Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-12-10


eSeP s7 S Of gu an act OF 8R %
the President Of the United States to Sc the reserved mineral
in the States of Illinois and Arkansas and Territories Of Wisconsin
President of the United States Of America hereby dea
sarr State ILLINOIS AccOusr vALuA
rHERE will be held the aforementioned Land
Offices, said the periods hereinafter designated towit
Land Office DIXON commencing Monday. the fifth
day of April for the disposal Of the public lands within the
following townships and fractional nships.
NORTH 81 e base tae aud Of e fourth P'inersl meridian
twenty-eight fractional
Township twentyegh aud fractional town
township township
S se AND os I. snr Sgs meridian
Fractional townships t~enyseyen twentyegh and twenty
and sanins Of range two
lands within the following sections and parts Of sections viz
Sections eiySo to Ssniin inclusive and sections thirty
inclusive and sections eight Oee Inclusive in township
sections three to nine inclusive sections fifteen peuO
elusive and sections Twenty-Five to irtsiF
four eeren ncusive quar-
of section the north half OF section fourteen and
tons fifteen eighteen inclusive township twelve, Of range
nine.
other purposes will be excluded from sales qnse'
quarter sections covered in whole or in part by those mining
which shall be determined by the day fixed for the
until after the shall have been offered at the public SALE
become subject to private entry and Of such lands as contain
legal will include
such mine mines not less than dollars and fifty cents
/
sales kept open Cunless lsnds
disposed of and onger and private entries Of
land townships fractional townships offered will be
admitted until after the expiration of two weeks from the com
mencement Of said sales
In further the Commits
sioner of the General Land Office publish with this exclamation
brief description of the mineral regions in which these lands e
which he has prepared
official documents and other Of Information
Given under hand the City Of Washington this eighth day
September Domni thousand eight hundred and ory
G,r, n P,ra Scs Of m. snsraf Iand orc
DIXON district embraced in the above proca
States explored by Mr.
Owen the geolog Indiana under
the Treasury Department and in compliance with resolution Of
the House of epres natives 9th February 1882 The able
report this gentleman Published document No. go House
Representatives 26h Congress- shows that these
lands include all the productive and the entire region
which, from observations during his there IS reason to
believe that valuable veins Of readily be found Further
only partially worked odnced upwards of thirty millions pounds
eadhose Of Illinois yielding their full proportion that tbs
whole district if opery mined would yield one hundred and
| fifty millions pounds per annum.
These lands being situated and the Mississippi and feve
transporting the products OF them TO ST. Louis
hundred pounds The soil is of excel
yields abundanty all the products OF that latitude
The lands in the SAWNEETOWN district have not been eN
pored Dixon Recent discoveries have been
made rich Of the suphure OF lead and zinc
OF similar deposes The facilities for manufacturing
being the and
Ohio the metal
in form, transported to all the principal markets at
triAiag cost. JAMES H. flfEh
| Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office
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