Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-12-24
By ,he President OF the United states

NJ IN pursuance Congress approved the
the President the United States sci the reserved mineral lands
the Illinois Arkansas and Territories of Wisconsin
land supposed contain lead ore" JAMES n. POLK,
President Of the United of America DO hereby deca and
TaoM SAFE the State Of ILLINOIS on Account OF vALuA
r.p ,frSrs rERrx will be held AZ the Land
Offices in said State the periods hereinafter designated to-wi:
the Land Office DIXON commencing Monday the fifth
following townships and fractional townships viz:
North Of The base line and east q e fourth principal msridan
Townships tweny-seven and twentyegh and fractional
townships twenty twenty weight fractional
The township seven township overweight
and actiOna 0wnshsp twentyn1s Of range four,
Fractional townships t"entyseven twenyeight and twenty
fractional andtwentynnc Of range two
At the land office az sHAWNEETowN, commencing on Mon
lands within the following sections and pa Of sections viz;
South Of The base iRs AID the third prapa meridian
seeo2s eay'0c 20 osnyrs ne1s ana ssSns ng
fire. inclusive sections eshf iTsre inclusive township
Sections inclusive sections fifteen
elusive and sections s IT. .Gs IF
section oar sections fire to eren nclusve the southwest guar
ter of section % the north half OF section fourteen and Sec
iRn fifteen to eighteen inclusive IN township twelve OF range
appropriated by for the of schools military
other purposes will be excluded from the sales also ali quarter
by day
Presumption claims will not be allowed any Of the above anls
until after the shall have been offered the public SALE and
become subject private entry and of such lands contain
will be sc such legal subdivision subdivisions will include
such mine less dollars and fifty
acre.
The sales will each kept epen weeks unle the lands
disposed of and onger and private entries OF
land the townships and fractional townships offered will be
admitted until expiration weeks from the
mencement of said sales
further the said have caused the Commits
sioner of the General Land 0ce publish with this ocaion
brief description of the mineral regions in whih these lends e
official documents and other means OF Information.
Given under hand the City Of Washington tits eighth day
of september Domn thousand eight hundred and forty
ST By he JAMES X. POLK.
H. the General Land Office
The lands DIXON district embraced above procla
Of explored by NJ
Owen geolog Indiana under instructions
the Treasury Department compliance with resolution Of
the House Representatives. 9TH Feb 1892 The able
report OF this gentleman published document No 29 House oil
Representatives Congress- shows that these
which, his there to
believe readily found Further,
that in S9 the lead mines Of Illinois Iowa. and Wisconsin, though
only partially worked odncel upwards thirty millions pounds OF
district oPeriy mined, would yield hundred and
fifty millions pounds per annum.
and
the Of them Louis
hundred pounds oil excel
lent quality and yields abundanty all the products OF that latitude
discoveries have
suphnre of lead and zinc
guOus and both sides OF these lands indicating the existence
of similar deposS within them. The facilities for manuiactu ing
of the Ohio river the metal
in form transported to all the principal markets at
triang cost JAMES A. PlFEH,
Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office