Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-02-27
Land! Larld!! Land!!.
5000 Acres Of Land at Sherif's Sale

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7ATILL be sold OH the 1st Monday in March
w next, at Edgeield, C. ii. S. c. by the
Sheriff Of said District to satisfy divers Execu-
tions, Mortgages. &c. Five Thousand acres Of
land, more or less, lying nn the waters of Big
Horse Creek, four Miles from Hamburg, and
within two miles Of Savannah River, and ex-
tending four miles on the Rail Road, known AZ
Nlilton's Mills On said place is an excellent
set ofmilIs in good order. consisting of four run
Of saws. and one Grist Mill. The saws are Gu
pnble Of cutting from twelve 10 fifteen hundred
lee, of lumber each, per day A never failing
stream of water, sufficient 10 propcl ten saws
at all times. 1t is navigabe for Petersburg
boats, 10 the Mills, aud can easily lie made so for
much arser ones There is saving lumber
enough OH the land to run The Mills 10 or II
years, allowing each saw TO CIT 1900 feet per
day, uId has the great advantage of Hamburg,
Augusta and Savannah markets, all by water
One hand will, i'll two days, make his raft, run
aud deliver two thousand feet in Hamburg or
Augusta. and two hands will. in twelve DAYS.
raft, run and deliver 10000 feet in Savannah
These Mills have also annually furnished large
bills oflumbcr for the Charleston Rail Road.
which passes within $50 or 2OO yards of the
Mills.
There are $50 acres under cultivation. and
1000 more suitable for cultivation. There is
OIL the place. one good well finished dwelling.
pleasantly situated, together with Kitchens,
Smoke House, Store Houses, Stables Black
smith, Wheelwrlghts. and other shops. Also
IL or Is other small dwellings, in the vicinity
Of the Mills, snilable for small families, and
here, at no very distant day, with the pern,is.
sion oS the proprictor) will be erected numerous
summer seats where the busy merchant of The
city may retire. after the labors of the day in
twenty-five minntcs, 10 pure atmosphere, free
from the fatal miasma 'nusquetoes AID dust, and
refresh himself among the numerous springs Of
as pure water as can be found in the United
States. Nor is there any placen the Southern
country better calcullted for an extensive mann.
factoring establishment, there being no want Of
water; and for health unrivclled.
Their is much Pine Timber in the vicinity
adjoining this tract. which must be sawed at
these Mills. We will now suppose that the
four saws cut but 100000 leetannuallv, and
after deductng all expenses, you have but four
dollars per thousand. You will then have
$4,000 per annum, or the sum of $4,000 in
ten years. You may also employ one team
and three hands, which will deliver in twelve
months. fifteen hundred cords of ligh,wood on
the Rail Road, for which they pay 50 12l per
cord: which will make $3I97,-$oO0 out, for
team and hands, leaves :S'22s7,-or, with the
same hands and team, deliver on the bank of
the Savannah River. twelve hundred cords Of
| lightwOod, for which the Steamboat Company
pay So % per cord-wlich will make $4,000,
$500 ont, leaves S2.100-or, in ten years, Ss27,-
600. You may also employ three more teams,
and five hands, which will deliver in Hamburg,
or Augusta, (as the Bridges arc now free, both
for Wood and Lumber one thousand cords of
hard wood, which brings from So 30 to So 90
per cord, say S400. You will then have $4,000.
Hands and team, say $ Sl500-it will leave YOU
$250O per annum, or ;S25,0U0 in ten years
Thus, yon see, that in ten years, according to
the above calculations, (Which no experienced
man will say are largo) you will take from this
land, ono hundred thousand dollars, and still
have yonr land and mills left
II is estimated by good Judges, acquainted
with the land. that it will average, at least, fouF
cords of light wood, and four of hard wood,
per acre. And those best acquainted with the
rapid growth of hard wood, and the production
Of ht wood, from The bodies Of fallen Pines,
will readily perceivethat the above named teams
could never divest the land of wood. And
while it continues fashionable. 10 have good
| uIcs III Cuiu NedtHeF, anu lOr StcannDOatS and
Locomotives TO burn wood, so long this land
must remain valuable. The Rail Road Com
pany, by purchasing this place, NAV supply
this end of their road with sawed lumber Rang
ing timbers and lightwood and thereby save
their thousands annually. And let them and
other Capitalists. reflect that five thousand a.
cres off land in a body, with Rail Road passing
through it, on which, is one of the finest
Mill streams in the United States. with sll-
perb dam and mills, all in order, within few
miles of one Of the best Lumber and Wood
markets in the South, is not to be found every
year at Sheritis' Sale.
To My Creditors.
Gentlemen, my proprey is all in the hands
of the Sheriff. 1t is misfortune, heavy losses.
unparalleled hard times, and your Impatience,
that has placed it there. Should it bring ono
half its intrinsic worth. you will all be safe. II
it does not. it ismy ALL Do the best you can
with it. Expect 10 moro from me-
WILEY MILTON.
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