The daily union., 1846-09-29

sections thiriy-tOo to tArt-sir inclasye OF town
ship eleveni sections TO fUs inclusive and sec
tons sighi TO toslUs inclusive in township twelve Of
range seven. ....a ada.
Sections three to nine Inclusive, sections fifteen to
t0snii0o inclusive, and sections tpsnh nee TO ihir
Iy-siE inclusive, Of township eleven; sections one
ioO, three, the north half and southeast quarter Of
section JolTj sections fpe 10 eleven inclusive, the
southwest quarter Of section eeirs; the north half
of section fourteen, and sections tsn TO eighteen in-
elusive in township twelve, Of range nine.
Lands appropriated by law for the use OF schools,
military, OF other purposes, will be excluded from
the salesi 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
commtncement Of The sales.
Presumption claims will not be allowed TO any OF
the above lands unul after the shall have been
offered at the public sale and become subject To prl-
vate entry aud all Of such lands as conlaina mine
or mines of lead ore actually discovered and being
worked, wil be sold IN such legal subdivision or
subdivisions as will include such mine or mines al
not less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
The sales will each lie kept open for two weeks,
lunless the lands are sooner disposed OFF, and no
longer and no priyute entries Of land in the town
ships and fractional townships offered will be ad-
mtIed until after the expiration Of two weeks from
the commencement of said sales.
In further execution oflh said act have caused
the Commissioner Of the General Land Office TO
puDlsu WIN lHls a bfiet uGSGTpnOn 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.
Given under my hand at the city Of Washington,
this eighth day Of September, ammo Domni, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
JAMES, X. POLK.
By tho President
JAMES II, PIPER,
Acting Commissioners 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, and in compliance with a
resolution ofthe House Of Representative, passed
9th February, 1883, The able report Of this gentle
man, published document No. 239 House of
Representatives, ffst session Of 18th Congress,
shows that these lands include all the productive
mines and the entire region in which, from obser-
yatons during his survey there is reason to believe
hat.valuable veins Of ore may readily be found.
Further, that in 1882 the lead mines Of Iii ois,
Iowa, and Wisconsin, though only partially worked,
produced upwards OF thirty millions pounds Of lead
those Of Illinois yielding their full proporton-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-.
sssippi and Fever rivers, the cost Of Transporting
the products Of them to ST. Louis is only about AZ
teen cents per hundred pounds. The soil is Of ex.
eeent quality, and yields abdndanty all the prod
ucts Of that latitude.
The lands in the sHAWNEETowN district
have not been explored as fully ~ those in Dixon.
Recent discoveries have been made, however of rich
veins Of the sulphure of lead aud zinc, contiguous to
and on both SIDES Of these lands indicating the ex-
istence OF similar deposiIes 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 Il triAing cost.
JAMES Fl. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office
] September S-lawts