Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-07-10
Little Kanawha & Elk River
PETROLEUM AND MINING CO.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BE CLOSED.
Cash working Capital, slSo, 900.

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LA OFFICERS ...r- ...-...
OLIVER r.. WOOD, President.
JAMES CRUikSliANK Vice President.
cHARLESJ. MARTIN. Treasurer. .''4
JAMES WADSW0RTH Secretary. y. o..
e. r. BLACKWELL, Consulting Engineer and
General Superintendent. ....... .,g,l
p. ,,,. TRUSTEES: ....... .....
PAUL N. SP0FF0RD, of SpOHord Tileson 4
Co., N. Y.
CHARLES J. MARTIN. President Home Insur-
ance Co.. Y.
Hon. ROGER AvERILL. Dsnbury. Conn.
Hon. ALBERTZ. CATLlN, Burlington, VT.
JAMES CRUlKSHANK. 65 Broadway, N. Y. -
OLIVER f. WOOD. 90 Barclay street. N. Y,
JAMES WADSWORTH of James Wadsworth
4 Co.. 81 Cedar street. Ny.
JOHN W STRONG, Detroit, Micb.! nslst0.
EDWARD NJ. MORGAN. 2Pine street. NY. 81.
THE SUBSCRIPTION Is SO NEARLY
Il completed that il is intended to close the same
on or before the 18th OF February. ul ..
Subscriptions $780, OOo, of which 5000 900 purcbas-
es the land-to-wit: so. 500 acres. The remaining
$780, is the permanent cash working capital Of the
Company.
Par value of shares, SiOO. Lands located on the
Little Kanawha and Xix Rivers. in the counties Of
tiilmer 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. It
has numerous oil and ga springs along the banks Of
its streams, one of which vies with the famous
Burning Spring itself" urp a.n |..t
Pro essor Shepherd. of New Haven. Conn. re-
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The oR-6earing Saales uaderlie ertensirely, and
he long lines of cdrbu'etted hydrogen, or MWnihat
ing gas springs. some Of tchich sac burning, as
tceN as the appearance Of oil Itself on the surface
OF the tract, fuHy confirms me IN this belief.
77e,e can be no Doubt that along your creeks and
tribUtdries there Is a Lirge ertent Of Udlud6le OH
producing territory. The prOdigious amount o,
6ituminous and ednntl COAL iron ore, limestone and
fire clays embodied IN the nigh hills on our proper
ty, The tops and slopes Of achich covered 'oih
ssrdordiHvry 0roicM Of tchite oah and other heary
Hni6ers. add Immensely to It's rdlue." fH e
These views are fully ndorsed by the reports of
the most practical and experienced m from the ol
districts of both Pennsy.vania and Virginia.
The Comp consider themselves fortunate in
having secured the services of Dir. Blackwell, a
practical civil engineer for the general superintend
ency. so well known as the late Chief Engineer and
Superintendent of the Commissioners Of Wash
lngtOn Heighls," New York City.
Arrangement are in rapid progress FOR the INN Q
diate development Of the property on a scale com
lnensurate with its value d extent.
Subscriptions payable at the time of subscribing,
or hal in cash, the balance in thirty days from
the of closing the subscription, can be made in
person or letter at the Office of the undersigned,
w 81 Cedar street, New York; J. X. D0BSON. No.
a State street, b, ston; and 10 N W. STRONG,
Detroit, Michigan where full inform alton can be
obtained.
JAMES WADSW0RT1 & CO.,
No. 81 Cedar street, New York.
N. B. Subscriptions received for the above Com
panyby LEWIS BAKER,
feb6 Wheeling, W. V.