Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-10-30
DIR. ID. HI. sEELYE a CO.,
At Wholesale by
JOHN D. PARK, Cincinnati, o
Wholesale Agent for Ohio.
Little Kanawha & Elk River
PETR0LEUMAAD MINING co.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BE CLOSED.
Cash Working Capital, sI50,00O.


OFFICERS
OLIVER H.. wOOp, President. .
JAMES CRUlkSliANK Vice President. ,
CHARLESJ. MARTIN, Treasurer. i4
JAMES WADSW ORTIZ. Secretary.
E. R. BLACKWELL, Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent.
TRUSTEES:
PAUL N. SPOFFORD. of SpoaOrd TilesOn &
Co., Y. f. 4
CHARLES J. MARTIN. President Home Insur-
ance Co., Y.
Hon. ROGER AVERILL. Dsnbury. Conn.
Hon. ALBERT z. CATLIN, Burlington, Vt.
JAMES CRUIKSHANK, So Broadway, MY.
OLIVER E. WOOD, 2e Barclay street, Y. i'
JAMES WADSW0RTH. of James Wadsworth
Co.. 81 Cedar street, N. Y.
JOHN W. STRONG, Detroit, Mich.
EDWARD NJ. MORGAN, 2 Pine street, N. Y.9
THE SUBSCRIPTION Is SO NEARLY
Il completed that tits intended to close the same
on or before the 18th Of February.
Subscriptions $780, OOo, of which $eOO, 900 purchas-
es the land-to-wit: e2.seO acres. The remaining
$50 is the permanent cash working capital of the
Company.
Little Kanawha and Elk Rivers. in the counties of
Gilmer and Braxton in the very heart of the oil re-
gions Of West Virginia. Y A, gG
Professor Richardson reports: Your property is
the very centre of the West Virginia oil regions 1t
asnumerous 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-
,,orts. oil LgnH
TIE oil-6sarin9 shales undsrle IL estensireIv, and
tie long lines OF cdr6uretted hydrogen, or Muninat-
ing gas springs. some Of aohicA sac burning, as
s0eu as the appearance of OIL itself on the surface
Of the tract. fully confirms me IN this 6elief
There can be no doubt that along your creeks and
tributaries there is a large estent Of ealpa6Is or
producing territory. Tie prodigiowS amount Of
bituminOus and cannel COAL iron ore, limestone and
fro clays embodied In tie high hills on soUr proper
~, the tops and slopes of soAich cooered '0itA
extraordinary grotOh Of sohite OAK and other hedvy
tiDtbers, add Immensely to Its caIae." sT9byD
These views are fully indorsed by thereports Of
the most practical and experienced from the oil
districts of both Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The Company consider themselves fortunate in
having secured the services Of Mr.. Blackwell,
practical civil engineer for thegenera superintend
cncy. 80 well known as the late Chief Engineer and
Superintendent of the Commissioners of WASH
ington Heights, New York City. hH ll,l
Arrangements are in rapid progress for the imme-
diste development Of the property. on a scale com
mensurate with its value and extent. .YG8JI
Subscriptionspaya at the time Of subscribing,
oronehalf in cash, the balance in thirty days from
the time Of clodng thesubscripton. can be made in
person bylstter at tho office of the undersigned,
No 81 Cedar street, New York; J. K. DOBSON. No.
a Statestreet. Boston; and john W. STR0NG,
Detroit, Michigan. where full inforr alton can be
obtained.
al To- JAMES WADSW0RTal 4 CO.. ~
No. 81 Cedar street, New York.
NIB. Subscriptions received for the above Com
panyby LEWIS BAKER,
-feb6 SET A4 G Wheeling. W. v. J