Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-12-29

Hd'1 - 1esis"dtei Ill VI when Will lie Sutler,
" Tue eAdiiiinauch u those wishing 70 fGIcLase.
JAMES II. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner .. Gen'l Land ONO
Dec. 23-cwl5w
by the President of the United states.
y pursuance OF an act OF Congress, approved
i on the eleventh day Of July. 1916, cLi'ri AN
az, 10 authorize The Pre>den, OF the i Sa;es
10 sell The reserved mineral lands in the states al
Illinois AMI Arkansas, and Territories ii WIS
consin and Iowa, supposed 10 contain leaf az
], JAMES X. POLK, President OF the Unrc,
States OF America, do hereby declare ant n.as.
known, that public sales of The lands nrRrr ;, -
WITHHELD FROM SALE, in he Stale III ILLINOIS
oN ACCOUNT or THE VALUABLE LEAD Nlxts
THEREIN, viii be held a, the aforementioned Land
0tflces, IN said Stale, al the periods hereinafter
designated 10 wil
Al The Land Office At DIXON. commencing
on Aontay The hlh day Of April mex, lor The
disposal Of The public lands within The following
townships and fractional townships, w
Nor'h Of the base iinc ami Eas Al tie jolh
WtRnpcL msyaiaa.
Fractional townships twenty seven, twenty
eight, AM twenty mine, Of range enc
Townships twenty scyen and twenty eight and
lraciona township twenty nine, OF range lwo.
fractional township ;wenty-nine. Of raree .hfee.
The North halt OF township tweEly-scysp,
township twenty eight, and fractional township
twenty niue, ot range hour.
North Of he iosc line, and H;a n he ton,h
grnnt,pQl meyid0a.
Fractional townships tweniy.seven, lwcn.y-
eight and Iwcnty-nine, Of range one
Fractlona townships twenty eight and twenty
nine, ol range two.
A, the Land Office al Shawnerlown, con.
mencing on Monday, The nineteenth day Of Apn
next, Tor the disposal Of The pubic lands within
The following sections, and parts OF sections, VIZ .
South Of The base Inc, ami Eas. If N, third pm
cipal me,id,dag.
Sections trenity-two 10 lreni -ninc, inclusive
and sections hirfytro 10 Hri2 ar, inclusive of
township eleven; sections onc IL fire, inclusive,
and sections c,gh 10 trsirs, inclusive, 10 town
ship twelve, Of range seven.
Sections Myce 10 aue, inclusive, sections NJ
ten 10 fwc7fy.iwO, inclusive, and sections trcn'l
are 10 Mnfvax, inclusive, al township eleven
sections me, tv0 Mrfe the North halt ari
Southeast. quarter OF section four: sections mr.
10 icrca, inclusive; The Southwest quarter Il sec
lion trcre; the North hall OF section ionrf,tn and
sections Efieea 10 eighteen inclusive, in township
twelve, I'll range nire.
Lands appropriated By law Tor The use Of
schools, military, Or other purposes, will he cS-
Guided from The sales; also all quartz, sections
covered in whole or in part br those mining lea
which shall no, be determined by The day tx
ed for In commencement 81 the sales.
Pre-empiion claims Will hot lie allowed 10 any
0. the above lands until after The Same shall have
been offered at the public sale and become sub
Ircl 10 private enIry and all OF such lands as con.
tain mine or mines OF lead ore actually di>cov-
,rpI MI hui l.al ~ -
subdivision or subdivisions as vii. include such
mine or mines, Al not less than TWO dollars and
my cents per acre.
The sales will each be KEEP, open for two weeks.
(nnless The lands are sooner disposci Of } and no
longer; and no private entries Il land in The
townships and fractional townships 50 offered
Will be Admitted until after III, expiration OF two
weeks from The commencement OF said sales
Ia further execution Of the said act | have
caused The Commissioner of the Genera! Land
Office 10 publish with this proclamation a hriel
description Of tie mineral regions in which these
lands lie, and OF The lands now offered Tor sale,
which he has prepared from official documents
and other means of Information.
Given under my hand at The City Of Washing
ton, this eighth day OF September. Ammo Dumini.
one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
BY the President: JAMES X POLK.
JAMES II. PIPER, Acting Commissioner
Of the General Land Othce.
The lands in the DIXON district. embraced in
The above proclamation Of the President Of The
United States, were explored by Mr.. Owen, tie
geolosi,t Of the Stale Of Indiana, under nslinc-
lions from the Treasury Department, and IN com
plianre with resolution OF the House oil Repc.,
scnlarives, passed 9Th February, 1888 The ahic
report al this gentleman, published a docaiaoht
No. 2S9, House Of Representatives frs, session
Of 26lh Congress, shows that these lands INCLUDE
all the productive mines, anil the entire region in
which, from observations during his survey, thee
is reason 10 believe that valuable veins ~ ore
may readily be found Further that in 1889 tie
lead mines Of Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin,
though only partially worked, produced up"a'tS
OF thirty millions pounds al lead-those VI Illinois
yielding their Full pmpouIon-and that the whole
district, il properly mined, would yield one hun
dred and fifty millions ponais per annum.
These lands being situated on ana near the
Mississippi and Fever rivers, the COS, OF liahs-
porting The products Of them 10 ST. Louis is only
about fifteen cents per bundled pounds. Tie soil
is of excellent quality, AMI yields abundanily al
the products oil lha, latitude.
The lands in The STA WNEETOWS district
have not been explored as luIly As those - Dix
on. Recent discoveries have been mace how
ever, Of rich veins Of TIE ulphurei Of lead and
zinc, contiguous 10 and on both sides Of these
lands indicating the existence OF similar Gepo>iIcs
within them. The facilities for manufacturing
white and red lead ale repre senlei rs being am
pie; and as the lands are situated within auou,
seven miles Of the Ohio river, The meal, 10 any
term, can be transported 10 allthe principa mar
kels al trinng cost.
JAMES II. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner OF The General Land or
flee Sept 22-c@Iow
r AW NOTICE-The subscriber, have as