Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-11
PUBLIC RENTING
OF
kING'S SALT WORKS

DY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE CIR
ID cult Court Of Washington county Virginia
pronounced on the 18th. day of April 1865, in
the ease Of William K. HeisEcll, Admir- Of John
d. Mitchell, decd, and Others, ys. Alexander
Mccall andsDthers. will, as Commissioner, pro-
ceed, in accordance with the terms of said De
cree, on Thursday, Ihe 3Oth day nj
July, 1865, upon the T.. smises. to lease TO the
highest bidder. at public cutlery,
THE VALUABLE SAETNES..
situated in Washington county, Virginia. known
as Kings Salt Works, and the lands and build
ings held Herewith, for term of five years, TO
commence on the lst day of January, 1869.
The lessee, in addition TO the rents, will be re-
quircd to pay all the taxes accrung upon said
pTOperty-to leave upon the property at the OK
plratOn Of the lease, such Improvements, fix
lures, furnaces. kettles, etc, as he found upon
the estate at the commencement Of the lease,
and IN good condition rs he found them: and
shall also, at the expiration of his lease, leave
in good condition all such improvements fix
lures. furnaces, kettles, etc. as he may have
during his term put upon said land for the
management Of his business-and shall be lin
tied 10 supply of salt on hand ut the end of the
term, not exceeding supply Of tho market for
the next SIX mOnthS-such amount to be asceT-
tanned from the sales Of the first six months oil
the proceeding year. The lessee will be required
to execute bond, with good security, 10 be ap-
proved by the Court for the Payment OF the
taxes annually accruinP, and the rents in annu-
al installments. and for the faithful performance
OF all the other shpulatiOns of tho lease the
Court reSeTvlng the right, If at any time the
security becomes doubtful or insufficient to re
quire the lessee to give other sufficient security
or TO terminate the lease. At Special Term to
be held, commencing on the 18th day of July
1868, the Court will fix a minimum rent II.
Kings Salt Works are situated in Washington
county, Virginia, about eight miles from tho
main stem Of the Virginia and Tennessee Rail
road, and at the terminus Of the branch road
running from Glade Spring to SAltyille, ailurd-
ing ample railroad transportation for the ship
ment Of salt TO market.
The nltmanuiactured Mt theseworks is Of the
finest quality, and the supply of brine though
tho wells have been worked for more than fifty
years, shows no deterioration in quality or dun
mutton in quantity. A very large area Of
country, embracing parts of Virginia, Tennes-
see, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama is
supplied with salt from these works and tho all
joining estate, the two together supplying m
Increasing demand at present Of about four
hundred thousand bushels of salt annually.
1t is seldom that such an opportunity is Of
fered for the profitable exercise Of energy and
the investment of capital. Persons desiring to
lease are invited to examine the property and
to test the quality of the brine before the day Of
letting, and TO acquaiut themselves with such
facts connected with the manufacture and sale
Of salt as will enable them to appreciate the
annual value of the property.
3D. ARTHUR Q. CUMMINGS,
Commissioned.
Abingdon. Va. May q, 1868 my26 II