 Cedar street.,N. YIN CauHrnoiD
7 JOHN w STRONG, Detroit Mch,g 10 sg,irI
EDWARD M. MORGAN, Pine street. N.Y. ,i
THE SUBSCRIPTION rs so NEARLY
J. completed that il is intended to close the.snn1e
on or before the l2th Of February ci1'a,t .l1stoq
Subscriptions, $750OOQ of which $780, 200 purchas-
es the land--to-wit: CISCO acres. The remaining
s50OO the permanent cash working capital Of the
Company. fgJ Uj Il .-a o. -t"S9it 10 .i-'t
Par value of shares. 500. Lands located on the
Little Kspawhs and Elk Rivers. iplthe,cpuuties of
Gilmer and Braxton in the very heart Of the oil re-
giohs OF West Virginia. " "''t o''' j." '' '-'
Professor Richardson reports: your property is
the very centre of the West Virginia oil regions. 1t
has numerous oil and gas springs along the banks Of
its streams, one iof. which vies with the famous
Burning Spring itself" -. cr
Professor Shepherd, of New Haven, Conn, re-
ports: "Jconsider 10 emtnently oil producing land.
The o-bsariag Shdles anderlie IL ertensfpely, Pnd
The lon0 lines Of cdrburetted hydtogett, or Maaidt-
ing gas sprthgs some of aoAtch 7 Sdto burning, as
aceu as the APPEARANCE Of oil ITSELF on the sartdce
Of tastrdct, Ilgy confirms mo IN this 0sli4f lif'u
Tae,ecSn be nOdou6t that along your, creeks and
tributqries there fs large ertent Of vaIua6le OIL
prodpeing territory. The prodigious amount Of
bituminous and camel eodt iron ore. limestone and
fre clays em6odtedih keAigh hills on oar proper
ty the tops and Slopes QfWAich are corered sOih an
eStraOrdinUry gro'Ot4 Of arRie 9dh and OTHER heapy
am6ers. add imnensely TO tts calue." q, ;,.,..,..
These viewsare fully iudorsed by the reports of
the most practical and experienced mon from the oil
districts of both Pennsylvania and Virginia. a p
/ The Company .considet themselves fortunate in
having secured the services of Mr.. Blackwell, a
practical civil engineer for the general supentend
enCy. so Well hHOWH Oniol bhsiuooi dHuT
Superintendent Of the Commissioners Of Wash
ington Heights, New York City.
Arrangement are in rapid progress for the imme-
diate development of the property. on a scale com.
meusurste with its value and extent. .....r
Subscriptions payable at the time of subscribing,
or one. half in cash. the balance in thirty days from
tho time Of closing the esubscription, be made in
person or by letter at the Office of the undersigned
Noel Cedar street, New York; J. X. D0BS0N, No.
a State street, Boston; and joan W. STRONG,
Detroit. Michigan. where full inform alton can be
obtained. '.'
-..r.1. ... JAMES WADSWORTa & CO.,
r. ..... p. No. 81 Cedar street, New York.
n. B. Subscriptions received for the above Com
pany by ... LEWIS BAKER,
feb6 '''..''- ''i+ Wheeling, W. v"