Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-11-19
Land Sales.

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VAL
Ouable Iron and Timber Lands In
ALLEGHANY COUNTY, VA, AT LONG
DALE and Clifton Forge, on the Chesapeak> 4
Ohio acknowledgements to a decree Of allie
ghany Circuit Court, pronounced in the cause
of Montague ct ais, VS. VIM. l.. Alexander,
we will, as Commissioners, proceed to sell at
public auction to the highest bidder,
on the 10th day of November, 1872.
at Clifton Forge, at II O'Clock of that day, the
Seven Tracts of Land,
belonging to William L. Alexander, comprising
in all
I6.O26 Acres,
situated Immediately at and around Longdale
Depot and on both side of Jackson's River at
Clifton Forge.
No. l. The Clifton Forge Tract: 2,O73 acres
on West side of Jackson's River, containing
Clifton Forge and Furnace. There are promis-
ing appearances of abundant Iron-ore through
out this tract, 1t has frontage of mile and
a-half on Jackson's River, and fine water
power, said to be unsurpassed in the State 1t
extends to within two hundred yards of Clifton
Forge Depot.
No. 2 675 Acres. across Jackson's River OPP
posite No. l.; promising indications of Iron.
No 8. 1912 acres, between Cowpasture River
| and Wilson's Creek. This is heavily timbered.
| The G. s. o. Railroad runs through it, and it
| surrounds Longdale Depot.
| No. T. Wilson's Hill Tract: 1929 acres, on
Jackson's River opposite to No and adjoining
| No 2, covered with excellent timber. Upon it
is large Ore bank, formerly extensively
worked for the Clifton Forge; and Iron proba-
| bly, exists throughout the entire tract. Within
few hundred yards of its lines an ore bank has
recently been opened by Mr.. Peters for Buffalo
| Furnace; some 10 tons are daily taken from it
and the ore is reported to have given satisfac-
| ton. It adjoins No. 2 and is only separated
| from No. by the river.
No. 5. Thurman Tract: 251a acres at juno
| ton of Jackson's River and Cowpasture River.
| No & AcrQ adj
acres, on the Warm Spring Mountain adjoining
| the famous Dolly Ann Furnace. This, doubt
less, contains the same ores in abundance which
have made that property so valuable
| Portions of these lands have been largely and
probably worked for many years as Iron prop
erty. They are traversed by the @. & o. Rail
roa !, and also run along Jackson's River with
the projected line of the James River and Ia
nawha Canal, and with the new line of the G
s. O. Railroad to be built own Jacksons River
from Clifton Forge. They are heavily timbere(
and are believed to abound in extensive deposits
of excellent Hematite Ore; being within the
limits of the best part of that formation of Vir
gina. (See Ridgway's report to @. s. o. Rail
road), and the report of Col. Allen, filed with
the papers of this suit
They contain the nearest known reliable de-
posts of iron ore to the great kanawha Coal
fields not being more than one hundred miles
distant, and will, during the present winter, be
connected Herewith by the completion of the
G. & o. Railroad thus offering unusual facili
ties for the manufacture of iron, not only by thu
proximity of this inexhaustibe supply of cheal
fuel, but because of the cheap transportation
which will necessarily be afforded by the recip
roiity of the ireigat between the Cosl and Irdi
Regions. ="
TERMS OF SALE.-Cash in hand sufficient t,
defray the expenses of suit and sale and as t.
the residue, in equal instalments, at one two
three, four and five years, with interest from thu
day of sale taking from the purchaser bonds
with approved personal security, and retaining
the title as ultimate security.
FL FL. ROBERTSON,
JOHN LErCHER,
/ Commissioners.