The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-01
SALE OF VAIIA-


~ BE !EuN ANn TIMBER LANDS IN A.
MD CLIFTON FORGE, oN The CHESA-
decree OF Allegheny Circuit Court pronounced In
tic cause Of Montague Fl ais rs. William l.. Alex
public auction, to the highest bidder on The 9orW
BAY Of NOVEMBER is72, at clifton Forge, sti2
O'Clock of that day. the following SEVEN TRAITS
pr pr:,nE in all ,oa6 4cRts, STUDIED i@mediacly
ut and around Longdac depot, both sides Of Jack
s"SS RIVER II cii!i|4 FTTFFSN FORGE rrAcr
2,O7 ga acr"s, west side Of Jack-ons river,
timing Clifton Forge and Furnace. There
promising appearances or an abundance Of iron orc
throughout this tract. II has a frontage Of Il mic
ind Il hac on jack6onb river. and ane water
power said 20 be unsurpassed III tho state. Rex
tends to within two hundred YARDS OF Clifton Forge
10. 2.-6' Is acres across Jackson river. oppo-
site No. |: promising indications of iron.
No. a.-5,972 acres bet .cen Cowpasture river aud
Wilson's creek This Is heavily t.intcrcd, thc Ccs-
apcakc am1 Chic rntlroairrns through IT, and II sur
No. I.EWlLSON.S HILL TRACT ti?g! acres). OF,
Jackson'3 river opposite to no. aud adioning 80.
2, covered with excccn. timber. Upon II Is = lar?c
ore bank formerly extensively worked FOR the elf
ton Forge, and iron probably exists throughout the
entire tract. Within few hundred yards OK u,
Peters for Buffalo furnace; some ten tons are 41y
taken from II, aud The Is reported To have given
satisfaction. It ujoins No: and Is only sep4ratef
10. 5.-TACRMhN TRACT t2sli acrcs), at june
ton OF JachsOn's river and Cowrastur river.
No. 5.-G.~25 acres. and No. taltoinlnEl, &li
acres on the Warm Spring mountaih, adjoining tie
lannon's Dolly Ann furnace. This. doubtless. con-
.otus the same ores In abundance which have mace
that property SO valuable
Portions OF these lands have been largely and pro-
ft:bly worked for many years ~ iron property.
They are trivcrScd by tie Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
rGad. and also ran along Jacks0n'5 river With The
protected lire OF the james Itrcc aud hau1w!G
canal. and with the new iiue Of The Chesapeake AMI
Ohio r.ilrcad 10 lie built down 'ECks"rs river frcm
Clifton Forge. They are heavily ttmbereL, ard ~"
believed TO abound In extensive deposits II vA"ci-
lent nematit. ore, being within The limits Ct il"
best part II that formation OF Virginia see Nidf-
ways report to Chesapeake ana Ohio railroad and
tie. report OF Colonel liru fled With tie papers Of
this suit.
They contain the nearest known reliable deposits
Of iron Gre To the great kbuawla cuai-Hcida not
being more than iIindIci miles distant. and VIII
during tie present winter he connected terc"iti
by the completion oc tic Chrsalnakc and Ohio rail-
road thu, Offering unusual facilities for he manu-
facturc Of iron, not only hy the proximity If this
!nexhausinic supply OF cheap fuel. hut b"carsc Of
the cheap transportation which Will necessarily l."
afforded BY the reciprocity OF tic freight between
the coal and Iron regions
TERMS or SALE: Cash IN hand sufficient Ia 'f-
fray the expenses Of sut and sale: aud Is Ia the
residue in CO nal nstahuputs one. tao, three, four
and wears, with interest from the day al sar,
taking from tho purchaser bombs with approved
personal security and rctainIng the tile u m!!laae
security II. Ii. KUEERtSUN,
JOHN LETCHER.
oc sG-tls Commissioner