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Hughes River (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 3
West Virginia (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 3
The oil discoveries in Western Virginia.
The Kanawha region of Virginia, already known to be the richest mineral district in the United States, has given forth a new treasure which seems destined to throw all its others into the back ground.
The Parkersburg (Va.) News, in a long article on the new discoveries, notices two extensive land sales last week.
One of them was to a company of gentlemen from Baltimore, who paid $80,000 for a tract of land, and the other was to the "Little Kanawha Burning Spring Petroleum Company," who, with a capital stock of $100,000, are about to commence operations.
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These sales, averaging between fifteen hundred and two thousand dollars per acre, are of land which one year ago could have been bought for less than the hundredth part of their present price.
Astonishing as this may seem, it is yet deemed the greatest bargain ever sold in this country, as, should the land continue to yield oil, even in moderate quantities, the rents alon
United States (United States) (search for this): article 3
The oil discoveries in Western Virginia.
The Kanawha region of Virginia, already known to be the richest mineral district in the United States, has given forth a new treasure which seems destined to throw all its others into the back ground.
The Parkersburg (Va.) News, in a long article on the new discoveries, notices two extensive land sales last week.
One of them was to a company of gentlemen from Baltimore, who paid $80,000 for a tract of land, and the other was to the "Little Kanawhcle on the discovery of the oil wells, says:
There can be no doubt of the fact that the Petroleum or Carbon oil region of the Little Kanawha and its tributaries, far surpass in extent and productiveness those of any other section of the United States yet explored.--While the work of development of this region is but just commenced, the few wells completed, but six in number, already give a larger yield of oil than the hundreds which have been sunk in Pennsylvania; and will probably never
Parkersburg (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 3
Burning Spring (Ohio, United States) (search for this): article 3
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): article 3
Wilson (search for this): article 3
Lewellyn (search for this): article 3