Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-10-05
ST. GEORGES MILLS.

| THE Subicriber offers for Sale his MILLS
lately Tie property Of General II. KNOB
htuated in the town of Warren, and count,
! Of Lincoln, and a little above the head O.
Navigation, On the grsat Falls of ST. George
: River-together with the Lands and Bull
/ dings thereto adjoining and belonging.
The natural advantages that here prelent
themielves, together with the very great i'm
provements that have been made at this Mil.
Seat, render il one Of the first, # NOT the very
! hrlt htuatiOn, for that branch Of bufinels ii
the Diltrict Of Maine.
There are three difinct Saw Mills, each Of
which contains two Saws.
One OF faid Mills, d Of a very unulual
length, and calculated more particularly for
iawIng dlmen6On Lumber: il will Jaw a
flick upwards Of fxty feet in length. This
long Mill contains alio, a gang Of ieven 6aws.
moving together, and cutting log into FIX
boards at one operation, but is remarkably
Wen adapted to the cutting of venel plank,
making them as equal in thickness, as lmooth
and perfect, in every refpect as thofe fawed
by hand.
There is allo, Grin Mill, of the bef kind
and contraction, whole cultom is from 10
40 buihes per day, thro the year with a Boil
ting machine for the manufacture Of Flour.
The iuPPIy Of water Is very abundant,
with the exception Of the three drie(f months
OF the year. to keep four Of the Jaws ia mo-
ton, and for four months in the year, will
keep them All going togethe-, with the GRIT
Mil and there IS no part Of the year lex
cept an mutual dry fealon) when two Jaws
may not be employed, even in the three fnrn-
mer months. Each of the flaws is caDalJle
OF cutting four thouland of boards dav -
The fall OF water, Is 4 5 feet on an average.
The S. Georges River, which together
with ITS Ponds, extends thirty miles into the
oack Country, affords upon its banks an Al
moi inexhauitable supply OF Lumber, OF va
nous iort', we'll adapted TO the Saw Mill,
In addition TO the Mill, the Canal IS alCo
offered for sale, with all it, privileges, as
etaollihed by Law This Canal IS a mao
nIhcan: work, connecting the waters above
iald Mills with the tide waters, and Calcula-
teu a. well for the uie Of the Mills. a. the
Lumber Merchants of the Back country 4,
very much Of the Lumber Of thar extelfive
country Paties thro' them 70 the head of nav
igaton making them productive Of a reve-
hue q more than 500 dollars wear erclu6ve
OF the advantage derived to the Mil, from,
them.
In" Canal may fairly be calculated. on j,
Progreflve and certain revens.
AdJolning the Mills, IS Farm Of about "a
acres OF excellent Land; one half Of which
IS cIe@red' ana under Improvement, living on
Oo'h hdes OF the river and in every Do;nt
OF view, whether of foil, fituation, or increaC-
ing Vaiue' IS an object of great importance.
On tins farm, Is large, handfome and well
hElihed manfion Houie, Barn and our bouCe,
large store, and Tenements for work neo.
PIE with CooPers 1lop, beautifully Gma-
tea upon The bank q the river, and one Quar-
ttr q mlie above The Village Thi, e0ate
y Al extremely plea1ant fuInmer reGdence.
lo MercI ant or Trader, II is decidedly tie
PSI ltand on che river, for the lumber trade
! ava II I generally confdered by thole who are
bet acquainted with il, a. one Of the moR
eh8lbie mutations for buGnefs il this mar, of
the country. =
ANY perion inclined to purchafe, On app,i-
cauon TO EBENEZER THATCHER. liz
l'"ng on the premiies, can view the ,l7fe. and
receive any further information refpectlng the
peculiar advantages of this eGate. FoOc5f;on
VIII he gwen on the fri of Marchpe
IL not fold previous TO that time. the whole
q inns valuable property will be Let at AN an
nuai rent or on ihares as may be agreed upon
Tor terms o. Tale, aPplyto ii. JACKSON.
o9F0", September ! l8O7. H4