The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-02-11

aalss, So.
tlesEIs safe Of q Valuable
/ Yron Property.
i'm Augusta County, va.


The undersigned Commissioners, in pursuance OF
decree Of the Circuit Court OF Angus county va;
fogether.) in which DefHnead Son, Raymond a
paaintirs. and tie Buf.o Gap IRON and steel Com
parry and others, Defendants, Will seiiat paphc auc-
.iou, on
NHsDAY, the srd day OF MARCH. 1875.
at BUFFALO GAP, in the aforesaid county, al the
REAL ESTATE
of above named Con',arv. Said Real Estate embrs-
ees tract OF
s,. MINERAL LAND
containing about 1850 acres with
TWO VALUABLE IRON FURNACES
thereon; aud FARM of about $50 acres. These two
narcels of and will be sold separately
The Mineral tract lies in and around depression
in the North Mountain range, through which the
.Ia ain The Veins Of ore on this land have been
mt partially developed, owias to the TACT that tne
Furnace heretofore operated on it was plentifully
enpnlied with good ore from the neighborhood, de-
vered at the Furnace, at an average price OF Szoo
PC Comnetent mineralogists and miners who have
examined the openings made On the property, ex-
press the opinion that ore exists ON it in very large
There are euarries Of good limestone on the land ;
md much of it is well timbered.
THE FURNACES
are Immediately the Chesapeake Ohio Railroad a.
miles from the Coal fields OF West Virginia. which
are traversed by said road They are ten miles west
FuNRACE No / has been in blast several years
and has operated we'll. No. is entirely neT. m
deed not quite completv; hut the materials TOT us
completion on hand and the work can be gone
in few days go
Zach of them has on it an Iron Jacket stack built
scros. the bosh, to which is connected Player Aot
oven No Q is 20 feet high. 10 feet across the besh
with Raymond Campbell Hot oven.
vhera are three Cylinder Boilers 40 feet long, three
-eet in diameter and in excellent condition, a 80
norS e p pc makg polsds Of blast to the
inch and complete order, two water taaas win
ranacity OF 5000 gallons, supplied from never
sailiup stream steam fire donkey engine connected
with several hundred feet Of gun nose and az two ca
sining kilns. in fine, the Furnaces are, IN all re-
Around them is village of IS or 50 houses en-
braeine handsome and spacious managers resi-
dence offices. storehouSes, shops, labofefs hSases
and neat chapel,
h.re1nbefore mentioued adioins the tract Of Miner
al land II is well watered and tilnbered and is very
nrodnctiye improvements consist OF a large
BRICK DWELLING,
Grjst Mill Saw Riill, Tenants Houses large Barn
and all the other out-houses usually 1ouno on Soeo
farm in the Valley OF Virginia s'4&
Parties proposing to buy, are invited to examine
aforesaid property before the gay o. se a.
8uffalo Gap will take pleasure IN showing the prop
erty and the undersghed t noasnre ~
answering inquiries concerning the saihe'
AT the same time and place will be sold whatever y
PERSON T., PROPERTY Tue DllldiO 0ap Ahoi'
sseeI Company may have on their premises at But
fao Gap.
TERMS on which the aforesaid property will be
sold are as follows: Ten per cent. OF the pur-
chase money will be required in cash. fifteen pei
cent in four months, and the balance in three equal
instruments from the day Of SALE with inter
.ost from the last named day. For all deferred IN
stalments of purchase money the purchaser VIII DC
reesx tired TO give bonds with approved per- ona Sc
surity and the title will be withheld as ultimate Sc
surity. 49, =. ooorYD.N T,
THOS. C. ELDER,
;,,e1 +5a Comrs of Sale.