The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-09-15


sections hbiy-hoO TO ihirty-sr, inclusive Of TOWN
ship eleyeni sections to five inclusive and sec
tons eight TO iscttDs inclusive in township twelve, OF
range seven.
Sections three to nine inclusive, sections fifteen TO
tlceni-t1O inclusive, and sections hpentyfre 10 h-
ty-sir inclusive, Of township eleven; sections one
iioo, three, the north half and southeast quarter o.
section four sections fire 10 slfUsn inclusive the
southwest quarter of section iosius; the north halt
Of section fourteen, and sections fifteen TO eighteen III
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 salesi also all quarter quarter secoRs covered
IN whole or IN part by those mining leases which
shall not be determined by the day liked for Iht
commencement of the sales.
Presumption claims will not be allowed to any OF
the above lands until after the shall nave been
offered at the pubic sale and become subject prl.
vate entryi 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 ffy cents per acre.
The sales will each lie kept open for two weeks,
unless 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 adj
United 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
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
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 geologst 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, 1888 The able report Of this gentle
man, published as document No. 49, House OF
Representatives, first session Of 18th Congress,
shows that these lands include all the productive
mines, and the entire region in which, from obser-
vauons during his survey, there is reason to believe
that. yauable veins of ore may readily be found.
Further, that in 1889, the lead mines of Iii OILS
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, 4 properly mined, would
yieId one hundred and hfy millions pounds per
annum.
! These lands being situated on and near the Mis-.
sssippi and Fever rivers, the cost OF transporting
the products Of them to ST. Louis is only about ii
teen cents per hundred pounds. The soil is Of ex.
cellent quality, and yields abundanty all the prod
ucs Of that latitude.
The lands In the SIIAWNEETOWN district
have not been explored as fully IA those in Dixon.
Recent discoveries have been made however, of rich
veins OF the suphuret of lead and zinc contiguous 10
and on both sides of these lands indicating the ex-
lstence OF similar deposites within them. The
facilities for manufacturing white and red lead are
represented as being ample and as the lands are
situated within about seven miles Of the Ohio river
the metal, In any form, can be transported to all the
principal markets at a trifing cost.
4 JAMES III. PIPER,
I Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office
September S-laWl2w