Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-14
Little Kanawha & Elk River oa'
PETROLEUMAhD MINING Co.
4 SUBSCRIPTIONS To BE CLOSED. q
Cush working Capital, sIso,OoO.

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OLIVER X. WOOD, President. i'.Ili'f' N
JAMES SURUikSilANK. Vice President. '.''.'' ;.
CHARLES J. MARTIN, Treasurer. -". '.'ti.
JAMES WADSW0RTH. Secretary. .''AH '
E. r. BLACKWELL, Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent. '1r
PAUL N, sPOFFoRD, Of spoisord Tilsson q
CHARLES J. MARTIN. President Home Insur-
ance Co., MY. ql.srf .fgu.i .uri 81. SIG
Hon. ROGER AVERILL. Danbury. Conn.
Hon, ALBEIT. CATLIN. Burlington. Vt.
JAMES CRUIKSHAEK. IS Broadway, NY.
OLIVER Z. WOOD. 20 Barclay street, Y.
JAMES WADSW0RTH, of james wadsworth
4 Co.. 81 Cedar street, N. Y.'ia 7lI3-Hl HHG
JOHN W. STRONG, Detroit, Mich. rnIp'7t
EDWARD NJ. MORGAN. = Pine street, N. Y. d
i completed that itis intended TO close the same
on or before the 18th Of February. 'i3 WdN
Subscriptions, $75O oOo Of which teoo 900 purchas-
es the land-to-wit: 62,sso acres. The remaining
el60 sthe permanent cash working capital Of the
Company. 'iHI.Nlii .i %
Par value Of shares, 500. Lands located on the
Little Kanawhs and Elk Rivers, in the counties Of
Gilmer and Baxton in the very heart Of the oil re-
eions Of West Virginia. h
Professor Richardson reports; .".Your property is
the very centre Of the West virginis olregions. II
has numerous oil and gas springs along the banks Of
its streams. one Of which vies with the famous
Burning Spring ITSELF" p, ..,, :; p,
Professor Shepherd, of New Haven. Conn. re-
ports; 'Tconsidsr u ifegiaenay oi1.prOduciao land.
77s oI-5edrisg shates snderlis q sstensicely, and
e long lines Of foarbarstt.d hydrogen, or u.piaas-
sosn as tie appearance Of oil isssy on tie snryocs
,of Ehe tract. fully confirms me IN this belierp 11JV
% IAsrs can 6e aodos5t that along yoHr cresks and
tributaries there % large ertsnt Of vGlHa5ss OIL
producing territory. The frodi0iogs amount Of
6itumtuoss and cdSAei COAL ivon ers Iinesfoas and
frs cIays embodied IN tie Aio1 aus on ,ovr proper
w. aae tops and sopes cs6AseA are cotered toiA an
ssfvaordtnVry orosUA Of tAite odk and ofaer Aeary
tisaoers, add Smmensely to its value" 'hili soy
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,
Phcticui civil engineer, ior tne general superntend-
ency. 50 well known as the late Chief Engineer and
Superintendent Of the Commissioners of WASH
ington Heights, Now York City. fygoUU .fs9sl
Arrangements are in rapid progress for the imme-
diate development Of the property. on Q scale com
nensurate with It's value and extent. r.',.,,,...y
Subscriptionspayable ct the time Of subscribing.
orone half cash. the balance in thirty days from
the time Of closing the subscription. can be made in
person or letter at the ofce Of tho undersigned
No 81 Cedar street, New York; J. K. D0BSON, No.
a State street, Boston; and, joan w. STRONG.
Detroit Michigan. whore full information can lbs
obtained. yeilad R0Il .ng8 3fi'iH .h]
% .bimiI l No.6l Cedar street. New York. q
N. B.. Subscriptions received for the sbove Com
panyby, Iianp1 ff.j LEWIS BAKER,
febs lusl5.i1 9dl g1 h3'2 Wheeling. WV.
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