The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-05-24

five; section ELEVEN and parts dissection eight in town
three and parts OF sections ye seven, eight eighle
t~enty-one, twenty-five, tweny-six, tVenty-seven snJ
thirty, IN township SIX, all OF range six parts OF sections
ship and part Of section thirty four ia township three
all OF range seven; part OF section four IN township three
para; OF sections swentyseyen, thirtoor, and hiy-hy
IN township four and part OF section seven, TOWNSHIP
All quarter q,arrsr sections of the above lands cow,
ed in Whole in part by those mining leases which han
not determined by the day fixed for the commencement
OF the sale. will be excluded thereorn.
Presumption claims VIII not be allowed of m.
above lands until after they have been offered public
sale and become subject 10 private entry; and all OF ueb
lands contain mine Or mines of lead actually d
covered and being worked win be sold in such legal sun
division subdivisions as will include suchmne mines
less tlan two dollars and fifty cents per
The sale will be kept open for weeks, (unless IN,
lands sooner disposed or and no longer and no pr
offered viii be admitted, until after the expiration OF p
weeks from the commencement OF said sale
In iirther execution OF the said act have caused The
Commissioner OF the General Land Office publish with
this canaton brief description of the mineral region
which these lands lie, and of the lands offered Er
SALE which has been prepared from official documents and
other means of Information.
Given under my hand the city of Washington this
twentieth day OF November, ammo Domni thousand
eight hundred and iorty-six.
JAMES X. POLK
BY the President:
JAMES II PrER
Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office
The lands embraced by the above proclamation of III.
valuable lead mines actually opened and worked which
have yet been discovered and from indications the sur
and experiments made Is believed
many others equally valuable exist, and may be explored
trfing expense
From the great number of these mines, would lie i'm
practicable give adequate idea OF their character and
ocation without extending this notice beyond proper
bounds 1t Is sufficient To state that they situated The
section Of country bounded the south by the Illinois
line; the west by the Mississippi rivers the north
line drawn nearly parallel To the south side OF the VIZ
consn rivers al the average distance OF ten twelve miles
therefrom and the east by meridian line passing
through the OF Sugar Greek, tho whole district
covering surface equal to about sixty fuownshps All
necessary facilities for transporting the products mar
ket afforded by the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers
and their tributaries, the Blue Grant, Platte Pekaiona
and other rivers by which the district is inersected.
The above district explored by DR. Owen, the geolo
gist of the State of Indiana, under nstruc tons from the
Treasury Department, and in compliance with resolution
of the House OF Representatives, passed the 9TH OF Febua
nv, 1899. The able report of this gentleman, published in
1874 with the charts and illustrations, (Senaie document
No 407 LIST session, 18th Congress) contains precise
nation the location of each mime, and shows that
1859 the lead mines OF Illinois, Iowa. and Wisconsin, though
only partially worked, produced upwards OF thirty million
pounds OF lead, of which those IN Wisconsin, appears
yielded the larger proportion and further, that the whole
district, if properly mined, would yield hundred and
fifty million pounds per aniiiim.
Particular lists the sections and parts of sections be
offered said sale have been furnished to the register and
receiver al Mineral Point together With maps on hich the
location of each tract designated ali OF which will he
subject to the examination of hoscwishIng to purchase
JAMES H. PIPER
Acting Commissioners of the General Land Office.
Nov. 20-law26w