The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-11-13

sections hi'fytDo 10 hirfy-sir, inclusive oftown-
ship eleyeni sections 10 foe inclusive and sec
tons ssh TO tsosIos inclusive n township twelve OF
range seven. r..r ....
Sections three to nine inclusive, sections fifteen to
toentyoo Inclusive, and sections tosnf 6rs 10 ty-
tysir inclusive, of township eleven; sections one,
hoo, three the north half and southeast quarter OF
section four sections fire 10 sIspsa incusiye: the
south west quarter Of section iSelvs the north hall
OF section fourteen, and sections ssn eighteen in
elusive, In township twelve, of range nine
Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools
military, or ohe, purposes, will be excluded from
The sales also all quarter quarter sections covered
IN whole IN part by those mining leases which
shall not be determined by the day fixed for the
commencement Of the sales.
Presumption claims will not be allowed TO any OF
the above lands unl after the same shall have been
offered at the public sale and become subject TO pri-
waite entry and all Of such lands as contain a 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 al
not less than two dollars and ifty. ceDts per acre
The sales will each lie kept open for two weeks,
unless the lands are sooner disposed Of and no
longer and no private entries Of land IN the town
ships and fractional townships offered will be adj
mItted until after the expiration Of two weeks from
the commencement of said sales.
In further execution Of the said act have caused
the Commissioner OF the General Land Office 10
HNci'h Dflet desc uDllOu OF
the mineral regions in which these lands lie and of
the lands now offered for sale, which be has pre-
pared from official documents and other means of
Information.
Given under my hand at the city Of Washington,
this eighth day OF September, ammo Domini one
thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
By the Presidents
JAMES II. PIrER
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 geoogist Of
Ihe State OF Indiana, under instructions from the
Treasury Department, and in compliance with A
resolution Of the House Of Representatives, passed
9TH February, 1889. The able report Of ibis gentle
man, published as document No. 239, House of
Representatives, first session Of Doth Congress
shows that these lands include all the productive
mines, and the entire region In which, from obser-
yations during his survey there is reason 10 believe
hat-yaluable veins Of ore may readily be found
Further, that IN 1893, 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 proportion
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 Mia
slssPpi and Fever rivers, the cost Of Transporting
the products of them to st. Louis ia only about 81
teen cents per hundred pounds. The soil is of ex-
eellent quality, and yields abundany all the prod
ucts Of that latitude.
The lands in the SHAWNEEToWN district
have not been explored fully as those in Dixon
Recent discoveries have been made however OF rich
veins Of the sulPhuret ofead and zinc, contiguous to
and on both sides Of these lands indicating the ex-
lstenee 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 trihing cost.
JAMES II. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office
September S-lawts