The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-11-14


sections nhaiya TO ihiyty-sir inclusive Of town
ship eleven, sectloDs 10 five inclusive and sec
lions sh 70 iloslps inclusive IN township twelve, of
range seven. - rg..s,.,i1s 4. u, .,t9
Sections three to nine Inclusive, sections fttssn to
l.oeni-eo inclusive and sections foenfy 6pe to hir-
ty-sir inclusive, Of township eleven; sections ons,
moo, three the north half and southeast quarter Of
section four; sections frs 10 siepea inclusive; the
southwest quarter Of section iioslps the north half
Of section ots, and sections issa 70 eighteen in
elusive, in township twelve, OF range nine,
Lands appropriated by law for the use Of Bchools,
military, or other purposes, will be excluded from
the sales; 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 the sales. ~ Ja.t.
Presumption claims will not be allowed 10 any OF
the above lands until after the same shall have been
offered at the pubic sale and become subject TO pn-
waite entry; and all of such lands as contain mine
or mines Of lead ore, actually discovered and being
worked, will be sold ia such legal subdivision or
subdivisions as will include such mine or mines, at
not ess Than two dollars and fifty Genus per acre.
The sales will each he kept open for two weeks,
(unless the lands are sooner disposed ofD and no
longer; and no private entries Of land in the town
ships and fractional townships so offered viii be adj
mted until after the expiration of two weeks from
the COMMENCEMENT of said sales. l
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.
Given under my hand at the city of Washington,
this eighth day Of September ammo iDoniini, one
= : JAMES X. POLK.
Blythe Presidents
JAMES Ia. PPER, r. ..r.H $500 .
Actin Il, a. ~ IT ~
The lands in the DIXON district, embraced in the
above proclamation Of the President Of the United
States, wure explored by Mr. Owen, the geoogist Of
the Slate Of Indiana, under instructions from the
Treasury Department, and in compliance with a
resolution OF the House Of Representatives, passed
9Th February, 1889. The able report Of this gentle
man, published as document No. 239, House OF
Representatives, first session of 26th Congress,
shows that these lands include all the productive
mines, and the entire region in which, from obser-
vatlons during his survey there is reason TO believe
hat.yaluable veins Of ore may readily be found.
Further, that in 1899, the lead mines of Illinois,
Iowa, and Wisconsin, though only partially worked
produced upwards Of thirty millions pounds of lead
those OF Illinois yielding their full proportionand
that the whole district, If properly mined, would
yield one hundred and fifty millions pounds per
annum. -. 3D.. .rff-.... ..,. 10. .H.r' o
These lands being situated on and near the Mis-
sissipp and Fever rivers, the cost of transporting
the products Of them to ST. Louis is only about III
teen cents per hundred pounds The soil is Of ex-
eeIent quality and yields abundantly all the prod
ucts of that latitude.
The lands in the sHAWNEETowN district
have not been explored fully as those in Dixon.
Recent discoveries have been made, however of rich
veins Of the suphuret oflead and zinc contiguous to
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 miles of the Ohio river
the metal, in any form, be transported to all the
principal markets at trifng cost. 1rrr Z" ..
JAMES II. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
September S-lawts .. H.... To BIO .