Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-14
Little KanawhaI & Elk River ',,,1 a,u
PETR0LEUMAND MINING co.
Cash working Capital, $500 900, 700.
SUBsCRIPTIONs.TO BE CLOSED.

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OLIVER E. WOOD. President. l,7 s1EiioD
JAMES CRUIKSHANK Vice President. 4 Tod1a
CHARLES j. MARTIN, Treasurer. III ~ .soiiq
JAMES WADSWORTA.S Secretary. -..,rf -,r,7ya
E: r. BLACKWELL, Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent. % "4'''l''
TRusrEEs: -.
| PAUL N. SP0FFOKD. Of Spoford, Tileson K
Co., Y. GrI Z x J 2GibnG5s
CHARLES J. MARTIN. President Home Insurl
ance Co., N. Y. .,..., =, B. ...tf-,, a.e sr,1,yr,y,
Hon. ROGER AVERILL. Dsnbury. Conn. 4,
Hon. ALBERT 2. CATLIN, Burlington, VT. "
JAMES CRUlKSHANK, IS Broadway, NJ Y..oD
OLIVER Z. WOOD, ,26 Barclay street, PM Y. .tuHy
JAMES WADSW0RTH. of james Wadsworthi
4 Co.. Cedar street, N. Y. f.,,r,,A 4edt -.,n.i
JOHN w. STRONG, Detroit, Mich. -,
EDWARD M. MORGAN, Q Pine street. N. w"
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THE SUBSCRIPTION rs so NEARBY
| completed that it is in ended to close The same
on or before the 18th of February. ,ft,r,,., 90
Subscriptions $3.50 00o Of which $500 600 purchas-
es the land-to-wit: 90 $50 acres. The remaining
$780, is the permanent cash working capital oftho
Company.
Par value of shares 500. Lands located on tho
Little Kanawha and Elk Rivers, in the counties of
Gilmer and Braxton in the very heart of the re-
gions of West Virginia. yif,, uuieI Il 1uaan1s
Professor Richardson reports: Your property isi
the very centre of the West Virginia oil regions II
has numerous oil and gas springs along the banks or
its streams. one of which vies with the fauousT
Turning Spring itself p.yi Ia PC ba5ifI 9ysh
Professor Shepherd. Of New Haven Coun.s re-,
ports: "Iconsider d eminently OIL prodpcfao kasd,
The oi6earino shases uadsr9ia II estehsioely. and
tie long lines Of car6nrstted hydrogen, 81 itumias-o
ing gas spftags sosae Of sehteh saso 1hrnino al
aseN as the appearancs Of OH 4sself on he swrfaesI
Of tract. fully covsrmsrne int tis BELIEF
7Aere can be doubt that along your creeks and
tributaries there Is large estent Of calua6ls oi-
producing territory. The prodigio,ts amount ef
osthmiuous and cdnnel coal from ore limestone dsSa
IRE clays en6odied in taehioh Afs on soar properq
ty. the tops and slopes Of hicA are eocsred tpiA ono
0ro,s of sohite oak and other Aeapv,
tina6ers. add imniensely 10 Rs vakns.o
These views are fully indorsed BY the reports of
the most practical and experienced m en- from the io
districts of both Pennsyvania and Nirginia s1-nOn
/ The Company consider themselves fortunste ind
having secured the services of Mr.. BlackweIi,f nj
practical civil engineer. for the general superiptend-
ENJOY. sowell known as the late Chief Engineer and
Superintendent Of the rCommissi0fefs Of Wash.o
ington Heights, New ork City. an Os q 1RH"
Arrangements are in rapid progress for the imps,r
diate developmentof the property, on scale COM
mensurate with its value aud extent 's'N'lul Sh'
Subscriptions payablea at the trdo Of subscffbibtos
or one half in cash. the balance in thirty days from
the time Of closing the subscription can berssind
person or bylettcr at theofe of tho ugdersisnsd.
No 81 Cedar street, New York; J, *. DOBSON No.,
a Statestreet. Boston: and DIN W.. STR0NG.i
Detroit. Michigan, where full inform atoh can b.
obtained. tG Gb9si1qaua 9d illH gT9bG9r b9Jaoq