Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-01-25

PUBLIC SALE
OF THE VALUABLE
CAT0CTIN FURNACE PROPERTY
AND PERSONAL PROPERTY CON-
NECTED HEREWITH IN FREDER.
lex COUNTY. MARYLAND.
By virtue OF the authority and under the
terms of the Order OF the Honorable Thomas
]. Norris, Judge of the United States Dis
trict Court, for the District of Maryland, in
Bankruptcy, and passed on the date Novem-
Der 9th, in the year 1905, and in the supple.
mental Order ofsard Court, passed on the
date December 18th. in the year 1905, In the
cause wherein Frank Portner, ct al, are the
plaintiffs, and the Blue Mountain Iron and
Steel Company of Baltimore City, corpor-
alton, is the defendant, and being No. 1OSS,
Bankrupts, in Bankrupt Docket "E' in said
Court, we, the undersigned, Trustees IN
Bankruptcy, will offer at public sale, on the
premises, ut the office building at "Catoctin
Furnace" in Frederick County, Maryland,
on
Monday. February 10, 1906,
beginning at the hour Of IL O'Clock, noon, all
the real estate of which the Blue Mountain
Iron and Steel Co. of Baltimore City, was
seized and possessed At the time Of the filing
of the Petition in Bankruptcy againts 1t, and
which has come into the possession Of said
trustees.
Said real estate consists Of the quantity OF
1867 acres Of land,
more or less, situated, lying and being in
Mechanicstown, Lewistown, Hauvers and
Catoctin Districts in Frederick County,
Maryland, and being all the real estate as de-
scribed in the Deed from Harry P. Gorsuch.
ct al, Receivers, to Ernest Sharp dated Apr
IL 18th, 1899, and recorded in Liber D. Fl. h.
Ne. 8, folio Ga, etc, one Of the Land Rec
ords of Frederick County, Maryland. This
property is commonly known as the Catoc-
tin Iron Works, was formerly owned BY Col.
John Baker Kunkcl, and is located about IL
miles north from Frederick and about 3
miles south from Thurmont which is ON the
Western Maryla Railroad, with which
place 1t is connected by means of the Mo-
nocacy Valley Railroad, about 8 miles in
length.
This property is improved with.
(a) A Coke Furnace with former capac'
ity of about 40 tons per day.
10y A large frame store and office building.
(c) A large two story well built IS room
dwelling house, with necessary outbulldings.
(N Carpenter and blacksmith shops, car
riage, lumber and cornhouses, stables for ~
horses etc.
lev About go tenement houses for the use
of the employees about and ut the furnace,
There are on these lands, large deposits OF
hematite iron ore which are readily access
ible, have long been mined, and are believed
TO be practically incxhaustible. The ore is
of excellent quality, in close proximity TO
the furnace, to which it is carried by Stand
ard Guage track about one mile in length
from the large ore banks.
A deposit of magnetic iron ore ofsupposed
great richness has been traced for two miles
upon the property:-These deposits OF mag
nctic ore are undeveloped further than by u
number of shallow shafts, but there is be-
licved to be large deposit of this ore.
There are also believed to be on these
lands large beds of ochres and umbers OF
rich shades, and of superior quality, capa-
BILE of being mined and prepared at very
low cost.
There are also large quantities CT pure
white flint upon The property, quarry OF
which is now open.
Large quantities of fine chestnut timber
with some locust and poplar trees are upon
the greater portion Of this large tract Of
land.
About 1000 acres of this land is subject to
TWO annuitics of $500 each in favor of Mary
Catherine Kunkel and Amelia Frances Kun
KEEL, under the will Of john Kunkel, deccas-
ed.
Many thousands of carloads of Stag or fur
mace refuse are also on the property, aud
which is valuable and easily sold at agood
profit for railroad ballast
Little Hunting creek runs through the
property, aud is believed to be capable OF
furnishing q water power of about 1900
horsepower at the furnace for electrical or
other purposes.
This property will be offered as whole,
and should command the attention Of iron
producers and users throughout the country.
1t is a valuable property, and can be made to
yield large returns for investment of capital.
A plat of the property can be seen by ap.
plication to the Trustees.
| Immediately after the sale of the real es-
tate. the Trustees will also offer at public
sale, many articles of personal property on
the premises, includinga
BARNHART IMPROVED, STYLE "a"
Il YARD STEAM SHOVEL,
made by Marion Steam Shovel Co., large
ORE JIG AND WASHER
made by the McLanahan Stone Machine Co.,
and numerous other articles.
TERMS OF SALE of the Real Estate,
One Third Cash Money at the time of the
sale, or ratification thereof by the Court, the
residue in two equal annual payments, the
purchaser or purchasers giving his, her or
their promissory notes for the deferred pay
ments, bearing interest from the ratification
of the sale, and with sureties approved by
the trustees, or all cash at the option OF the
purchaser.
A each deposit, or certified check, in the
.rno nj e6 OlO will he required from the pur