Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-09-22
By the President of the United States.

BY the FreSlQeuI Oh In6 ORItcU SbdtcSs
IN pursuance OF an act Of Congress, approved
i on the eleventh day OF July, 1886, entitled,
"An act 10 authorize the President OF The United
States 10 sell the reserved mineral lands in the
States OF Illinois and Arkansas, and Terriloriesoi
Wisconsin and Iowa, supposed TO contain lead
ore" |, JAMES X. POLK, President of The
United States OF America, do hereby declare and
make known, that public sale will be held al
the Land Office at DUBUQUE, in The Terrific
nv of IOWA, commencing on Monday, The
eighth day OF March next, for the sale Of the
public lands heretofore withheld from sale on
account OF the valuable lead mines therein, with
i'm the following townships and fractional town.
ships. known as The rich Lead Mine District 10
wit
North of the base line, and East of the 6jlh prin-
cipal meridian.
Townships lightweight, eighty-nine and nine
" and fractional township ninety-one, Orange one.
Township eighty EIGHT, and fractional town.
ships eishly-nine, ninety and nlnety-on', OF range
two.
Township eighty.seven, and fractional town.
ships lightweight and eighty -nine OF range three.
Fractional townships eighty-seven and eighty
eight, OF range four.
Fractional township eighty-seven, oil range five.
North of the base line, and Hta ofMe &h pria-
cipal meridian.
Township ninety, and fractional township nine
fy-one OF range one.
Fractional townships ninety-one, ninely-lwo
and ninety-lhree. of range two
Township ninety-two, OF range three
Lands appropriated by law Tor The use OF
schools, military and other purposes, will be ex-
ciuded from sale; also, all quarter quarter sec
lions covered in whole, or in part, by those mi.
ming leases, which shall not be determined by the
a Gwod farI ho m mo nHap &c, -.
Presumption claims will not be allowed TO any
of the above lands, until after they have been Of
tered at public sale, and become subject private
entry; and all of such lands az contain 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,
A,no less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre
The sale will be kept open for Two weeks Gun
less the lands are sooner disposed of) 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 oil said sale.
In further execution of the said act, have
caused Inc Commissioner oil the General Land
Dnee 70 publish with this proclamation brief
ues.lipuoh ei Inc mineral regions in which these
lanes he, ana oil The lands now offered for sale,
Wnich ne mas prepared from official documents
and other means Of information.
uiven unaer my hand at the city of Washing
ton' ihis nun day OF September, Ammo Domini
one thousand eight hundred and tory.s;x
BY the President: JAMES K. POLK
JAMES Fl. PIPER, Acting Commissioner
OF the General Land Office.
The lands in the mineral regions, embraced in
the above proclamation of The President Of the
oaned States, are believed 10 contain the ricbest
m INV OF lead that have yet been discovered; the
CoSgn.vans about eighty per cent. OF pure metal.
also, has been found in this region in con-
pufaetnrs aaSa1'ages are said TO exist for the ma
into shot, ,be vad in various FORMS particularly
require iiIe f,ver banks being so elevated as 10
,o~es and The its ea u Ss may 6s
The ioeation n % 'aU, by The frst smelling.
Mississippi river, affords n'nes being near the
Por.a!ion, the average COS, Of v WHITES o. tIans
T 9e s about fifteen hundred G % Oo sa
producing all The small : sraa snrsea fertile