Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-05-24
= Little Kanawha & Elk River
PETROLEUM AND MINING co.
SUBSCRlPTIONs TO BE CLOSED.
Cash Working Capital, $ISO,OOO.

. OFFICERS:
OLIVER e. WOOD. President.
JAMES CRUIKSHANK Vice President.
CHARLES j. MARTIN. Treasurer.
JAMES WADSW ORTIZ. Secretary.
E. R. BLACKWELL. Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent.
PAUL N. SPoFF0RD, of SpoTord, Tileson 4
Co., N. Y.
CHARLES J. MARTIN, President Home lnsur-
ance Co., N. Y.
Hon. ROGER AVERILL. Danbury. Conn.
Hon. ALBERTZ CATLIN, Burlington, Vt.
JAMES CRUiKSHANK, IS Broadway, N. Y. r
OLIVER +. WOOD, % Barclay street, N Y.
JAMES WADSW0RTH of James Wadsworth
L Co.. 81 Cedar street. N. Y. .
JOHN w STRONG. Detroit, Mich. ',|.
EDWARD NJ. MORGAN. 2 Pine street. N. Y. G
THE SUBSCRIPTION IS so NEARLY
l. completed that il is intended to close the same
on or before the 18th Of February.
Subscriptions, $780, COO, of which s60OO purcbas-
es the and--to.wit: 81, 500 acres. The remaining
$3.50 600 is the permanent cash working capital Of the
Company.
Par value of shares, 500. Lands located on the
Little Kanawha and nix Rivers. in the counties Of
Glmer and Braxton, in the very heart of the oil re-
gions of West Virginia.
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 of which vies with the famous
Burning Spring itself"
Professor Shepherd, of New Haven, Conn. re-
ports: "IcpnSider IL eminenky ofl-producing land.
The OiI1edrin0 shdIes andertie ID ertenScey, and
The long lines Of cdrbureted hydrOGen or Mnnlinat-
ing gas springs some Of toAich Isaw burning, as
tceudS the appearance Of oil Itself on the surface
Of the tract, fuHy confirms me in this 6eltef.
There can be no DOUBT that along your creeks and
tributaries there Is a large eetent Of cdluable OIL
producing territory. The prodi0ious amount OF
bituninOus and camel coal iron ore limestone and
fire clays en6odied in the 1igh hills on our proper
w. the tops and slopes Of rhich are cooered e0tth an
estrdordiEUry grOloM Of uhite Oak and OtherhedTy
tinpbers, add Immensely to It's cdtue."
These views are fully indOrsed by the reports OF
the most practical and experienced IN. from the oil
districts of both Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The COMPANY consider themselves fortunate in
having secured the services of Mr.. Blackwell
practical civil engineer for the general superintend-
ency. so well known as the late Chief Engineer and
Superintendent of the Commissioners Of Wash
ington Heighls," New York City.
Arrangement are in rapid progress for the imne'
diate development Of the property, on scale com
mensurate with its value d extent.
Subscriptions payable at the time of subscribing.
or one haf in cash, the balance in thirty days from
tho time of closing the subscription, can be made in
person or by letter at the Office of the undersigned,
80 81 Cedar street, New York; J. X. DOBS0N. No.
~ State street, b, ston; aud 10 N W. STRONG,
Detroit, Michigan, where full inforG alton can be
obtained.
JAMES WADSW0RT I 4 CO.,
No. 81 Cedar street, New York
NIB. Subscriptions received for the above Com
pany by LEWIS BAhEH,
febG Wheeling, W. V.