Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-12-17
BY the President of the Unitcd staics.

NJ in pursuance Of act of Congress approved the
the States to Sc the reserved mineral lands
in the States of Illinois and Arkansas and Territories Wisconsin
President of the United Of America hereby
make known that public sales of the lands
the State of ILLINOIS vALuA-
will be held the unaermentOned
At the Land Office DIXON, commencing Monday
day Of April next for the disposal Of the public lands within
following townships and fractional townships, viz:
North 81 The base line aud east q t4e fourth principal meridian
Townships twenyeven and twenty and fractional town
TOWNSHIPS and twenty eight fractional
The north half of township township
and isactional town lisp twentynlne Of range four
Fractional townships t~entyeTen, twenty-eght and twenty
FastOna townships and nine Of range
At the land ONCE at sH.wNEETowN commencing on Mon
day the nineteenth day OF April next for the disposal of the public
lands within the following sections and parts sections Wis
South Of t base line and east fthe third Pao1l meridaR
Sections tDenyOo tDeanne, inclusive, aud thirty
t1o to thyI inclusive Of township eeven sections to
Sections nine inclusive sections fifteen to tvenpo
elusive psnyre fry inc of township
eleven sections quarter
fDetrs section fourteen
tons fifteen to eighteen inclusive in township twelve of range
Lands appropriated by Schools military
quarter sections whole part by mining
leases which shall not be determined by the day fxd for the
Presumption claims will not be allowed to any of the above
until after the shall been offered public SALE
become subject to entry and Of such lands
lead actually
will be sold in such legal subdivision subdivisions will include
such mine mines at not less than two dollars and fifty cents
The sales will each be kept epen eeks uns
disposed of longer; private
land the townships and fractional townships offered will be
admitted until after the expiration Of two weeks from the
mencement of said sales
further
siOner of the General Land publish with
brief description Of the mineral regions in viii these lands lie
and of the lands offered for sale which he has epd
Official documents and other OF Information.
Given under hand the City of Washington this eighth day
OF September Ammo Domni thousand eight hundred and
six By the President: JAMES K POLK
JAMES H. PIPER, 4ctns Commissioner Of the General Land Office
The lands the DIXON district procla
nation Of the President OF the United States explored by Mr.
Owen the geologist the Indiana
compliance with resolution
the House OF Representatives passed. 9th February 1885, The able
Representatives, first 26h Congress- shows that
Ian include all the productive
VII ch from observations during his survey there
that valuable readily be
only partially work produced upwards of t millions
eadhose Of Illinois yielding their full proportion and that the
whole district opey Mined would yield hundred and
fifty millions pounds per annum.
These lands being situated and the Mississippi AMI Fever
rivers the Of transporting the products them Louis is
only about fifteen per hundred pounds The soil of excel
lent quality and yields abundany all the products Of that Latitude.
The lands in the SHAWNEETOWN district have been
pored fully those discoveries have
made however OF rich veins OF the uhu Of lead and znc
of uar deposes within facilities manufacturing
white being
situated within of Ohio the
in any FORM be transported TO all the principal markets at
trihing cost JAMES H PIPER,
.4cfing COmmsoner Of the General Land Office.
Se2feRBer en-. 1876 3s-lswis