Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-05-18
AUCTION SALES.
Important Sale.

THE CATUARINE FURNACE, WITH DWELLINGS
4,84s ACRES OF LAND, CONTAINING S,6 iron OF
STOCK, STEAM ENGINE, ENGINE HOUSE, GU
POLAs, BLACKSMITH's TOOLS, &C, &c &c,
WITH EVERY THING REQUISITE FOR COM
h MENT. IRON MANUFACTURING ESTABLISH
ON TUESDAY, June LIST, is47, Will be sold ut Pub
~ lie Auction, on The premises. that highly valuable
property, known as the CATHARINE FURNACE,
with all the Land attached thereto Fixtures, Patterns
Stock, &C., SC, together with the Dwelling and Out
holses forming, as whole, complete Iron hanuiac-
turing Establishment with and desirable Fami-
~ Residence attached, and situated In a country
questlonably healthy any other in the Union. The
principal Items embraced in the proposed sale are
follows:
THE CATHARINE FURNACE. located in the coln-
~ Of spotsyvania Stale Of Virginia, 10 miles from
town Of fredericksburg, one mile from Swift Run Gap
turnpike Road, and containing 64o acres.
!. The STACK was built by Mark McAfee, in the year
1887 is 81 feet high 80 feet square the base 10 feet
across The inwall with TWO twieres.
CASTING HOUSE, thirty feet wide, fifty feet long,
with shed on each side twenty feet vide and my
feet long.
seventy long, with sheds on Two sides, and engine
of fourteen horse power
TWO CUPOLAs
BRIDGE HOUSE, 81 lee. wide, a. feet long
COAL. HOUSE, par Of stone, 80 iret wide, iUO feel
long, with a shed 20 feet wide, 100 feet long
Office, Boarding House for workmeni Ball House,
Pattern House, Smoke House, and Blacksmlth's Shops
Patterns, MOuldS and Fixtures for the manufacture OF
nearly every description Of Shell and Shot used by the
General Government; valuable set Of Brass Pot Pat
terms Stove Patterns, &C., SC.
Eighteen Mules and one Hnrse, Wagons, Carts, &C.,
with Gear; Blacksmith's Tools.
Stabng ample TO accommodate fiom forty To niy
head of horses or mules.
The Dwelling House, two stories, with eight rooms,
Kitchen and all necessary Offices, and Houses Tor Ser
wants.
HJ- The terms of sale will be-One.third cash, the
balance in two equal annual instalments secured as
usual, by deed Of trust on the premises conslde-
abe portion oil The property being peshable good per.
sonal security viii be required In addition TO the deed
of trust.
The Property may be purchased al private sale until
the 10th iay, lS47. After that day, private oler
VIII be received. II sold privately, notice will be g.
ven in all the newspapers which publish this adyer-
tsemenl, that persols residing NJ distance, who
wish purchase nay be assured that the sale will po
styely place the st June, unless the above mo-
tce is given.
Application for private sale may be made TO DIR. VIII
liam N. Wexford, fredericksburg, Va who is fully AT
ihorised TO conclude bargain; hut information on The
subject ay bo obtained from either oil the subscribers
WIN. n. WELLFORD,
Executor Of John = Wexford
ED. II CARMICHAEL.
X. H. CUNNINGHAM,
Trustee of F. b. Deane, j..
~ B-There il now, the bank Of the Catharine
Furnace about 90 tons Of PIG IRON, Of the blast OF
1896 any portion Of which will be sold 10 the pnrcha
chaser ofthe Property, who may desire 10 commence
immediate one, atiOus March l6-dltG<ctds