The daily union., 1846-10-27

seeuons hirty-i,1o 10 hiriy-siE inclusive of town
ship eleyeni sections To flee inclusive and sec
tlons sis to itostps inclusive in to wnshp twelve of
range seven, ft.E .e.. E.... .... 40.
Sections three TO nine inclusive, sections Efiesn to
tl0enth0o Inclusive, and sections h0saigfpe TO lir-
trsir inclusive, Of township eleven; sections one
iipO, three, the north half and southeast quarter Of
section fur; sections foe 10 eIsUsa inclusive; the
south quarter Of section ilOeIrsi the north half
OF section fourteen, and sections fifteen 10 eighteen in
elusive, in township twelve, OF range nine
Lands appropriated by law for the use Of schools
military, OF other purposes, will be excluded from
the sslesi also all quarter quarter sections covered
IN whole or IN part by those mining leases which
shall not be determined by the day Fixed for the
commencement Of the sales. ~... : ..n
Presumption claims will not be allowed to any of
the above lands until after the same shall have been
offered at the pubic sale and become subject 10 pr-
Vate entry; and all Of such lands as contain mine
or mines of lead ore, actually discovered and being
worked, will be sold IN such legal subdivision or
subdivisions as will include such mine or mines at
not less than two dollars and ffly cents per acre.
The sales will each he kept open for two weeks
Sunless the lands are sooner disposed off and no
longer and no private entries Of land in the town
ships and fractional townships so offered will be ad-
mitted until after the expiration of two weeks from
The commencement Of said sales. ...t.. ..
la further execution Of the said act have caused
the Commissioner Of the General Land Office TO
publish with this proclamation brief description Of
the mineral regions In which these lands lie and of
the lands now offered for sale which he has pre-
pared from official documents and other means Of
information. '. '
Given under my hand at the city of Washington,
this eighth day Of September, ammo Domini one
thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
JAMES. X. POLK.
By the President: .r.. .| -.
JAMES Ii. PIPER, go. .r... ..
Acnng Commissioned ofthe General Land Office
The lands in the DIXON district, embraced in the
above proclamation Of the President Of the United
States, were explored by Mr.. Owen, the geoogist Of
the Slate Of Indiana, under instructions from the
Treasury Department. and in compliance with a
resolution Of the House Of Representative, passed
9TH February, 1889. The able report Of this gentle
man, published as document No 239, House Of
Representatives, first session Of 10Th Congress,
shows that these lands include ell the prod
mines and the entire region in which, from obseT-
Vatons during his survey there s reason 20 belle
atYaiuabie veins OF ore may readily be found.
Further, that an 1888, the lead mines Of Illinois,
Iowa, and Wisconsin, though only partially worked,
produced upwards Of thirty millions pounds Of lead
those Of Illinois yielding their full proportion-and
that the whole district, II properly mined, would
yield one hundred and fifty millions pounds per
annum.
These lands being situated on and near the Mis-
slssipp and Fever river, the cost Of Transporting
the products Of them to st. Louis Is only about 81
teen cents per hundred pounds. The soil is of ex-
celent quality, and yields sbundantly all the prod
ucts Of that latitude.
The lands in the SHAwNEETOWN distrie,
have not been explored fully as those in Dixon.
Recent discoveries have been made, however Of rich
yeI1s ofth suphuret oflead and zinc contiguous to
and on both sides Of these lands indicating the ex-
lstence Of similar deposiles within them The
facilities for manufacturing white and red lead are
represented as being ample; and as the lands are
situated within about miles Of the Ohio river
the metal in any form, be transported to all the
principal markets at a triAing cost
JAMES II. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
September S-lawts