The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-14
'AUayrroN' saI.as.:-rus.sregDays.

DoMMIssIoNERSssAIE OF YALUA.
~ HE BOY As Lays In AZ
PEAKE AND OHIO PAIL ROAD Pursuant 10 a
the cause OF Montague et als. rs. William L. Alex
DAY OF SovEMBER. Is7s, at Clifton Forge, atn
3slofs q that hs y inc t 10 sn,sESRAaTs
prisns IN ali iGo5S S6REs, situated imme,aiel '
ut and around LcngdaIe depot, on both sides Of jack
so No. fi lrhe oa uInFTSN FORGE TRACT
2073 59 acres on west side Of JocksOn's river, con-
timing Clifton Forge and Furnace. There are
promising Appearances Of an abundance or iron one
Throughout nas tract. !, has frontage OF a mile
and half on Jackson's river. and fine water
power said to be unsurpassed In the State. IL eS-
tends to within two hundred wards Of Clifton Forge
depot.
site No. /; promising indications of iron.
No. a:-5972 acres bet .een ,Cowpas;nre rirer and
Wilson'S creek. TIL; Is heavily tnbered the Che.-
apeake and Ohio railroad through It, and Ii sur
No. a.@WlLsoN's HILL TRA CT t.e2. acres, on
JackS0n's river opposite TO No. aud adjoining No
9. covered With excellent timber. Upon II IL large
ore bank formerly extensively worked for the CiiE
entire tract Within few hundred wards CT ' its
lines IN orc bank has recently iecn opened ly Mr.
Peters Tor Buffalo furnace; some ten tons are dav
taken from IL. and The ore Is reported have given
satisfaction IL Ei1olns 10. 2, ami Is only separated
from No. J by the river
y n L
ton OF Iackson's river and Cowpasturc river
No. 6.--6.s25 acres, and No. tadjoinlng, All
acres. on the Warm Spring monn;;:,a. ado,nInY The
famous Dolly Ann furnace. This, doubtless, con-
taius the same ores in abundance which have m.an
that properly so valuable.
Portions OF these lands have been largely and pro-
ftably worked for many years as iron prornrt :,
They are traversed by the Chesapeake and Ohio raft
road, and also rrn along .Iackson's river with the
projected line ot the james ki;er ana EarawIa
canal, and with the line Of the Chesapeake ami
Ohio railroad TO he built down Jack5on's river from
Clifton Forge They arc heavily ttnberci and ere
believed to abound In extensive deposits OF excel
lent ncnutite ore, being within Tie limits Of iLr
best part OF that formation CT Virginia. See Ri,Ly-
Ways report To Chesapeake and ohio railroad ant
the report OF Colonel Allen. filed With the papers OF
this suit.
They contain the nearest known reliable sisroslty
Of !rnn ore to the great knna'Tha coa-he!,.x rot
being more than huEr; miles distant. ana: viii
during the present winter I've connected there With
by the completion Of the Chesapeake aud Ohio rail-
road thus Offering unusual facilities for The nanu-
fac,urr of Iron, Rot only by the proximity Of ibi,
inexlE,ustble supply Of cheap ,fuC but because Of
the cheap transportation which will necessarily I've
afforded by the reciprocity Of the freight between
the coal and iron regions.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash In hand sufficient 10 de-
fray the expenses Of suit and sale: and US 10 the
rcsidc. In cqu! st<:lnents at one. two. three four
and live years with interest from the day Of sale,
taking from The purchaser bonds with approved
personal security, aud retaining the title n, l mate
security. II. II. RObEfTSOS,
JOHN LETCHER.
oc 28-tdI Commissioners.