Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-01-14
NV The President of The United States

/ ESy tie fEc>kIcmt Oh tlc EUttcl states.
@ day Of JULY 1910 ene p act authorize
in the States Of Illinois and Arkansas and Territories Wisconsin
fae0 Ua s 2m d. he ees aA
make known that public sales Of the lands
will be held at the aforementioned Land
Omce IN SAD Sae INC PERIODS DESIGNATED o~:
At the Land Office DIXON commencing Monday the fifth
day of April next for the disposal Of the public lands within the
North Of the base line and Of the fourth principal
Fractional townships twenty twenty EIGHT and twenty
Townships twenyseven and twenty eight fractional town.
Townships twentyeght
ship twenty-nine, OF range thrce.
The north hall OF township twentyeght
and factiOnsl OwnshsP twsnty.nine Of range four
Fractional townships twenty twentyegh and twenty
nine, of range
At the land os q sAWNEETowN COMMENCING on Mons
lands within the following sections and parts Of Sections r%
South efhe base as and the third principal meridian
o a inclusive ownh .econs e
fire. inclusive and sections eight to Tsv inclusive in township
Sections three mine inclusive. fifteen tuvenDO
eeven north hall and
section our sections re ncusiye the southwest quar-
ter Of section fWee the north half Of section fourteen
lions fifteen to eighteen inclusive in township twelve Of
Lands appropriated by schools military
other purposes will be excluded from the sales quarter
BY the day fsed for the conn
Presumption allowed to any of the above lands
until after the shall have been offered public SALE and
mine or mines lead actually and Ss a %o
will be sold legal will
such mine mines not less than two dollars fifty per
disposed of and Ionge private
land in the townships and fractional townships
admitted until after the expiration OF two weeks from the
mencernent Of said sales
one of the General Land Office publish with
brief description of the mineral regions in which these lands
and Of the lands offered sale which he prepared
official documents and other means of information
hand the Washington,
September thousand eight hundred forty
six. By the President JAMES X. POLK.
JAMES H. PIPER, Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office
nation of the President the United States explored by Mr.
Owen the geoog Of the State Indiana under instructions from
the Treasury Department and compliance with resolution
the House of Representatives. passed 9th February 1899 The able
OF this gentleman published document No. 29 House of
Representatives first session of 2h Congress
include all productive Mines region
which, from observations during his
believe that valuable veins of may readily be Further
that in ls9 the lead mines Of Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, though
only partially produced Of thirty
leadhose Of Illinois yielding their fun proportion the
whole district if properly mined would yield hundred and
fifty millions pounds per
These lands being situated and the Mississippi and
the Of
yields aburdanty eli
lands the sHAWNEETOWN district
fully those Dixon. Recent discoveries have been
suphuet of
guou sides indicating the
Of similar depotes within them The facilities for manufacturing
white red lead represented being ample and the lands
within miles Of the Ohio
in form be transported to all the principal markets
trihing cost JAMES H. PlPtR,
.fcins Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
September sth. 1876 33-lswis