Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-05-21
AUCTION SALES.
Important Sale.

THE CATHARlNE FURNACE, WITH DWELLING;
3,6fs ACRES OF LAND CONTAINING IRON
ORE, WELL WOODED; FIXTURES, PATTERNS,
STOCK, STEAM ENGINE, ENGINE HOUSE, Gu
PoLAS, BLACKSMlTn'S TOOLS, sc, &c &c,
WITH EVERY THING REQUISITE FOR A COM
PLETE IRON MANUFACTURING ESTABLISH
MENT.
ON TUESDAY, June Isl, 1877, will be Sold at Pub
~ lac Auction, the premises. that highly valuable
prcprriv, known a The CArHARlNE FURNACE,
with All The Land attached thereto; Fixtures, Patterns
STOCK, &c, Nc together with The Dwelling and Out
Houses forming As whole, complete Iron Manuiac-
ihilhg establishment, with a meat aud desirable FaDil
" Residence attached aud situated in country I'M
IhtStionahly healthy a. any other III The Union. The
principal items embraced in the proposed sale
follows:
TIE caTHARINE FURNACE. located in the coun-
~ OF Sposylvania, State OF Virginia. 10 miles the
Town OF fredericksburg, mile from Swift Run Gap
turnpike Road, aud containing 4,6;s acres.
The STACK was but by Mark McAfee, in the year
1885, - 80 feet high ~ feet square NJ the base IL feet
across The inwal with Two twirres.
CASTING HOUSE, thirty feet wide, fifty feet long,
with shed on each side twenty feet wide and my
feet long.
ENGINE HOUSE, oil stone, twenty feet wide, and
seventy long, " lh sheds sides, and an engine
OF fourteen horse power
TWO CUPoTas.
BRIDGE HOUSE, 81 feet wide l7 feet long.
COAL HOUSE, part ol Stone, 80 feet wide, 100 feet
long with shed 20 feet wide, 100 fee, long.
Once, Boarding House for wnrkmen; Ball House,
Pattern House, Smoke House, and Backsmths shop;
Patterns, Aoulds and Fixtures for the manufacture OF
nearly every description Of She'll and Shot used by The
General Government; a valuable SET of Brass Pot Pat
terms, Stove Patterns, &c, &c.
Eighteen Mules and one Horse, Wagons, Carts, &C.,
with Gear; Blacksmith Tools
Stabns ample 10 accommodate fium forty 10 fifty
head of hnrsrs mules.
The Dwelling House, iwo stories, with eight rooms,
krri nnd all necessary Offices, and Houses Tor SER
wants
scJ The of sale viii be--one third cash, the
balance IN two rquai annual instruments, secured as
usual, by u deed at TRUST on the premises considr
rabe portion of The property being prrslatl- good per
sona security VIII be required In addition to the deed
OF trust.
The Property may lie purchased private sale uni
the 10th May, lei7. After that day, no private oifrl
viii BE- received. II sold privately, notice will he 81
ven In all the newspapers which publish this adver
tsement, that persons residing at distance, who
is 10 purchase may lie assured that The sale will po
svely take place The Isl june unless tue above no
tice Is given.
Application for private sale may he made 10 DR.. Will
liam n. Wexford fredericksburg, Va, who IL fully au
thorised 10 conclude bargain; but Information on The
subject may he obtained from either OF the subscrbeis
WM. n. WELLFURD,
Executor of John :. Wexford
Ed. II CARMICHAEL.
X. II. CUNNINGHAM,
Trustee Of I. 3. Deane, jr.
n B-Thcre is now, on The bank Of the Catharine
Furnace about 900 tons ii PIC IRON Of the blast oil
Isa6. any noftion Of which a. he sold the puTrha