Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-12-03

Ec4 IN pursuance Of Congress- approved on the
the rsssrve riaersi lands
land supposed to contain lead ORE T. JAMES X. POLK.
President Of the United sssss Of America DO hereby decla and
the STATE Of ILLINOIS csorsT o.
rnEaefS win he held at un3erucntonei Land
Offices in said State the periods hereinafter designated
At the Land oass oNeoHraencing Monday.
following TOWNSHIP s and fractional townships. vir
Ksl e 1s base ss ass east 2: As fourth P'isseai =sT4sn
Townships and twenty eight and fractional
TOWNSHIPS ,weni. eight
The north half Of township township
ss sss 1 se sss @ a11S ss .
Fscsonai townships ~eniyseven, tweneght and twenty
aOnai townships twenty-cgai Of two
the sas ' iy y sS @ Il. III ss a ps SSs
lands within the following sections and parts Of sections yE
South fir base hae aai ffhs bird principal EsridaH
Sections .sssss to s:a,". %slos and sections %
IRE inclusive and sections gM to irsls inclusive in township
sessions lss . nine seai,srs fifteen to ss in
sen snd sse %. s & re-
@ Of o sn ne S 10 rfs 81 ne guar
nine
Lands appropriated by foE the of schools military or
other will be excluded from the QEsreg
leases which shall not be determined BY the Fixed Tor the
Presumption claims viii not be alowel 70 anv Of the ah~ lands
until a the shall have oaerod public and
become subject 70 private entry and Of such lands as contain
will be sold in such subdivision subdivisions will include
such ne mines less than dollars and nifty per
acre.
The sales win each KEEP spen weeks Cunless
land townships townships offered viii
admitted until after the expiration Of two weeks from the
mencement Of said sales
further OF Commits
son Of the Gnera Land oce publish with this poclemaoa
brief description Of the mineral eons in With these lands lie.
and Of the lands offered sale which he has prepared ON
official documents and other cf Information.
Given under hand the City Of Washington this eighth day
September Domini thousand eight huRdd and ory
six. BY the President JAMES K.POIK.
JAMES H. PIFER, 4eiiHg coss0ner Of the General Lend Office
The lands inte DIXON district embraced in the above pocla
nation OF the President Of the United States explored by Me-
Owen the geoOgist he State Indiana under instructions
the Treasury Department and compliance with resolution OF
the House Of Representatives passed 9th FEBRUARY l39 The able
OF this gentleman, published document No Ss House OF
Representatives first ion Of 25h Congress- shows that these
lands include all the productive mines and the entire ron IN
which, from ohseryao during his survey there roacn -
believe o.
only partially worked podncel upwards Of hi ~ millions pounds OF
leadthOe of Illinois welding their foil pop0onand that the
whole district oPerly mined would yield hundred and
fifty millions pounds
These lands being situated and the Mississippi and Fever
rivers the Transporting the psoluc ST. Louis
only about fifteen hund.cd pounds The soil is Of
quality,
The lands in the SHAWNEETOWN district have been
pore fully those Dixon. Recent discoveries have been
made however of rich the uphnFet lead end zinc
tguous and both sides Of lands indicating the tence
of mlar dcpostes within The facilities for manufacturing
white snd red lead represented being ample and the lands
situated within about miles Of the Ohio river the
in FORM be transported all the principal markets at
trihing cost. JAMES n PIER.
September efh. 33-iSwis