Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-11-12
BY the President of ii,e united s,.,e.,


july Sc OF a sa q s K n:
in the ss Of Illinois and Arkansas Teos Of wiseonsn
fssseS Of % rS e s sa Of s & yAMEs X FOLK
make known hat public sale. o. the lands
Ones said STATE a Ii, w S se = ne Lsnd
At the Lapd Office DIXON commencing on Monday III. ffk
APn next Tor The disposal Of the public lands within the
Eth tli Sa,. n tis tsst -.isss.
fractional townships twenty seyen' eight and t.ehiy
Township and twenyeigh frsetoas town;
TOwnsss twenty and twenty eight fractional town.
The north half township twenty seven township twenty eight
end hsctiOna town lisp tw.niynins, Of range fur.
aconsl townships t~eniyseven and twenty;
Fractional twentynne range vo
AT the land Office at sHAwNEETowN commencing on Mon
lands within the following parts sections viz
SHA eftAr bcsslr and east ehs d1d Vrnapa mtrisSss
Sections tesaiytgo TO inclusive. and sections tki
IRE inclusive ana sections kt 10 sI ees,o1s s.s 70
twelve, Of range seven.
Sections nin inclusive sections fifteen to se.ty-. in.
vsn e.: and y
secuen Joar sections IRE to eren nclusve the sOuhwe quar-
Yer Of e,lon trr the north half Of section ftn and
nine " 'neH'''s' township twelve Of range
Lands sPprOp lated by Of schools military 81
oher purposes will be excluded from 5usrtef
quartz ssciohs covered IN whole or in part b those mining
Preempen win not be allowed to any or the above land.
% alter the same shall have been offered at the public SALE and
become subject to private entry md a OF such lands
will be sold in such e subdivisions wi incad:
such mine mines less than fifty cents per
-
The sales win each KEEP open weeks (unIess the ,n.
land in the townships townships 50 offered VIII b
admitted until after the expiration Of the com
menceIncnt OF -
In further execution have caused the Commits
Tue General ani Oce to publish with this
brief description of the mineral re:ions m which s
and OF the lands offered he from
ohiclai documents and other Information.
Given under hand the CITY Of Washington tits eighth dsy
Of september Ammo Domini thousand
By the Presiien JAMES X POLK
JAMES H. FrER .feftng General Land One
The lands in the DIXON district embraced the above proe.
Sn OF the President OF the United NJ
oven the geoogst oil the State Indiana
te treasury Department. and IN compliance with resolution Of
the House OF Representatives passed 9Th Feb able
repo OF this gentleman, published
representatives, hat
as include all the productive mines and the entire
which from observations du1g lis survey there
believe Of feadfir san5
only pa tally worked 0dnced upwa ds OF t millions pounds
OF Illinois yielding their full proportion the
whole district if oPcrIy mined would yic
nifty millions pounds per annun1.
These lands being situated and the Mississippi and Fever
rivers the cost OF transporting the
only about fifteen pounds excel
yields abundantly Of
The lands IN the SHAWNEETOWN district have
po as fully those Dixon. Recent discoveries
made however OF rich veins of the suphue Of lead and
OF miar dePoscs within them The facilities
white and red lead represented being ample the
are situated within about miles Of the Ohio
any FORM can be transported all the principal markets
tri1ia5 JAMES II PIPER,
p,enBer