Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-10-08
By the rrcsident OF dine united stn,cs.

W. IN pursuance Congress approved on the
the Of the Uai,e States sell the ian
the States Of Illinois aai Arkansas and Territories Of Wisconsin
Unitei America do hereby dlars and
ILLINOIS oS .ceovSr o. rs uasr..
sIs Lap MIs1' viii be held at the unmenons Land
At tn. Land Once at DIXON commencing Monday.
day Of AP next for the disposal OF the public lands within
following town hips an fractional townships viz:
No'th 81 re base as sad east # t oa'tl principal srda
nine. Of range
Townsh ,weneren and twenty eight and fractional town.
townships twenty ana twenty eight sc,iOa town
The IN half Of township township
md % .5 UTa hg .% s% n Of snse fur
Fractional townships tSentysesen twenty egt and twenty
FacOnal nine range two
AT the Land Office sHAwNEETowN, commencing on Mon.
g hesen.n day Of April next Tor the disposal Of The public
SsstA q ne base A.s aHd east tAs bird pvaep1i erdan
tao TO ifysT inclusive Of township eleven sections
FIRE inclusive and sections eight to ieie inclusive in township
sections nine inclusive sections fifteen ,rsay.O
eieven sections o three the moth half and southeast Of
Of so6 % Se norS hsq Of n NE nS %
tons fifteen to sshesn inclusive. in township twelve OF
o hands sPPrOp9tsi by law f The use Of schools military
leases which shall not be de mined by the day fixed or the
P!%pon claims win be allowed the
become subject to private entry and Of such lands conan
mine mines Of lead actually being
will be sold In such
such mine mines less than dollars m
The sales will each kept open ees Cunless
disposed off and private
land in the townships and fractional townships will
admitted until alter the expiration Of two weeks from the
mencement Of said sales
sionsr of the General Land Office publish with this
brief description Of the mineral in viii these lands lie
and OF the lands offered for sale which he has prepared
Official documents and other means OF Information.
Of september Domin thousand eight
six By the President: JAMES X. POLK.
JAMES H. PIrER 9ei'Hg CO@nr Of the Geaal Land Office.
The DIXON district embraced the above prOca
nation Of the President United States explored hy NJ,
Owen the geoogist o The State Indiana under
the Treasury Department. and compliance with resolution
the House OF Representatives passed Feb The able
report OF this gentleman published document No. 2o House
Representatives. first ion Of 18th Congress
lands include all
which, from observations during his there
believe that valuable veins OF readily be oun. Further
that in ls9 the lead mines Of Illinois Iowa. Gnd Wisconsin though
whole district opcrly mined would yield hundred
fifty millions pounds per
These lands being
rivers the cost Of transporting the Oduets Of them
lent quality and yields abundsny s the product OF that latitude
The lands in the SHAWNEETOWN district have been
pore fully those in Dixon Recent discoveries have
made however OF rich OF the suhue OF lead and
of imiar dePoSies within them The facilities
white and red lead represented being
situated within about miles Of the Ohio
In FORM be transported to all the principal markets
rihing JAMES Il. PIPER
.qefins COmmissiOner Of TIE General Lad Office
September sik. 1916. 3a-lswis