Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-12-29
PUBLIC LAND SALES.
BY the President of the United STATE,

By the PRESIDENT OF the United States
TN pursuance OF an act of Congress, approved
i on the eleventh day Of July 1876 entitled,
An act 10 authorize the President OF the United
States 10 sell The reserved mineral lands n the
States oil Illinois and Arkansas, and Territories OF
Wisconsin and Iowa, supposed 10 contain lead
ore" JAMES K. POLK, President OF the
United States OF America, do hereby declare and
make known, that public sale will be held a,
the Land Office at DUBUQUE, in The Terrific
ry OF IOWA, commencing on Monday, the
eighth day Of March next for The sale q the
public lands heretofore withheld from sale on
account oil The valuable lead mines therein, with.
in The following townships aud fractional town.
ships, known as the rich Lead Mine District 10
wit
North Of the base line, and East of the Gflh win-
eipal meridian
Townships Lightweight, eighly-nine and nine
tyand fractional Township ninely-one, Orange one
Township eighty eight and fractional town.
ships eighty-nine, ninety and nnely-one, Of range
two.
Township eighty.seven, and fractional town.
ships eighly-eight and eighty -nine Of range three
Fractional townships eishty-seven and eighty
eight, OF range four.
Fractional township eishty-seven, oil range five.
NorM Of The base iane, anil Vest ofMe I'm prin-
cipal meridian.
Township ninety, and fractional township nine
ty-one, OF range one.
Fractional townships ninely-one, nineiy-lwo
and ninety-hree, of range Two.
Township ninety-lWo, ul range three.
Lands appropriated BY law Tor The use Of
Schools military and other purposes, will be ex-
cluded from sale; Also all quarter quarter Sec
tons covered in whole, or in part, BY those mi
ming leases, which shall not be determined by The
day fixed for the commencement OF these sales.
Prescription claims will not be allowed to any
OF The above lands, unit alter they have been Of
tered al public sale, and become subject 10 private
entry; and all oil 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 moi less than Two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
The sale will he kept open for Two weeks Jun
less the lands are sooner disposed oily and no
longer; and no private entries OF land in the town.
ships and fractional townships 50 offered will be
admitted until after the expiration Of two weeks
from The commencement oi said sale.
In further execution of the said acl, | have
caused the Commissioner OF the General Land
Office 10 publish with This proclamation a brief
description ofhe mineral regions in which these
lands lie, and of the lands now offered for sale,
which ne has prepared iiom official documents
and other means Of Information.
Given under my hand al the city Of Washing
ion, this filth day Of September, Ammo Domini,
one thousand eight hundred and iony.six
BY The President: JAMES 4. POLK.
JAMES II. PIPER, Acting Commissioner
OF the General Land Office.
The lands in the mineral regions, embraced in
the above proclamation oi The President OF The
U0i,ed States, are believed 10 conta in The richest
mines OF lead that have vet been discovered; The
oreyieIding abou, eighty per cent. oil pure metal.
Copper, also, has been found in this region 10 con-
siderable quantities.
Great advantages are said 10 exist for the ma
nufaclure Of lead in various FORMS particularly
into slot, The river banks being So elevated as 10
require little or no expense in The erection Of
lowers; ana The ore, from lis great purify, may be
manufactured into snol by Inc FIRST smelling.
The location OF these mines being near The
Mississippi river, affords great facilities Of Trans
poralion, the average cost OF which 10 Saint
Louis is about fifteen cents per hundred POUNDS
The soil is repre- senled as being unusually fertile
producing all the small grains in great abnn-
dance, and furnishing excellent range Tor cauIe;
thus presenting equal inducements 10 The agricul.
turisl and The miner.
The DUBUQUE mines in fractional town.
ships Lightweight, eishly-nine, and ninc,v, Of
range TWO East, situated IN The banks Of the Mis-
sssiPpi, arc considered the most important; The
DURANGO mines in townships eishly-nine and
ninety, OF range one East, arc 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 il is very probable
tina, future explorations will bring 10 light others
"> ''" JAMES II. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner oi the General Land Of
fee. Sept 22-cwisw