The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-20

sections htitiioo 10 hirty-sir, inclusive Of town
ship eleyeni sections one 20 five inclusive, and
tons tight to lssius inclusive in township twelve OF
range seven.
Sections three TO nine inclusive, sections fifteen TO
hoenloo inclusive, and sections hceniy- frt TO ir-
t-sir inclusive, of township eleven sections ons,
liVo, three the north half and southeast quarter of
section four sections fps to eispen inclusive; the
southw quarter Of section osips; the north half
of section fourteen and sections fifteen 10 eighteen in
elusive, in township twelve, of range nine.
Lands appropriated by law for the use Of schools,
military, or other purposes, will be excluded from
the sales; also all quarter quarter sections covered
In whole or in part by those mining leases which
shall not be determined the day fixed for the
commencement of the sales.
Presumption claims will not be allowed TO any OF
the above lands until after the same shall have beer
offered at the public sale and become subject to pri-
vate entry; and all of such lands as contain mine
or mines Of lead ore actually discovered and being
worked, will be sold in such legal subdivision OF
subdivisions as will include such mine or mines al
not less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
The sales will each he kept open for two weeks
lunless the lands sooner disposed Of and no
longer; and no private entries of land 10 the town.
ships and fractional townships so offered will be adj
miued until after the expiration Of two weeks from
the commencement of said sales.
In further execution ofthe said act, have caused
the Commissioner Of the General Land Office TO
publish with this proclamation brief description OF
the mineral regions in which these lands lie and OF
the lands now offered for sale, which nc has pre-
pared from official documents and other means oil
information.
Given under my hand at the city Of Washington
this eighth day of September, ammo Domini, one
thousand eight hundred and fory-sx.
JAMES. X, POLK.
By the President:
JAMES IA. PiPER,
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office
The lands in the DIXON district embraced in thu
above proclamation of the President Of the United
States, were explored by Mr.. Owen, the geoogist o
the State Of Indiana, under instructions from tn,
Treasury Department, and in compliance with
resolution ofthe House Of Representatives passed
9th February, 1889 The able report Of this gentle
man, published as document No. 239, House o.
Representatives, first session Of Goth Congress
shows that these lands include all the productive
mines,- and the entire region in which, from obser
vatons during his survey, there is reason belize VI
that.yauable veins of ore may readily be found
Further, that in 1889, the lead mines of mi ois
Iowa, and Wisconsin, though only partially worked
produced upwards Of thirty millions pounds Of LEAD
those OF Illinois yielding their full proportion-snC
that the whole district, IL properly mined, woulC
yield one hundred and fry millions pounds pei
annum.
These lands being situated on and near the Mis-
slssiPpi and Fever rivers, the cost Of transporting
the products Of them to ST. Louis is only about ff
teen cents per hundred pounds. The soil is Of ex
cellent quality, and yields abundanty all the prod
ucts Of that latitude.
The lands in the SHAWNEEToWN distrie
have not been explored as fully a. those in Dixon
Recent discoveries have been made however of rici
VEINS Of the sulphuret ofeud and zinc contiguous tC
and on both sides Of these lands, indicating the ex
lstence of similar deposiJes within them. TIL,
facilities for manufacturing white and red lead ar,
represented as being ample; and as the lands ar,
situated within about seven miles of the Ohio river
the metal in any form, can be transported to all thu
principal markets at a trihing cost.
JAMES Fl. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office
September S-lawts