The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-06

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VALUA-
" BILE IRON MD TIMBER LANDS IN Al,
LEGHATY &ouXTYs va; az At rI t3N CHSEI:
PEhkE AND oHiO RAILROAD Pursuant na
decree Of Allegheny Circuit Court PRONOUNCED III
the cause Of Montague et ais. rs lillian u. Asn :,
aIgr we will, as commissioners proceed 10 sen ~
public auction, to the highest bidder. on IRE N'n
BAY OF NOVEMBER" isS2. at Citizen Fogge, at:
O'Clock Of that day. the following sEVES IKAIi i
pr pr IL ali 'I5ves"s c r. situated nedistey
st and around Lonsde depot on both sides of Jack
so So. fi ,gr he o'i9 FORGE TRACT,
2073 3-4 acres. ives: side Of Jacksons river, con.
tanning Clifton Forge aud Furnace. There an
promising appearances Of an abundance Of iron ore
throughout this tract. II has a frontage Of mile
and half on Jaclson's river. and fne wafer
tends to within TWO hundred yards Of Clifton Forge
depot.
site No. /. promising indications OF Iron.
Wilson's creek. This is heavily ,nsered the clss.
apeake ana ONO falreaarnns ihrcash IL anu " sur
f0 Se 4E lSWgGSss Ssso HILL Tn ACT s
wsh essees MS apd NE
ore bank formerly extensively worked Tor ,hs Liii-
ton Forge and Iron probably exists throughout lne
lines AN ore bank has recently been opened by M
Peters for Buffalo furnace; some ten tons are dty
taken from 1t, aud the Gre Is reported % nave Eve
satisfaction. II adtois No. and Is only separaesd
No. s.-TAURMAN TRACT (2Sli acres}, at june
ton of Jnckson's river and CowpaStrre river.
Nos-Os25 acres, and No. [adjoiutngl, "a
scres on the Warm Spring mountain. adjoining TIE
famous holly Ann f,irpace. This, doubtless, coE-
titus the came ores In abundance which have mace
that property SO valuable.
Portions OF these lands have been largely and pro-
f,taiiy worked fer many years as iron property
Tnry are trayersed by the Chesapeake aud Onto rail-
road ard also run along jaekson's river With ne
protected lire OF the James River and kananiIs
canal and with the new liae of the Chesapeake AMI
Ohio railroad to he built down Jacksons river from
Clifton Forge They are heavily timesred, and arr
believed TO abound In extensive deposits OF eScs'-
lent nelnatite ore, being within the limits u me
best part of that formation Of Virginia. tsre kld
ways report to Chesapeake ana Ohio railroad snH
hereport OF Colonel Allen. fled with the rapeie o.
this suit r.,
They contain the nearest known reiiahle deposits
Of iron to the gIeSt hanawha co3i-!eltse, nnt
being more than one hundred miles distant, 6nd WIZ
during The present winter be connected there"i.h
by Tie complexion OF the Chesapeake and ONO rsit-
road, thus Offering rii facilities for tue lnanu
facture vi iron, lot ,ny by the proximity OF uiis
inrxlrrsliblc supply or cheap fuc, bat because "
the ch,n transporr stnn which will necessarily %
Afforded by tn. res iproclty Of the freight between
the coll ana Iron regions.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash In hand sufficient 10 W
fray the expenses OF s,it aud sale; anc rs 10 the
residue In equal % one, two three ioar'
aud i've years, With interest nom the day OF sas,
taking from the purchaser bons!s wtth appsnIS,u
personal security, and rstatning INC ns ~
security. T.. n, yy5s,rr.-HfTsSS " f.
| es ss-t.ts Commissioners,