Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-04-18
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Little Kanawha & Elk River
PETROLEUM and MINING co.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BE CLOSED.
Cash Working Capital, @I5O,OOO.

a.' oFF1cERs:
OLIVER E. WOOD. President. E'a "
JAMES CRUIKSHANK. Vice President. Hhi
CHARLESJ ]. MARTIN, Treasurer. roo, gap
JAMES WADSW ORTIZ. Secretary, .....,....e,
E. R. BLACKWELL. Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent.
'i TRUSTEES: az
PAUL N. sPoFFORD, of spOaOrd. Tileson q
Co., NY. f~..- I'D. DO ,-.I
CHARLESJ. MARTIN. President Home Insur-
ance Co., Y.
Hon. ROGER AVERILL. Danbury. Conn.
Hon. ALBERT Y. CATLIN, Burlington, Vt.
JAMES CRUIKSHANK, IS Broadway, N. Y.
OLIVER Z. WOOD, 26 Barclay street, N. Y.
JAMES wADSwORTH, of James Wsdsworth
d Co.. 81 Cedar street. Ny. s.a
JOHN W. STRONG, Detroit, Mich. m
EDWARD M. MORGAN. Pine street, N. Y.
H,HE SUBSCRIPTION rs SO NEARLY
i completed that il is intended to close the same
on or before the 18th Of February.
Subscriptions $75O OOO Of which $eOO, 600 purchas-
es the land-to-wit: 1880 acres. The remaining
is the permanent cash working capital of the
Company. ....l.t.-
Par value Of shares, 500. Lands located on the
Little Kanawha and Elk 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" r
Professor Shepherd, of New Haven. Conn.,. re-
ports: "Iconsider u euinenAy oil-producin0 land.
The o-6edring shdles underlie u extensively, and
the long lines of cdr6uretted hydrogen, or Dumindt-
ting gas springs, some Of aohich saao burning as
,oeN as tho appearance Of oil itself on the surface
of tie tract, JttIty confirms me In kais BELIEF
72ere can be no doubt that along your creeks and
tributaries there Is large ertent Of Uatndbe OIL
producing territory. The prodigious amount Of
6ituinous and canned coal, iron ore. Rnestone and
fire clays embodied IN the high hills on Jour proper
IT, the tops and slopes Of a0Ach are coUered NTH an
extraordinary gro,oM of aOhie OAK and other hedCy
tir,6ers, add Immensely to its Uatue."
| These views are fully iudorsed by the ''1rts Of
the most practical and experienced menf the oil
districts of both Pennsylvania and Virgin
The Company consider themselves for, IL in
having secured the services of Mr.. Blackwell, a
practical civil engineer, for the
ENJOY. so well known as the late Chief Engineer and
Superintendent Of the Commissioners Of WASH
ington Heights" New York City. r.r
l. Arrangements are in rapid progress for the imme
diate development Of the property. on a scale com
mensurate with its value and extent. .rs.
Subscriptions payable at the time of subscribing
or orone-haf in cash, the balance in thirty days from
tho time Of closing the subscription. can be made il
person OF by letter at the office of the undersigned
No 6l Cedar street, New York; J. X. D0BSON. No
~ State street, Boston; and JOHN w. STRONG
Detroit. Michigan, whore full information can b.
obtained. 2g. .,. .,sI., ,.,,,,, .,'n'
| r-.., ., No. 6I Cedar street, New York.
NIB. Subscriptions received for the above Com
panyb by LEWIS BAKER,
feb6 Wheeling. W. V.