Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-10-17
Little Kanawha & Elk River
PETROLEUM AND MINING CO.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BE CLOSED.

Cash Working Capital, sI5O,OOO.
OFFICERS
OLIVER u. WOOD, President.
JAMES CRUIkSIIANK Vice President.
CHARLES J. MARTIN, Treasurer.
JAMES WADSWORTH Secretary.
Z. r. BLACKWELL. Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent .--
PAUL N. SP0FFORD, of SpofOrd Tiloson a
Co., ny
CuARI.ESI. MARTIN, President Home InDur-
ance Co., MY.
Hon. ROGER AVERILL. Danbury. Conn.
Hon. ALBERT z. CATLIN, Burlington, Vt.
JAMES CRUIKSHANK, IS Broadway, N. Y.
OLIVER E. WOOD. 26 Barclay stroet,N. Y.
JAMES WADSWORTH, of James Wadsworth
4 Co.. 81 Cedar street, N. Y.
JOHN W. STRONG, Detroit, Mich.
O. EDWARD NJ. MORGAN, 2 Pine street, N. Y.
THE SUBSCRIPTION Is SO NEARLY
i completed that tbs intended to close the same
on or before the 18th Of February.
Subscriptions $3.50 900. of which 5000 900 purchas-
es the land-to-wit: e2,ssO acres. The remaining
sl5OOO is the cash working capital of the
Company.
Par value Of shares, 500. Lands located on the
Little Kahawha and Elk Rivers. in the COUNTESS Of
Gmer 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. II
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: "Tconsider IL eminenRy OH producing land.
The o1-6earin0 shales GnderliS IL ertensiOsly, and
the long lines Of cdr0aretted hydrogen, or umfndt
ing gas spriags. some of sOhicA satO burning, as
,peH as tie appearance of oil itself on the surfdce
Of tie tract. fully condavps me IN this belief. 4
There can Be doubt that along your ereehs and
tributaries there Is large ertent Of vatudbts OIL
prodUcing territory. The prodigious amount Of
6ituminoys and cGnnes coal, iron ore. limestone and
fro clays embodied in tie nigh hills on tour proper
IT, the tops and slopes Of sotcA are coUered Nth an
estraordtnvry groso1 of soAite oaL and other AeaVy
tim6ers add Immensely TO It's Ualue."
b These views are fully indorsed by the reports Of
the most practical and experienced men from the oil
districts of both Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The Company consider themselves fortunate in
having secured the services Of Mr.. Blackwell, q
practical civil engineer for the general superintend
ency. SO well known 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 scale com
mensurate with its value and extent.
Subscriptions payable at the time Of subscribing,
or one half in cash. the balance in thirty days from
the time Of closing the subscription, be made in
person byletter at the Office Of the undersigned,
No 81 Cedar street, New York. ]. K. D0BSoN. No.
a State street. Boston; and JOHN W. STRONG,
Detroit. Michigan, where full inform alton can be
obtained. /
JAMES wADSWORTH 4 CO.,
No. 81 Cedar street, New York. !
NIB. Subscriptions received for the above Com
panyby LEWIS BAKER,
feb6 Wheeling. W. v.