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sections hrtyHt,0O 10 thirty-sI, inclusive oftown-
ship eleven sections 10 fUs inclusive, ard sec
tons sigh to tiosIps inclusive in township Twelve Of
range seven,
Sections three to nine inclusive, sections fifteen to
h0snft10 Inclusive and sections lceaiy fire to hir
iy-siT inclusive, of township eleven; sections Ons,
hSo, three the north half and southeast quarter Of
section four sections flee TO slsptn inelusiye ,the
southwest quarter Of section itoeips; the north half
of section fourteen, and sections fssn to 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 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 unul after the same shall have been
offered at the public sale and become subject to pr
yate 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, al
not less than two dollars and iny GEMS per acre
The sales will each lie kept open for two weeks,
luness the lands are sooner disposed of and no
longer and no private entries OF land in the town
ships and fractional townships so offered will be ad-
United until after the expiration Of two weeks from
the commencement Of said sales.
Ia further execution ofthe 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 le 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 fory-sx.
JAMES. X. POLK.
By the President
JAMES H. PIPER,
- 4 n
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 ofthe House Of Representatives, passed
9th February, 1889 The able report Of this gentle
man, published document No. 239, House Of
Representatives, first session Of 26th Congress,
shows that these lands include oil the productive
mines, and the entire region ia which, from obser-
yations during his survey, there ID reason To believe
hatyaluable veins Of ore may readily be found.
Further, that in 1883, ne lead mines of iii ois,
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, # properly mined, would
yield one hundred and fifty millions pounds per
annum.
These lands being situated on and near the Mis-
sissppi and Fever rivers, the cost Of Transporting
the products Of them to ST. Louis is only about FL
teen cents per hundred pounds. The soil is Of ex-
cellent quality, and yields abundanty all the prod
ucts Of that latitude.
The lands in the sIAWNEEToWN district
have not been explored fully ~ those in Dixon.
Recent discoveries have been made however, of rich
veius Of the sulphuret ofead and zinc, contiguous
and on both sides Of these lands indicating the ex-
istence OF similar depOsites within them. The
facilities for manufacturing white and red lead are
represented as being ample; and the lands are
situated within about seven Ies Of the Ohio river,
the metal, in any form, be transporedt all the
principal markets at lnling cost.
JAMES II. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
September S-lRwls