Published: October 31, 2009 11:53 pm      

Gorge properties to be sold at auction

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia company will oversee the auction of more than 4,400 acres in West Virginia’s New River Gorge, including timber tracts and hunting grounds.

Woltz & Associates of Roanoke has set the auction for Nov. 14 at Tamarack in Beckley.

President Jim Woltz said Wednesday the land includes more than 10 million board feet of hardwood timber, with tracts ranging from 20 to 797 acres.

Among the parcels to be sold are 1,584 acres in Fayette County near Thurmond, most adjoining the New River Gorge National River.

Another 583 acres in Raleigh County offer more than 2 million feet of timber, while 475 acres in Greenbrier County offer hunting and hardwood.

Another two tracts totaling 1,296 acres have a stream running through the middle.