The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-11-16

sections hrlyhoo 20 ntifty-si1, inclusive Of iowa
ship eleven sections TO fpe inclusive, and sec
tons eight TO hoeiue inclusive in township twelve, Of
range seven t 1#tH E"NH hH'
Sections three to nine Inclusive sections fifteen to
ioeaii,oo inclusive, and sections hesniy6rs TO dir
tysiT inclusive, Of township eleven; sections one,
hoo, three, the north half and southeast quarter of
section ourj sections frs TO slsUsn inclusive; the
south quarter Of section osipej the north half
Of section fourteen and sections fifteen 20 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 by the day fixed for the
commencement of the sales. ...... a.s..
Presumption claims will not be allowed to any of
the above lands until after the same shall have been
offered at the pubic sale and become subject TO pr-
vate entry; and all of such lands us contain mine
or mines of lead ore, actually discovered and being
worked, will be sold in such legal subdivision or
subdivisions as will include such mine or mines at
not less than two dollars and fly cents per acre
The sales will each lie kept open for two weeks,
(unless the lands sooner disposed off, and no
longer; and no private entries of land in the town.
ships and fractional townships SO offered will be ad
mited 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 he has pre-
pared from official documents and other means Of
information . .t 70. .'
Given under my hand at the city of Washington,
this eighth day Of September, ammo Dominl, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
JAMES. X. POLK. .
BY the President ..r
JAhEs IA. PIPER, ..,..H |
Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
The lands in the DIXON district, embraced in the
above proclamation Of the President Of the United
States, were explored by Mr.. Owen, the geologst Of
the State OF Indiana, under instructions from the
Treasury Department, aud in compliance with a
resolution ofthe House Of Representatives, passed
9th February 1889. The able report of this gentle
man, published document No. 239 House Of
Representatives, krst session Of 26th Congress,
shows that these lands include all the productive
mines, and the entire region in which, from obser-
vatons during his survey, there is TO believe
that. valuable veins OF ore may readily be found.
Further, that in 1882 the lead mines Of Illinois,
Iowa, and Wisconsin, though only partially worked,
produced upwards Of thirty millions pounds of lead
those Of Illinois yielding their full proporon-and
that the whole district, II properly mined, would
yield one hundred and fifty millions pounds per
annum.
These lands being situated on and near the Mis-
sssppi and Fever rivers, the cost of transporting
the products of them to ST. Louis is only about If
teen cents per hundred pounds. The soil is of ex.
cellent quality, and yields abundandy all the prod
ucts Of that latitude.
The lands in the SHAWNEETOWN district
have not been explored as fully dc those in Dixon.
Recent discoveries have been made, however, of rich
veins Of the sulphure oflead and zinc contiguous to
and both sides of these lands indicating the ex-
lstence Of similar deposites within them The
facilities for manufacturing white and red lead are
represented as being ample and as the lands are
situated within about seven miles Of the Ohio river,
the metal, IN any form, can be transported to all the
principal markets at triaing coat. .'..... ...
....... JAMES III. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
September S-lawts