Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-10-29
NeaC Advertisements.
tOMMESSEONERs' SALE OF VAL
liable IrNn and Tinahar Lands Ia

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VAL
Ouable Iron and Timber Lands ia
ALLEGHANY COUNTY, VA, AT LONG
DALE and Clifton Forge, the Chesapeake g.
Ohio Railroad. Pursuant to decree of ALE
ghany Circuit Court, pronounced in the cause
OF Montague ct ais, vs. VIM. l.. Alexander,
we WILL Commissioners, proceed to sell at
public auction to the highest bidder,
on the 2Oth day Of Novem6er, 1872,
at Clifton Forge, at II oclock of that day. the
following
Seven Tracfsnf L8nds
in all m~n
1906 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 Jacksons 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 op-
posite No. l.; promising indications of Iron.
No. 3. 1912 acres between Cowpasture River
and Wilson's Creek. This is heavily timbered.
The @. & o. Railroad runs through it, and it
surrounds Longdale Depot.
No. d. Wilson's Hill Tract: 1929 acres, on
Jackson's River opposite to No. l and adjoining
No. q 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: 2514 acres, at juno
ton Of Jackson's River and Cowpasture River.
No 6.825 Acres and No. adjoining, Ala
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
proftably worked for many years as Iron prop
erty. They trayersed by the G. & o. Rail
roal and also run along Jackson's River with
the projected line of the James RIVER and Ka-
nawha Canal, and with the new line of the q.
s. o. Railroad to be built down Jackson's River
from Clifton Forge. They are heavily timbered
and are believed to abound in extensive deposits
of excellent Hematte Ore; being within the
limits Of the best part of that formation Of ylr-
ginia. (See Ridgway's report to Q. q O.. BAIL
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 the
proximity of this inexhaustible supply Of cheap
fuel, but because of the cheap transportation
which will necessarily be afforded by the recip-
rocity of the freight between the Coal and Iron
Regions,
TERMS OF SALE.-Cash in hand sufficient to
defray the expenses of suit and sale; and as to
the residue, in equal instalments, at one, two,
three, four and five years, with interest from the
day of sale, taking from the purchaser bonds
with approved personal security, and retaining
the title as ultimate security.
Fl ii. ROBERTSON,
JOHN LETCHER,
Commissioners