Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-11-13
BY the President of the United States,

by the President Of the United States.
\ On nqEBssuance o! an act Of Congress, approved
IAN act 10 authorize he 3raAE 1916. entitled
States 10 sell The reserved mineral lands III The
States OF illinois and Arkansas, and Terrorieso
Wisconsin and Iowa, supposed 10 contain lead
ore" /, JAMES X. POLK, President ot The
United States OF America, do hereby declare and
make known, that public sale will be held al
the Land Office a, DUBUQUE, in The Terrific
~ OF IOWA, commencing on Monday, The
eighth day OF March nexi for the sale cf The
public lands heretofore withheld from sale on
account OF the valuable lead mines therein, with.
in the following townships and fractional town.
ships. known as the rich Lead Mine District 10
wit
North of The base llne, and East Of The fhh prin-
eipci meridian.
Townships eishly-eiehl, eighty-nine and nine
iy,and fractional township ninely-one Orange one
Township eishiy-eisht, and fractional town.
ships eghy-nine, ninety and ninety-one, OF range
Two.
Township eighty. and fractional town.
ships eighty eight and eighty nine Of range three
Fractional townships eishly-seven and eighty
eight, OF range four
Fractional township eighty seven, OF range five.
.Nor,i Of The base iinc, and Uca ofMe I'm pyin,-
Township NINETY, and fractional township nine
ly-one, OF range one.
Fractional townships ninety-onc, nineiy-two
and ninety-ihree, OF range two.
Township Eine,y-lWo Of range three.
Lands appropriated by law Tor the use Of
schools military and other purposes, will be ex-
cluded from sale; also, all quarter quaIier Sec
lions covered in whole, or in part, by those mi
ming leases, which shat mol be determined by The
Ia; fixed for The commencement of these sales.
Pre-emption claims will not BE- allowed 10 any
uf the above lands, until after they have been OIL
tered al public sale, ana become subjectlo private
entry; and all 0! such lands as contain a 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 fifty cents per acre.
The sale will he kept open for two weeks (un-
less the lands are sooner disposed ol) and no
longer; and no private entries OF land in The town.
ships and fractional townships so offered will be
admitted until after the expiration Of two weeks
from the commencement Of said sale
In further execution of the said act | have
caused The Commissioner OF The General Land
Office 10 publish with this proclamation a brief
description oflhe mineral regions in which these
lands lie, and of the lands now offered for sale,
which he has prepared from official documents
and other means Of Information.
Given under my hand al lie city of Washing
lon this fifth day Of September, Ammo Domini
one thousand eight hundred and foriysix.
By the President JAMES K. POLK.
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, are believed 10 contain the richest
mines OF lead that have yet been di>corered The
ore Welding about eighty per cent. o. pure metal.
Copper, also, has been found in his region in con-
siderable quantities.
Great advantages are said 10 exist for The ma
nufacture of lead in various forms, particularly
into siot, the river banks being So elevated as 10
require little or no expense in the erection Of
towers; and The ore, from its great purify, may be
manufactured into shot by the first smelling.
The location Of these mines beng near The
Mississippi river, affords great facilities oil trans
por,alon, the average cost Of which 10 Saint
Louis is abou, fifteen cents per hundred pounds
The soil is represented as being unusually fertile,
producing all the small grains in great abun-
dance, and furnishing excellent range for canlei
thus presenting equal inducements 10 The aericul-
tnrist and The miner.
The DUBUQUE mines in fractional town.
ships eighly-eight, eighly-nine, and ninety, Of
range Two East, situated on the banks OF the Mis-
sissippi, arc considered the most important; the
DURANGO mines in townships cishiy-nine and
ninety, OF range one East. are The next in value;
and the CATTESE mines in fractional township
lightweight, of range three East, also on the
river, are The third. Other mines have been dis
covered in this region and it is very probable
that future explorations will bring 10 ligh, others
as rich and productive as any now known.
JAMES H. PIPER.
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Of
fee Sept. 22-cwlsw