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all Of range part of section four in township three
IN township four and part OF section in township
seven, all OF range eight
ed in whole in part by those mining leases which shall
not be determined by the day fixed for the
Presumption claims viii not be allowed 10 any of the
above lands until after they have been offered public
lands oontain mine of lead ore actually dis
covered and being worked viii be sold in such legal sub
at not less than two dollars and hfy cents per acre
Inc sale wiz Be KEEP, open for two weeks. tuness the
yate entries OF land In the sections and parts of sections
offered win be admitted, until after the expiration OF
weeks from the commencement Of said sale.
Commissioner of the Genera Land Office publish with
this proclamation brief description Of the mineral region
in which these lands e and Of the lands offered Tor
sale, which has been prepared from official documents and
Given under my hand al the city Of Washington, this
twentieth day of November, Domini thonsand
JAMES X POLK.
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office.
The lands embraced by the above proclamation of the
President of the United States many of the
valuable lead mines actually opened and worked which
face, and experiments made in digging, II believed that
many others equally valuable exist and may be explored
From the great number of these mines would be inn
practicable TO give adequate idea Of their character and
bounds 1t is sufficient that they situated in the
section OF country bounded the south by the Illinois State
line the west by the Mississippi rver the north by
line drawn nearly parallel TO the south side OF the Wis
consin rivers at the average distance of ten twelve miles
therefrom; and on the by meridian line passing
through the of Sugar Creek, the whole district
covering surface equal to about sixty full townships All
necessary facilities for transporting the products 10 mar
ke afforded by the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers
and their tributaries, the Blue, Grant, Platte, Pekaonka
and other rivers by which the district is inersected.
The above district was explored by Dr. owen, the geoo
gst of the State of Indiana under instructions from the
Treasury Department, and In compliance with resolution
OF The House OF Representatives passed the 9th OF Februa
~, 1889 The able report of this gentleman, published in
1874 with the charts and Illustrations tSenate document,
No iO7 LIST session 18th Congress contains precise inor
nation the location of each mne aud shows that in
1889 the lead mines of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin though
only partially worked produced upwards Of thirty million
pounds of lead of which those in Wisconsin, appears,
yielded the larger proportion and further that the whole
district, II properly mined, would yield hundred and
fifty million pounds per annum
Particular lists OF the sections and parts of sections TO be
offered ut said sale have been furnished the register and
receiver nj Mineral Point together with maps which the
location of each tract is designated; all of which will be
subject to the examination Of those wishing purchase.
JAMES ii. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Nov 2D-Iaw26w