The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-05-01

five section eleven, and parts dissection eight townl
three and parts OF sections i've SIX seven, eight eigel
twenty-one, twenty-five, twenty-sx, tweny-seven and
thirty in township SIX, all OF range SIX parts OF sections
TIVE, three, ten, eleven thirteen, and twenty eight town.
ship and part of section thirty four IN township three
all of range part OF section four, in township three
parts of sections swenseven thirty -four, and hrh
in township four; and part OF section seven, in township
seven, all of range eight.
All quarter quarrr sections of the above lands coye
ed in whole in part by those mining leases which shan
not be determined by the day fixed for the
OF the sale. will be excluded lhereform.
Presumption claims will not be allowed TO any of le
above lands until after they have been offered pub
sale and become subject TO private entry; and all Of such
covered and being worked, will be sold in such legal sun
division subdivisions will include suchmine mines
nj not less than dollars and nifty cents per
The sale viii be kept open for weeks, (unless L
lands disposed OH and no longer and pu
entries OF land in the sections and parts OF sections
offered win be admitted. until after the expiration of
weeks from the commencement OF said sale.
In further execution of the said act have caused he
Com m ssioner of the General Land ice publish with
this proclamation brief description OF The mineral region
IN which these lands lie, and of the lands now offered
SALE which has been prepared from ofcia documents and
other means OF information.
Given under ny hand a. The cry OF Washington lha
''''' - JAMES X. POLK
BY the President;
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office.
The lands embraced by the above proclamation of d.
President of the United States, contain many OF the mas
valuable lead mines actually opened and worked which
have yet been discoveries and from indications the SUI
face and experiments made in digging, is believed thai
many Others equally valuable exist and may be explored
n tritiing expense.
From great number of these mines, it would be i'm.
practicable give adequate idea of their Character and
location, without extending this notice beyond proper
bounds. IL is sulc stale that they situated in The
of country bounded on the south by the Illinois Stan
line the west by the Mississippi river; the north by
line drawn nearly parallel 10 tie south side of the Wis
cousin river; the average distance OF ten twelve mile,
therefom; and the east by II meridian line passing
through the sources OF Sugar Greek, the whole district
covering uriace equal 10 about sixty full townships An
necessary facilities for transporting the products mar.
ke afforded by the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers
and their tributaries, the Blue Grant, Platte, Pekatonka
and other rivers by which the district is inersected
The above district explored by Dr. Owen, the geoo.
gist of the of Indiana. under instructions from the
Treasury Department. and in compliance with resolution
Of the House of Representatives passed the 9th otFeb.
y, 1889 The able report of this gentleman, published in
1884, with the charts and illustrations, (Senate document
No. 4O7 LIST session, 2S Congress- contains precise nr
nation the location of each mine, and shows that
1889 the lead mines ofInois, Iowa. and Wisconsin, though
only partially worked, produced upwards OF thirty million
pounds OF lead. of which those III Wisconsin, appears
yielded the larger proportion and further, that the whole
district, if properly mined, would yield hundred and
fifty million pounds per annunl.
Particular lists OF the sections and parts of sections to be
offered said sale have been furnished TO the register and
receiver Mineral Point together with maps which the
location OF each is Designated ali OF which will be
subject the examination OF osewisilng TO purchase
JAMES H. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office,
Nov. 20-law26w