The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-28

day of March next for the sale of the public lands hereto
fore withheld from sale account Of The valuable lead
tona townships, known as the rich lead mine district
North of the base line and east of the nth principal meridian
Townships eighty eight, eighty and ninety, and
fractional township ninetyone, OF range one
Township eighty,eigh and fractional townships eighty
nine, ninety, and ninety -one OF range two.
Township eighyseven and fractional townships eighty
eight and eighty -nine, OF range three
Fractional townships eghy-seven and eightyeight' oil
range four
North Of the base line aud ,ee Of the mn pineaf meridian
Township ninety, and fractional township niney-one of
fractional townships ninety-one, ninetytwo and ninety
three, OF range two.
Lands appropriated by law for the of schools, militia
ry, and other purposes viii be excluded from sae also all
those mining leases which shall be determined by the
day fixed for the commencement OF these sales
Presumption claims will not be allowed TO any OF the
above lands until after they have been offered Mt public
sae and become subject TO private en,y and all Of such
covered and being worked, viii be sold in snch legal sub
division subdivisions will include such mine or mines
at not less than dollars and fifty cents per acre
The sale viii be kept open for weeks (uness the
lands disposed Oh and longer and private
offered viii be admitted until after the expiration OF two
weeks from the commencement OF said sale.
Commissioners of the General Land Office to publish viii,
this proclamation brief description of the mineral regions
SALE which he has prepared from official documents and
other means of information.
fifth day of September, ammo Donini, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-six
JAMES X. POLK.
BY the Presidents
JAMES ii. PIpER,
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office.
The lands in the mineral regions embraced in the above
PROCLAMATION the President of the United States be
ieved contain the richest mines of lead that have yet
been discovered; yielding about eighty per
pure metal Copper also has been found in this region
considerable quantities.
Great advantages said exist for the manufacture
lead in various FORMS particularly into shot the river banks
being elevated require little expense in the
erection towers; and the from its great purity,
be manufactured into shot by the first smelling.
The location OF these mines being the Mississippi
river affords great facilities of transportation the average
cost of which to Louis is about fifteen per hundred
pounds The soil is Represented being unusually fertile
producing all small grains in great abundance, and fur
nishing excellent range for caehus presenting equal in
ducements TO the agricultluist and the miner.
The DUBUQUE mines in fractional townships eghty-cght
eighty nine and ninety OF range two east situated on the
banks OF the Mississippi, considered the most important
the DURANGO mines in townships eighty-nne and ninety
range east the in value; and the CATrEst
mines in fractional township eighy-eght of range three
east also the river. the third. Other mines have
discovered in this region; and il Is very probable tina
future explorations will bring light Others rich and pro-
ductive as any now known
JAMES II. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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