Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-05-01

OLIVER +. WOOD, President. = e9'ft
JAMES CRUIK SHANK Vice President.
CHARLES j. MARTIN. Treasurer. ------.------
AME6 WADSW ORTIZ. Secretary. HOO
Il. R. BLACKWELL, Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent, ryao,f yk,,-,,Ir
,....,...-..-...T TRUSTEES;
PAUL N. sPoFFoRD. Of spoford. TilssOn .
Co. MY. ~ EEUO E2Zn
CHARLES J. MARTIN. President Home Insur.
ance Co., Y. no
Hon. ROGER AVERILL, Danbury. Conn.
on.tALBERT z. 0ATLIN, burlington, Vt q
ES,CRUIK SHANKI 65 Brpadwsy, MY ii
OLIvBh y. WOOD. % Harclay street. EHn
JAMES wADSwORTf, Of James wadsworth
4 Co.. 81 Cedar street, N. Y.
JOIINW. 'STRONG. Detroit Mich. 2 EN
EDWARD NJ. MORGAN, 2 Pine street, N. Y.
IL eoidple edthat ills Intended to close h5 EamS
IN or before the 18th Of February.
Subscriptions $3.50 COO. Of which seOo. 600 purchas-
; the land-tp-yit: e2,seO acres. Ths.remaining-
$4,000 is the permanent cash working capital of the
ompany.
Par value Of shares, 500. Lands located on the
title KanaEhs and Elk River. in the counties ofs
liner and Braxton, in the very heart Of the oil
ons of West Virginia. ~----
Professor Richardson reports: Your property isy-
every centre Of the WestVirginia oil regions. I'll
numerous oil and gas springs along the banks Of
9 streams, one Of which vies with the famous
Burning Spring itself" ~ TT Fa{la 81
Professor Shepherd. Of New Haven. Conn. re-A
,rts "IcOnstder 10 eminenRy oil producing land.
he oiI-6earin0 sAdles underlie 10 extensively, and
-e long lines Of car6areted hydrogen. or Muminas-
o gas springs. some Of 1cAicA 7 sasc burning ds
I'll as the appearance of OIL itself on the sErfacs II
Metrdct. fully confirms me In Gtfs belief. ,, .,,..
There can be no doubt that along your creeks and
Butaries there Is a large e1tent Of vdtudbEs or
'oducing territory. Tho prods0iosis usscsns oS u
luminous and c0 ahel COAL iron ors h,nestoae and
. cIays em6odied In heAi01 hills oyf oar proper
Z, the tops and slopes Of scAicA are covered aoiM an
,tGordiHUry groteb Of sohfte OAK aud other Asdgy
lm5erS, add imn,ensely to Its caIue." .''.
These views are fully Endorsed by the reports Of y
lie most practical and experienced m N from the oil
stricts Of both Pennsylvania and Virginia. golt
The Company consider themselves fortunate in
lving secured the services of Mr.. Blackwell.
actca civil engineer for the general superintend
cy. so well known as the late Chief Engineer and .
uperintendent of the "COmmi ssiOners of WASH, Z
gton Heights" New York City. .... f...f..,,
Arrangements are in rapid progress for the INN O.
ate development Of the property on scale com. -
epsurate with its value ard extent. '.'' Ted
SubscriptionspAyable at the time of subscribing.
,.one half iu cash. the balance in thirty days from
10 time of closing the subscription, can be made in
erson or byletter at the Office Of the undersigned.
81 Cedar street, New York; j. K. D0BS0N. No.
State street, Boston, and JOnN W. STRONG. b
etroit. Michigan, where full inform alton can bs
)tained. t... .t.t-..f, ,,..t, O.. t4y,..
JAMES wADSwORT9 & CO..
No. 6l Cedar street. New York. '
NIB. Subscriptions received for the above Com. 2
&, snyb by i.aii G.ri LEWIS BAKER, t :.
feb6 ,.-.G. 7;,.o ,u..r,, io Wheeling. w. v. f,,,