Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-02-23
&. M. Cushing & Co.. A~uctioneers
Commissioners Sale
OF
Valuable Mineral Lands |!

BY virtue of a decree of the circuit court
of Augusta county entered on the 18th day
Of June. 1899, in the chancery cause of
Charles Settler against the Blue Ridge
Manganese and Iron Mining Company and
others, the undersigned will, as Commits
sioners therein appointed, proceed to sell
at public auction, III front OF the court
house of Augusta county, in the city of
Staunton, on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1900.
the following valuable tracts or parcels Of
mineral lands. Each of said tracts will be
sold separately, unless a sale of all of them
in the lump or aggregate bring a price
which will pay all the debts of said COM
pany as stated in the reporto OF Master Com
missioner ]. NJ. Kinney flied in the above
entitled cause on May The 18th, 1889, to-
gether with the cost Of suit, the unpaid tax
es due on the said pieces or parcels of land.
The first of said tracts or parcels OF land
containing 281 acres, and Is known as The
Blue Bank" tract, it being the same tract
conveyed by Juette Vines and wife to
Mabel r. Lightner, by deed dated February
4th, 1888, Inc recorded in County Clerks
Office ID. B. lie, page 400, and subsequent
ly conveyed by Mabel T. Lightner and hus-
band to the Blue Ridge Manganese and
Iron Mining Company, by deed dated jan
uary 14th, 1897, and recorded in the County
SOuIbS NAcIA . OLuCc ~. ID. Loo, page Los.
b second tract or parcel of a con-
tains 1871 acres. and is known as the Hi
serman tract" n Is the same tract or par
Gel of land conveyed to the Blue Ridge
Manganese and Iron Mining Company by
the heirs of Daniel HiSerman by deed dated
September 14th, 1896, and duly recorded In
the County Courts Clerks Office in ID. B.
IL page 153.
On the last mentioned tract there has
been mined. and Is upon the ground sever
al hundred tons OF valuable minerals.
which said minerals will be sold along with
the said last mentioned fisherman tract"
The third tract OF parcel Of land contains
about 400 acres, n 10 known as the
Shields tract" and 10 the same piece or
parcel OF land conveyed to the Blue Ridge
Manganese and Iron Mining Company by
George A. and VIM. b. Shields. executors
OF John A. Shields, deceased, by deed
dated October 18th. 1897, and duly recorded
In the County Court Clerks Office in D. B.
127, page 259.
Each and all of the aforesaid pieces or
parcels of real estate are said to be valua-
Bile as mineral lands, but have only been
partially developed, and each Of them
make a GOOD show, from the small devel-
opment heretofore made.
TERMS OF SALE In the event that |
all OF said pieces or parcels of real estate
together with the Manganese mined and |
on the ground on the Fisherman tract"
are sold together, the purchaser shall pay
enough cash In hand to pay the cost Of
suit anc sale, including the premium on
the bonds of the Receiver, and bonded
Commissioner In this cause, together with
the taxes which were due, at the time of
the institution Of the aforesaid Chancery
cause. and which have since become due
upon each Of the aforesaid parcels or pieces
OF land, and the residue on four equal an
nnQ1 incfa III M an4c - b. A-I1.- r. H. /
bonds of the purchaser, bearing date on
the day of sale with interest from said date, |
n with good personal security thereon
failing due respectively, one, two, three
and four years from date, and the title re-
tanned as ultimate security.
In the event the said pieces or parcels OF
land should be sold separately, each pur-
chaser will be required to make a pro rata
cash payment of the cost of suit, sale,
taxes and premium on bonds as aforesaid
with any other purchaser or purchasers of
either or any of the other tracts sold on
said day, and for the balance ON his pur-
chase execute bonds for said balance or de-
rerred payments, dated as of the date of
sale, with interest from said date with
good personal security thereon, falling
due respectively, one, two, three and four
from date, and the title retained for
ultimate security.
TURNER K. HACKMAN,
JNO. B. COCHRAN.
JAMES BUMGARDNER, Jr.,
Commissioners.
Clerks ONCE of the Circuit Court of Augusta
County, to-wit:
l, Jos. B. Woodward, Clerk Of the Court
do certify that Turner K. Hackman
has executed the o required by decree OF
sale IN the chancery cause of ChaS. Settler
&C. vs.. Blue Ridge Manganese and Iron Min
ing Company, &C., now pending in said
o.