The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-11-24

meDt therefor, as practicable gfer seeing this
notice, and before the day appointed for the com
mencement Of the public sale OF the lands embracing
the tract claimed; otherwise such claim will be for
feted. JAMES III. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Aug l9-lawts
BY the President ofthe United states.
IN pursuance Of an act Of Congress, approved on
Il the eeyeoth day Of July, 1896 entitled san act
to authorize the President Of the United States 10
sell the reserved mineral lands in the States Of ILL
nois and Arkansas, and Territories Of Wisconsin
and Iowa, supposed TO contain lead ore" 1, JAMES
X. POLK, President Of the United States Of Amer.
lea, do hereby declare and make know that pub
lie sale will be held at the land Office at DUBUQUE
in the Territory Of Iowa, commencing on MON
DAY the eighth day of March next, for the sale of
the public lands heretofore Withheld from sale on
account Of the valuable lead miues therein within
the following townships and fractional townships,
known the rich lead mine district, to wit.
North Of the base line and east Of the ftih principal
.t meridian. ~ .'rs
Townships eighly-eight, eighty-nine, and ninety,
and fractional township ninety one, Of range one.
Township Lightweight, and fractional townships
eghty-nine, ninety, and nlnety.one, Of range two.
Township eighty seven, and fractional townships
Lightweight and sighty-nine, of range three.
Fractional townships e'ghty-seyen and eighty
Fractional township eighty. seyen Of rsnge Eve.
North II The base line and ,psst Of The 6fA principal
meridian. .
Township ninety, and fractional township ninety
one, Of range one ' Oh.
Fractional townships ninety-one, ninety-two, and
ninety-three, Of range two. E.... D.. -r.
Township niney-two, Of range three.
Lands appropriated by law for the use Of schools,
military and other purposes, will be excluded from
sale; also all quarter quarter sections covered in
whole, or in part, by those mining leases, which
shall not be determined by the day fixed for the
commencement Of these saes. . .." ..
Presumption claims will not be allowed to any Of
the above lands until after they have been offered mt
public sale, and become subject to private entry; and
all ofsuch lands contain a mine or mines OF lead
ore actually discovered and being worked, will be
sold IN such legal subdivision or subdivisions ne
will include such mine mines, al not less than two
dollars and fifty cents per acre.
The sale will be kept open for two weeks (unless
the lands are sooner disposed of and no longer;
and private entries OF land In the townships and
fractional townships offered will be admitted I'M
Ill after the expiration Of two weeks from the COM
mencement Of said sale. "'''- .-.'a
In further execution Of the said act have caused
the Commissioner of the General Land Office 10
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. .r .s .... .....--- -.-.. ...
Given under my hand at the city Of Washington,
this fifth day OF September, ammo Domni one
thousand eight hundred and forty.six. -
n.. - JAMES X. POLK.
BY the Pr sident: ..r.
JAMES II. PIfEa,
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 contain The richest mines Of
lead that have YET been discovered; the ore Weld
ing about eighty per cent. of pure metal. Copper
also, has been found in this region in considerable
quantities ......t... ......l.'.
Great advantages are said to exist for the manu-
facture Of lead in various forms, particularly into
shot the river banks being elevated as to require
little no expense in the erection of towers; and
the ore, from its great purity may be manufactured
into shot by the first smelling. H'' -...
The location of these mines being near the Mis-
sissippi river, affords great facilities of transporla-
ton the average cost of which TO ST. Louis is about
fifteen cents per hundred pounds. The soil is rep
resented being unusually FERTILE producing all the
small grains in great abundance and furnishing ex-
celent range for cattle---thus presenting equal in
ducements to the agrculturist and the miner. &c..
The DUBUoUE mines in fractional townships eigh-
tyeght eighty-nine, and ninety Of range two east,
situated the banks of the Mississippi are consd-
cred the most important; the DURANGO mines in
townships eghty-nne and ninety, Of range one east,
are the next in value; and the CATTEsE mines in
fractional township eighty-eight OF range three east
also on the river, are the third. Other mines have
BILE that future explorations will bring to light others
as rich and productive as any now known. E
49, r. JAMES III. PIPER, .5,,
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office
Sept. 5, lS46-law24w
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