The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
RANERUprcY TRUSTEES PUBLIC SALE

I OF the valuable "Catoctin Furnace" Property
and Personal Property Connected There
with, in Frederick County, Marylaud.
BY virtue of the authority and under the
terms OF the order of the Hon. Thomas j.
] Morris, Judge of the United States District
Court for the District Of Maryland in Bank
1 ruptcy. and passed on the date November s.
/ IN me year 1908, and in the supplemental
oraer OF said court, passed ON the date De.
/ cemher y, in the year 1928. in the case
wherein Frank Portner, ct al, are the plain
/ uIS ana the Blue Mountain Iron and Steel
company of Baltimore City, a corporation
! IS the defendant, and being No lO.S. Bank
/ rupls. In Bankrupt Docket IF" in said court
we. me undersigned, Trustees in bankruptcy,
VIII offer at public sale, on the premises al
me Office Building, at CatOctim Furnace in
FREDERICK County, Maryland. on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, in the year 1906
beginning at the hour of y o'clock noon. all
lhe real estate of which the Blue Mountain
! Iron and Steel Company of Baltimore CITY
was seized and possessed at the time of the
/ ming OF the petition in bankruptcy against
IT, ana which has come into The possession of
Sald trustees.
SAID real estate consists of the quantity of
1866 ACRES OF LAND,
more or less, situated lying and being in Nc
| chanlcStown, I.ewi>t1wn, Hauvers and Catoc.
TN Districts in Frederick County, MARYLAND
ana Deng all the real estate as described i'm
the deed from Harry z. Gursuch, ct al Re.
celyers' TO Ernest sharp, dated April Il, 1929,
ana recorded in Liber d II. II, No. g. folio
ga, etc, one of the land records of Frederick
U"uH.S MARY lahu. rms property is com
monty known as the Catocun Iron Works.
was formerly owned by Col. John Baker
l\unkel, and is located about u miles nomh
nom Frederick, and about 3 miles south
Nartlrrd B.,iI " 'i ~, n On Tue eSleih
nectcd by means of the Monocacv Vall,v
Railroad, a bout three miles i'm length
This property is improved with;
(a) A COKE FURNACE, with a former
capacity of about 40 tons per day.
thl A Iarge ZIP VII, ,ropL, ~, ,r,,,,,.,-
BIJILDING '''' = ~ - VT ~ \
(cl A large t,vostnr,, ,rou.h,,il+ ,e 49,,
DWEIIJNG HOiiSE win ,".,n.' ~ iooiii
buildings. ''' ''''"'S "''
- .
SHOPS CARR1Arf "I' fT,i ~ ~ > M II
HOUSES. STABI rs f,r RI %nrsnS '.du N'T'N
lol A,,, 10 nus, nv. 49, u.o.
,, 81 az in"ut w I+> aAlENI HOUSES for the
use OF the employees boutand at the furnace
lnefe are on these lands large deposits of
hGIl"ille IRON ore, which are readily acceS-
sslulc' nav lollS D'eh mined and are believed
f PIio,,, @ lntNhaustlble The ore is
Grr ~ ~ ~ N'ose proximity 10 the
guage track about one mic iGS io,t dnI l
the large ore banks "a i'"s'h "o'i
A dcnostt of r,,gnoti,, i,o,, ,,,a r,
great richness has beon tracnd e. ~ - ~ PpUITcu
upon the property. These depoSitS Of tnn9,,
lDtAo fttrfI,
number of shallow SHAFTS bnt tbnro ~ 'bo
/ leved to be a large dennsit of ira 90 - NC
,rl,,.,. o,,. 49,, 1T, ''l''
lor,,o bal "'S C orticNeu 10 ne on tlese lands
lhigG oeuS OF ochreS and umbers of rich
bi,S ;",' w., VI q SUPERIOR quailly, capable of
'eans mn I" anu prepared AT very low cost.
There are also large quantit cS of nure
| white flint upon the property, a quarry which
is now open.
Large quantities of fine cIos+,,,. .i,,,,..
with some locust and poplar tree" are mOo,,
. a..
About = ooo ,.. 80 az, ~ '"''''
~ So "i thlS ANA IRE subject to
Cotboriio - ". E'oo 5'Sn, IN favor OF Mary
ID I IN ti, anu AH1Ia RANGES Kun
- "'i"o' '''e van vi Johh huhkel, deceased
Many thousand carloads of Stag or furnace
refuse are also on the property, and which is
railroad ballast.
Little Hunting Creek runs tbropob tho
propertv aud Is believad 10 No m ny ny
furnishing wafer power of abont S 66o Oh
power at the rnrnora for nIoctri 800 ilo U.s. -
purposes. ~ - ''''o' ''' ''e'''i''' OF o'her
This property will be offered as a whole,
producers and users throughout the country try
Yiei Is a su%De properly and can be made to
a plat of the property can be seen by appli.
'%,lol 10 'he .rus'ees,
the trustees viii also offer at public sale many
including BarnharJ mpnr3v ed US 1St pielSGS
ttStt,ya l steam li, N Shovel made by Marion
Washer, made by The McLanahan stone Ma
Terms of Sale of the Real ESIate One tSTrd
t;n ihnys a. s ~. Ie o. ,the saie or ratllca-
equal annual payments, the purchaser or pur
notes for the deferred payments, bearing in.
win smrntio .io a ~ .k ~ sme sae am
cash, at the option OF the purchaser.
a cash deposit or certified check in the sum