The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-12-19
nv the Prs.ldent OF the Unitsd statss.

TN pursuance of act of Congress, approved ON the
the President Of the United States sell reserved
eralands in States OF Illinois and Arkansas. and Terri
/. JAMES K. POLK, President Of the United States Of
America do hereby declare and make known that pub
Territory Of Iowa, commencing on MONDAY, the eighth
day of March next for the sale of the public land, hereto
mines therein within the following townships and frac.
tonal townships, known the rich lead mine district,
North of the base Gns aud east Of the f prinepal nsida~
Townships eighty,eight, eghy-nine, and ninety, and
snS ewnhp. eighty
nine, ninsey' and ninety d o. range two
eight and eighty mine, of range three.
Fractional townships eighy-seven and eighyegh, Of
Fractional township eighty seven, of range FIVE
North of the base line and Of the f principal meridian
Township ninety, and fractional township nney-one, Of
fractional townships nnetyone, nney-two, and ninety
three, OF range two. +. ...u. ~ .anrI
L@nds "Pproprs,ed BY law Sr he use of schools militia
y, and other purposes viii be excluded from sale; also all
those mining leases which shall be determined by the
day fixed for the commencement Of these sales
above lands until after they have been offered at public
sale, and become subject private entry and all Of such
covered and being worked win be sold in such legal sub
division subdivisions will include such mine mines,
at not less than dollars and fifty cents per y
The sale will be kept open for weeks tunless the
lands sooner disposed of and longer and no private
offered will be admitted until after the expiration Of
weeks from the commencement of said sale. p
In further execution of the said act, have caused the
Commissioner the General Land Office publish with
this proclamation brief description of the mineral regions
which these lands le and OF the lands offered for
SALE which he has prepared from official documents and
other means of information.
Given under my hand the city of Washington, this
fifth day OF September, Domini, thousand
- JAMES X. POLK
BY the Presidents ~ a . .-. ~
JAMES H. PIPER, ~
.' Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office.
The lands in the mineral regions embraced in the above
proclamation of the President of the United States be-
been discovered yielding about eighty per cent Of
pure metal Copper also has been found in this region in
considerable quantities. a - /, t,
Great advantages said exist for the manufacture
lead FORMS particularly into shot, the river banks
being elevated require little expense in the
be manufactured into shot by the first smelling. w.
The location of these mines being the Mississippi
river affords facilities of transportation, the average
cost of which ST. Louis is about fifteen cents per hundred
pounds The soil is represented being unusually fertile
producing all the small grains great abundance, and fur
nshing excellent range for cattethus presenting equal in
ducements to the agriculturist and the miner. \
The DUBUQUE mines in fractional townships eghy eight
eightyine, and ninety, OF range two east situated on the
the Mississippi considered the most important
of range east the in values and the CATTEsE
mines in fractional township eighyeiglt OF range three
east also the river, the third Other mines have
been discovered in this region and is probable that
future explorations will bring light others rich and pro-
ductive any now known. IL. - VI
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Sent. B. lSt6-law 2tw 4. b. F.