Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-09-14
ST. GEORGES MILLS.

THE Subscriber offers for Sale, hi: MILLS;
lately the property of General n. KNOB
Atuated in the town of Warren, and county
Of Lincoln, and little above the head Of
Navigation, on the great Falls Of St. Georges
River-together with the Lands and Bull
dngs thereto adjoining and belonging.
Ihe natural advantages thar here prefent
themievesr together with the very great i'm
provements that have been made at this Mil
! Seat, render II one the first, If not the verv
| hrit huation, for that branch Of bufnefs in
| the Diltrict of Maine.
There are three Giltinct Saw Mills, each Of
which contains two Saws.
One Of faid Mills, is of very unufral
length, and calculated more particularly for
| iawing dimeniiOn Lumber it will faw q
| luck upwards of fxty feet in length. This
long Mill contains alto, gang of feven Saws.
moving together, and cutting log into TX
boards at one operation, but is remarkably
well adapted to the cutting of vefe plank,
making them as equal in thicknels, az fnooth
| and perfect, in every refpect as thofe fawcd
Ivy hand.
There is ALTO, Grin Mill, of the ben kird
and corttruction, whole cultom is from ~
10 buiEes per day, thro' the year with Boz
| ting machine for the manufacture Of Flour.
! The fupPly of water Is very abundant,
| with the exception of the three drieR months
OF the year. tn keep four or the Jaws il mo-
ton, and for four months in the wear, will
keep them all going together, with the grin
! Mil and there j. no part of the wear lex
cePt an mutual dry teaton) when two Jaws
may moi be employed, even il the three fnm-
! mer months. Each Of the Jaws is caDable
OF cutting four thouland Of boards dav -
ne fa.l Of water, is I g feet on an average.
The S. Georges River, which together
wIthlts Ponds, extends thirty miles into the
back Country, affords upon IT'S banks an al
moh inexhauitable supply OF Lumber, Of va
nous forts, well adapted to the Saw Mill,
In addition to the Mill, the Canal Is ALTO
offered for sale, with all its privileges, as
eltabLihed by Law: This Canal is mag
nIhcan. work, connecting the waters above
iaid Mills with the tide waters, and Calcutta
ted a. well for the ufe Of the Mills, As the
Lumber Merchants of the Back country as
very much OF the Lumber OF that extenfve
Country paties thrC' them to the head ofnav-
I Igauon ; making them productive of reve-
nue. Of m.rs than 500 dollars q wear excluGve
OF the advantage derived to the Mills from
them
This Canal may fairly be calculated, on as
Pr9greihve and certain revenue
A dIoining Ihe Mills, IS Farm of about so
acres OF excellent Land; one half Of which
y cleared, and under Improvement, living on
both hides Of the river ard in everv point
Of view, whether Of foil, htuation, or 'increar-
ing valae, is an object Of great importance.
On this farm, i large, handIome and well
hriihed manfiOn Houie, Barn and out hotlfe. Z:
large store, and Tenements for work PEG
PIE, with CooPer's FLOP, beautifully ftua-
ted upon the bank o. the river, and one quar-
ter Of a mite above the Village. This enate
IS an extremely pleafant fummcr reGdence f:
Ioa Merchant or Trader, il is decidedly the
beit itand on the river, for the umber trade ,
and y generally conlde-ed by thofe who are
belt acquainted with il, as one Of the mol
( eligible htuations for bufnefs in this part of
] the country.
! Any perion inclined to purchaFe, on apnli-
cation 70 EBENEZER THATCHER, Eta.
living on the Premifes, can view the place, and
| receive any further information respecting the
| peculiar advantage of this eilate. FoGedion
will be given on the fri Of March next.
i not fold previous TO that time, the whole
fthis valuable property will be Let Al an an
/ nual rent, or on flares Is may be agreed upon.
For terms offale, apply to H. JACKSON.
bgfo", SzPfenbsr ,, 1907. QN
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