The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-09-08
Nv the President of the United states.


by the President Of the United states.
IN pursuance Of an act of Congress, approved
i on the eleventh day Of July, 1876, entitled san
act TO authorize the President Of the United States 10
sell the reserved mineral lands in the States Of lii
nois and Arkansas, and Territories of Wisconsin
and Iowa. supposed 10 contain lead ore |,
JAMES X. POLK, President of the United States
of America, do hereby declare and make known
that public sales of the lands heretofore toihed from
sale the State ofiLLlNolS, on account Of the paI-
bic lead mines therein, will be held at the undermen-
toned land Offices, in said State, at the periods
hereinafter designated, TO wit;
At the land Office at DIXON, commencing on
MONDAY, the fifth day OF April next, for the dis
posal of the public lands within the following town
ships and fractional townships, viz:
North Of The base line and east Of the fourth priae
pal meridian.
Fractional townships twenty-seven, twenty
eight and twenty-nine, of range one.
Townships twenty-seyen and twenty-eght, and
fractional township twenty-nine, Of range two.
Townships twenty-seyen and twenty eight, and
fractional township twenty-nine, OF range three,
The north half Of township twenty seven, town.
ship twenty-eght, and fractional township twenty
nine, Of range four
North ofhs base line and ,osst Of the fourth principal
meridian.
Fractional TOWNSHIP s wenty seven, twenty-eight,
and twenty-nlne, 'of range one.
Fractional townships twenty-eight and twenty
nine, ofrange two.
Al the land Office at SHAWNEEToWN,
commencing on Monday, the nneteeth day Of
April next for the disposal Of the public lands with
in the following sections, and parts of sections,
viz;
South cfths base line and east chs third principal me
ridian.
Sections h0snty-t,0O to hssniy-nins, inclusive, and
sections hirty-tDo TO hrty-sir, inclusive of town.
ship eleyen sections one TO fus inclusive, and sec
tons eight to hosUs inclusive in township twelve, of
range seven.
Sections three To nine inclusive sections fifteen to
hosnyrtl1o inclusive, and sections h0sniy.fpe to hir
ty-siE inclusive, of township eleven; sections one,
iioO, three, the north half and southeast quarter Of
section four sections fire TO eLsusn inclusiye the
south west quarter of section iioeus; the north half
Of section FOURTEEN and sections fifteen to eighteen in
elusive, in township twelve, Of range nine.
Lands appropriated by law for the use Of schools,
military, or other purposes, will be excluded from
the sales 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.
Presumption claims will not be allowed to any Of
the above lands until after the same shall have been
offered at the public sale and become subject TO 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 fifty cents per acre.
The sales will each te kept open for two weeks,
(unsss the lands are sooner disposed Of and no
longer and no private entries Of land in the town
ships and fractional townships offered will be ad-
mltted until after the expiration Of two weeks from
the commencement Of said sales.
In further execution of the said act, have caused
the Commissioner of the General Land Office to
publish with this proclamation brief description OF
fha in kt.h l., L.. -
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
JAMES II. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner of the 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 geologist of
the State of Indiana, under instructions from the
Treasury Department, and in compliance with a
resolution Of the House of Representatives, passed
9Th February, 1889 The able report of this gentle
man, published as document No. 239, House of
Representatives, first session of 26th Congress,
shows that these lands include all the productive
mines, and the entire region in which, from obser-
'oo"o uuiihs HIS survey, Hiefe Is reason 10 DeieVe
that valuable veins of ore may readily, be found.
Further, that 10 1899, 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, if properly mined, would
yield one hundred and fifty millions pounds per
annum.
These lands being situated on and near the Mis-
slssipp and Fever rivers, the cost of transporting
the products Of them to st. Louis is only about f-
teen cents per hundred pounds. The soil is of ex-
ceent quality, and yields abundanty all the prod
ucts Of that latitude.
The lands in the S1AWNEETOWN district
have not been explored as fully As those in Dixon.
Recent discoveries have been made however, of rich
veins of the suphuret oflead and zinc contiguous to
and on both sides of these lands indicating the ex-
lstence of similar deposies 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, can be transported to all the
principal markets at trifing cost
JAMES II. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office
September 8-lawl2w