Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-04-15
Little Kaniwha & Fix River
PETR0LEUMAND MINING co.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BE CLOSED.
Cash working Capital, slSo,ooo.


sooFFIoERs: al 1,ed
OLIVER L. WOOD, President.
JAMES CRUIKSHANK-,V Vice President.
CHARLES J. MARTIN, Treasurer. .,f.4
JAMES WADSWORTH. Secretary.
e. R. BLACKWELL, Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent. f3ri 1H5bisT4
.l TRUSTEES: M ga,iiG1
PAUL N. SP0PF0RD. of Spoford. Tileson q
Co., n Y. .r.
CHARLESJ. J. MARTIN. President Home Insur-
ance Co., N. Y.
Hon. ROGER AVERILL Danbury. Conn.
Hon. ALBERTZ. CATLIN, Burlington, Vt.
JAMES CRUIKSHANK. 55 Broadway. N. r.
OLIVER E. WOOD, 20 Barclay street, N, Y.
JAMES WADSW0RTH, Of james Wadsworth
q Co.. 61 Cedar street, N. Y. ,sAl1H'
JOHN W. STRONG, Detroit, Mich. x9F
EDWARD NJ. MORGAN. Pine street, MY.
THE SUBSCRIPTION Is so NEARLY
l. completed that it is intended to close the same
on or before the 18th Of February. 'A hai
Subscriptions, $3.50 00O of which 5000 900 purchas-
es the land-to-wit: e2,s60 acres. The remaining
$3.50 is the permanent cash working capital Of the
Company.
Par value of shares, $780, Lands located on the
Little Kanawha and Elk Rivers in the counties of
Gilmer and Braxton in the very heart of the oil re-
sions of West Virginia. I .r
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" sl. G4 m -rW
Professor Shepherd, of New Haven. Conn.,, re-
ports: "Iconsider 10 eninently oil producing land.
The ou-6edrin1 shales underlte 10 ertensioeIy and
the long lines Of car6uretted hydrogen or untinat-
ing gas springs, some Of qohich saao 6nrnin0 as
a0eu as tic appearance Of oil ITSELF on tho surface
Of the tract, ItS2y confirms me IN this 6eIi4f. .i
There can be no doubt that along your creeks aud
tributaries there Is large ertent Of caluG6le OIL
producing territory. The prodigtous amount of
6itun,inous and camel COAL iron ore Limestone and
fire clGys embodied In the high hills on sour proper
ty the tops and slopes of sOAtcA are covered aOi an
extraordinary gro,eth Of Scite oGk and other heGOy
tinl6ers, add Immensely to dts 0alue."
These views are fully indorsed by the reports of
the most practical and experienced from the oil
districts of both Pennsylvania and Virginia. m
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 as the late Chief Engineer and
Superintendent of the Commissioners Of Wash
ingtof 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. .I...f %
Subscriptions payable at the time Of subscribing.
or onehalf in cash, the balance in thirty days from
the time of closing the subscription can be made in
person or letter at the Office of the undersigned.
No 81 Cedar street, New York; J. X. D0BS0N. No.
~ State street, Boston; and JOHN w. STRONG,
Detroit, Michigan, where full information can be
obtained. .- t. .....-..
JAMES WADSW0RTH 4 CO.,
No. 81 Cedar street, New York.
NJ B. Subscriptions received for the above Com
pany by LEWIS BAKER,
feb6 f4 . ... Wheeling, Wv.