West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-11-29
MECCA FOR INVESTMENT WORLD
Ranks First in Natural Gas Production
and Second in Bitumin-
Gus Coal.


spire the most gifted oratori
In her forty-fourth year as a
commonwealth she stands among
her sister states the proud queen of
the Empire of the Mid. Alleghanies.
Fertile in soil, salubrious in climate,
pre- eminent in picturesque hills,
dales, mountains and valleys;
traversed by great water ways and
with her western boundry for 400
miles the mighty river Ohio; with
more blue grass than the famous
"Blue Grass State" one hundred
miles from the Great Lakes and but
nights journey from tidewater
and the great ocean ports; blessed
with mineral wealth of fabulous
value; there is no similar or equal
$4,000 square miles under the flag
of the United States.
Her one million and a quarter of
population has the largest per
centage of native born citizens Of
any state in the Union, her people
being largely descendants OF the
Cavalier and Puritan stocks.
Situated as she is, geographically,
and with the high character of her
population, she belongs to the sec.
ton, but may with equal propriety
be classed with the states of the
north, the south, the east and the
middle West. Great as a state,
her people are indeed fortunate in
having their homes therein. The
rapid development of recent years
has put West Virginia to the front
and given her a commanding posi-
ton in the eyes of the investment
world.
Just few Of our great resources
and achievements can be men
toned.
Her coal area of ten million
acres or 1900 square miles, her
millions of acres of superior forest,
her hidden lakes and pools of the
best white sand oils, her great
reservoirs of natural gas, her
thousands of acres of iron ores, fire
clays, glass sands, limestones, sand
stones, GRANTEES, and other valuable
mineral deposits, her wonderful
variety of thermal and non-thermaI
mineral springs, her great range of
territory with mild and equable
climate, her abundant rainfall and
more than average sunshine, have
made of her a veritable storehouse
of wealth, a hive of industry and
have developed her agriculture and
and horticulture to large proper
tions.
Capital and population have
flowed in from all sections until
West Virginia today with almost
imperial sway holds the lead, or
is up with the leaders in numer-
Gus industrial and mining enter
prises.
Today West Virginia ranks:
First-In the production of nat
ural gas. She reaches with her
great gas lines to the lakes and
warns, lights and heats nearly the
whole state of Ohio and pours
many millions Of feet of the pre-
cious fuel into Pittsburg. The
value of the output Of her natural
gas last year was over So, 900, ooo.
Second-In production Of btu
minous coal. Her destiny is one
day to be the leader, as her area
of coal lands and the high charac-
ter Of coal exceed those of Penn
sylvania, now her principle com
petitor. The value last year of her
coal output was nearly $50, 600, 900.
Second-In production of coke
and Of quality equal to the best
Conceivable production.
First--In production Of hard
woods. Last year the output Of
her mills was s4s, 600, 900 feet with
value Of over So, 900, 900.
Second value Of production
of white sand oils and fourth in
Of oil produced. The
production last year was in round
figures I3,ooo, 900 barrels with a
value Of $40, 900, 600.
West Virginia is the leader Of all
the southern states in value, extent
and variety Of her pottery clay pro-
ducts.
West Virginia is becoming
leader in the United States in the
Of glass.
With over 5000 manufacturing
plants some Of them the largest
of their class in the world her out.
put Of manufactured products is in
excess Of StzS 900, 900 year
Her agriculture and horticulture
are extensive. The largest in.
lividual peach and apple orchards