Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-02-01

w WIN uV"SUSS
AND PERSONAL PROPERTY CON-
NECTED THEREwITH IN FREDER.
lex COUNTY. MARYLAND.
BY virtue OF the authority and under the
terms of the Order of the Honorable Thomas
J. Morris, 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 ofsaid 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. 1923,
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, 1905,
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 a, the time OF the filing
of the Petition in Bankruptcy againts II, and
which has come into the possession Of said
trustees.
Said real estate consists of the quantity of
lO.R17 acres of land.
more or less, situated, lying and being in
Mechanicstown, Lewistowu, Hauvers and
Catoctin Districts in Frederick County,
Maryland, and being AL the real estate IS de
scrlbcd in the Deed from Harry P. Gorsuch,
ct al, Receivers, to Ernest Sharp dated Apr
il l7,h, 1859, and recorded in Lber d. H. Il
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 Kunkel, and is located about IL
miles north from Frederick and about 0
miles south from Thurmont which is ON the
Western Maryland Railroad, with which
place 1t is connected by means Of the No
aocacy Valley Railroad, about . miles In
length.
This property is improved with.
(a) A Coke Furnace with former capac
lty 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 "utbul.dings
(D Carpenter and black smith shops, car
riagr, lumber and cornhousea, stables for 80
horses etc.
10, About 90 tenement H. uses 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 inexhaus,ible. The ore is
of excellent quality, in close proximity 10
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 OF supposed
great richness has been traced for two miles
upon the prorerty:-These deposits OF mug
| netc ore are undeveloped, further thar. by n
number of shallow shafts, but there is be-
lieved to be large deposit of tins ore.
There are also believed to be on these
lands large beds of ochrcs and umbers o
rich shades, and of superior quality, capa-
bic of being mined aud 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 tins large tiuct o.
| land.
About 1000 acres of this land is subject tC
two annuItirs of $500 each in favor Of Mary
Catherine Kunkel and Amelia Frances Kun'
kel, 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 good
profit for railroad ballast.
Little Hunting creek runs through the
property, aud is believed to be capable OF
fu, nishing a water power of about 1000
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.
It is valuable property, and can be made I"
yield large returns for investment Of capital
A plat of the property Can be seen by APP
plicatiOn to the Trustees.
Immediately after the sale Of the real es'
tate, the Trustees will also offer al public
sale, many articles of personal property on
the premises, includinga
BARNHART IMPROVED, STYLE "a"
14YARD STEAM SHOVEL,
made by Marion Steam Shovel Co, large
ORE JIG AND WASHER
made by the McLanahan Stone Machine Co.,
and numerous other articles.