Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-04-30
lIifnorfant sale.

important sale.
ECATHARlAE FURNACE, WITH DWELLlNGj
4,64s AIRES OF LAND, CONTAINING IRON
0RE, WELL WOODED; FIXTURES, PATTERNS,
Stock, STEAM ENGINE, ENGINE HOUSE, Gu
pOl.AS, BLACKsMlTH'S TOOLS, &c, &c &C.,
WITH EVERY THING REQUISITE FOR A COM
MENT.
lie Auction, on the premises. that highly valuable
property, known as the CArHARINE FURNACE,
with all the Land attached thereto; Fixtures, Patterns,
stocK, &C., Nc together with the Dwelling and Out
Houses, forming, as 4 whole, y complete Irun Hanufac-
turing Establishment, with a neat and desirable Fami-
" Residence attached, and situated In q country Us I'M
qnestionably healthy as any other In the Union. Tho
principal items embraced in the proposed sale are as
follows:
THE CATHARINg FURNACE, located in the coun-
~ Of spotsylvania, State of Virginia, 10 miles from Inc
town OF Fredericksburg, one mile from swift Run Gap
Turnpike Road, and containing 4,64o acres.
The STACK vas built by Mark Mchfee, In the year
1897, i SO feet high, 10 feet square at the base, 10 fect
across The lnwail with TWO twieTes.
CASTING HOUSE, thirty feet wide, fifty feetlons,
WIN a shed OH each aide twenty feet Wide and my
PNc'NE "ofsr, e. s.one, twenty feet wide, and
seventy ions, win sheds - lwo sides, and an engine
Of fourteen horse power,
w CUPULAS.
BRIDGE HOUSE, 81 feet wide, 4' feet long.
COAL HOUSE, part Of Stone, 80 feet wide, 100 feet
loug. with a shed ~ Tee, wide, 100 feet long.
Office, Boarding House for workmcn; Ball House,
Pauern House, Smoke House, and Blacksmith's Shop;
Patterns, Moulds and Fixtures for the manufacture Of
nearly every description OF Shell and Shot used by the
General Governments; q valuable set oil Brass Pot Pot
terms, Stove Patterns, &C., &c.
Eighteen Mules and one Horse, Wagons, Carts, &c,
with Gear; BIacksmith'sT Tools.
Stabling ample 10 accommodate from forty TO hny
head of horses UI mules.
The Dwelling House, Two stories, with eight rooms,
Kitchen, and all necessary Ofices, and Houses for Ser
wants
W The terms OF sale viii be-One third cash, the
balance in Two equal annual instalments, secured, as
usual, by a deed of trust on the premises. A conside-
nblc po,t.o. -: - property being perishable, good per.
sonal security viii be required in addition 10 the deed
oil trust.
The Property may be purchased at private sale until
the 10th May, lei~. Alter that day, no private offer
VIII be received. IL sold privately, notice will be gt-
ven in all the newspapers which publish this adver-
lisemenl, so that persons residing at a distance, who
wish - purchase, may be assured that the sale will po-
tice Is given.
Application for private sale may be made 10 DR.. VIII
liam N. Wexford, F eiericksburs, Va, who II fully au'
subject may he obtained from either Of the subscribers.
WM. N. WEXFORD,
Executor Of John 5. Wexford.
ED. n CARMICHAEL.
RI CUNNINGHAM,
Trustee of F. B. Drane, jr.
n. B.-There is now, on the hank Of the Catharine
Furnace about 600 tons Of PIG IRON, Of the blast OF
1916; any portion of which will be sold 10 the purclia-
chaser OF the Property, who may desire 10 commence
immediate opeiatiuus. March l6-dltGctds