COMTE TIMBER SALE NOTICE

County: Owen

State:   Indiana

Date:   Friday, November 16, 2012 at 10:00 AM EDT (Spencer time).  Bid opening at the property.

Type of Sale:  Sealed bids. Fifty percent down at contract signing, with balance due by when logging begins.  Buyer will have until December 1, 2013 to remove the timber.

Owner:  Marcel Comte.

Location:  Approximately 2 miles west of Freedom, Indiana, in the N½ of Section 24, T9N5 R6W, Jefferson Township.  From the flashing caution light on Hwy 231/67 in Freedom (between Spencer & Worthington), turn west on the Freedom-Arney Rd. & follow road for approximately 2.8 miles to Clark Orchard Rd. on your left (south).  Turn onto Clark Orchard Rd. and go 0.5 mile to the “T” where Clark Orchard Rd. turns right (west) and Harrington Rd. goes left (east).  Turn right & travel west on Clark Orchard Rd. for 0.75 miles at which point the road dead ends into a gated gravel lane that leads back to the Comte residence.  This gate is the start of the Comte property, which is in front and to your left.  The marked timber is located in the forest that surrounds the Comte residence.  A map & aerial photo is available on request

  

Contact:  Multi‑Resource Management., Inc., 4870 N Park Lane Dr., Petersburg, IN  47567

e-mail:  multiresource@frontier.com

Thom Kinney  812-483-4818 (C)    812-354-6472 (H)

Remarks: Trees are marked with blue paint.  Seller reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.  The owner and their agent make no guarantees of the board feet, number, or quality of trees listed in the timber tally.  Bidders are urged to satisfy themselves as to type, quality, and quantity of timber offered for sale.  Buyer must have an Indiana timber buyer’s license.  Best management logging practices are required during the harvest operation.  Purchaser will be required to carry insurance.  A summary of diameter and volume distributions by species is available upon request.

TIMBER TALLY

SPECIES # OF TREES EST. VOLUME
Red Oak 11 3,854
Black Oak 11 4,067
White Oak 1 558
Walnut 2 209
Tuliptree 51 15,834
Hard Maple 21 3,159
Soft Maple 5 543
Ash 22 3,776
Cherry 2 635
Hickory 15 2,368
Beech 1 72
Elm 3 402
Sycamore 1 175
Sassafras 1 72
Subtotals 147 35,724
Culls 24 No Vol. Figured
TOTALS 171 35,724