Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-11
The Wyandotte Petroleum 70
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CINCINNATI, OHIO.

General Office. ~ West 3dStree
Capital Stock $500, 900, Working Capital
$50, ,OOo-Dirided into $4,000
Shares at $40 Each
Subscription price :io. No further Assessment
to be made.
Incorporated under the laws Of Ohio, Jan lo, '65
IxCoRPoRaroRs:
Griffin TAYLOR, S. S. Smith,
Emanuel Miller, John ii. Gerard,
T. H. johnson, Gen. :. F. Cary,
Geo H. Shotwell, $. L. Wilder.
}. Stacy Hill n :. Knight,
Geo +. Clerments, George Benson,
X. Creighton, l.. Leonard,
VIM. Bates
Chas. b. Foo.e, Cashier Commercial B-nk,
B. 7. Hinman Of McAlphn. Hinman 4 Co.
DIRECTORS
7 II johnson, : $ Smith,
Stacy Hill, John II Gerard,
= Hinman, l. Wilder,
George Benson
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:
II JOHNSON, President.
JOHN II GERHARD. Nice President,
w w RoBERrs Secretary and Treasurer
This Company, Incorporated under the laws Of
the State of Ohio. for the purpose of devel ping
and improving its lands. has not contemplated
mere speculative orr anizaton and will not resort
10 any uuwarranted method of disposing Of its
stock fully confident that its lands are intrinsic
ally valuable oil lands, we offer the stock upon
Its merits and do not hesitate to refer the pub-
lie to the characters of its incorporators in evi-
dence Of our sincerity
The Company's land consists OF l,07o acres.
comprised in nine separate tracs. each of which
was selected with great care, having especial ref.
erence 10 the oil indications on and in their own
imneoiate vicinity, and are situated on Otter
Fork, and Sinking Fork Of Little Blue in Craw-
ford County, and Anderson River, in Perry Coun:
ty, Indiana. Upon and around the Sem tract
$50 acres) are found the richest surface indioa
tons, consisting Of oil springs, seips and layers
of thoroughly saturated oil rocks, specimens can
be seen at this Office. Numerous wells are being
sunk adjacent thereto, with good prospects Of
well is halt mile west, their Benham we'll two
miles on the same creek, struck oil Of superior
quality at l53 feet. This tract is closely sur
rounded by three wells in process Of construc-
ton is Is miles west Of the great Wyandotte
Gave, and nesr the justly celebrated Tar
Sprlngs.
The present prospective value Of the Compa-
nys stock is to be Inferred from the fact that it
owns fee simple representing 100 acres 0fthe
chest oil territory in Crawford County.
gentleman familiar with Petroleum lands II.
Pcnnsy lyania and Ohio, and who spent one month
selecting the lrnds for this company says: "A
thorough examination OF the oil region in Craw-
ford and Perry Counties, he's convinced me that
the surface indications found on Sinking Fork
and Otter Fork Of Little Blue, are equal in quail
~, ii not In excess, of any yet discovered n
The corporators Of this Company have crganl-
zed in good faith with strong confidence of sue
cess, and for 1 limited period its stock will be Of
fered at one half its par value, to-wit: Ten dol
lars fo~ share Of twenty dollars
Persons at distance wishing to subscribe ior
this stock, by remitsing through the mail or BY
express 10 W. W. ROBERTS, Secretary, Wyan-
dotte Petroleum Company, 2West Third street,
Cincinnati, Ohio, will have their eertsncstes
promptly returned. mcnio-oe0u," IN