Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-01-13
ny TIE PRESIDENT OF TUE UNr-
TED STATES.
In passua@ce Of an net Of Congress, go
i moved or the eleventh dav or July. 1876,

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I'm passuaace Of an act Of Congress, sp-
proved o. thu eleventh day ofJuly, 1886,
lenii,ieI ..Aa act TO authorize the President
| Of the; Unised States TO sell the reserved
mlner:.i hrds in the States OF Illinois ard
Arkansas, and Territories Of Wisconsin and
iowa. :snainsed to contain lead ore" /,
JAMES ~ POLK, President Of the Unit
ed Sta:es Of America. do hereby declare and
make tnowt thai public sale will be held
al the Land Office. al DUBUQUE. in the
re,n,cry Of IOWA. commencing on Mon
day, tae eighth day Of March next, for the
sale Of the lpub'ic lands heretofore viihheld
from eaie on account Of tie 6aludblc led
mines shers,a. within the following iowH.
ships .:nd frsc,ional townships, known As
the ric:, lead mine district, to- wit:
North of The base line aud east Of the INV
principal meridian.
Townships eighty eight, eighty nine and
ninety: and fractional township ninety one,
OF range one.
Township eighty eight. and fractional!
eighty nine, ninety and ninety.
one, De range two.
Township eighty seven. and fractional
townships eightye'ght aud eighty nine Of
range .hice.
Fraetiousf townships eighty, seven and
eighty -eigh% OF range four.
Fraetionaltownsh'p eighty seven ,of range
live.
.Nor.h Of tte base line and ,uest Of the Gth
principal meridian.
Township ninety, and fractional township
ni, ETY. one, Of range one,
Fractional townships nienty one, ninety
Two ss'd ninety three, Of range two,
Township ninety two, range three.
Lands appropriated by law for the use Of
schools, military and other purposes, will
be excluded from sale; also all quarter quar-
ter sections covered in whole, or in part, by
those tninins leases, which shall not be de-
.ermined THE day fixed FOR the commence
men, OF these sales.
Pre- emption claims will not be allowed
10 any Of the above lands. until after they
have been offered at public sale, and become
subject to private eniry; and all OF such
lands as contain mine or mines oil lead ore
actually discovered and being worked, will
be sols in such legal subdivision or subdivi-
sions as vii include such mine or mines, al
not less ,Aah two dollars and FIFTY cents per
acre. ...,.. .
lhe sale will be KEEP, open for two weeks
(unless the lands are sooner disposed of) and
no longer; and no private entries oil land
IN the townships and fractional townships
81 offered vii, be admitted until alter the
expiration Of two weeks from the com
mence menlof SAID sale.
| 10 Eurlh4r execution Of the said act.
have caused the Commissioners OF the Cen
eraI Land Office TO publish with this procla'
NATION a brief description Of the mineral re.
gions in " aich these lands lie. and Of the
lands now offered for sale, which he has
tprepa:ed ID m official documents and other
means Of id ormNtiou.
Given u ,der my hand at the City oil
Washington. ii IS fifth day OF September.
anno :O0ntn', ote thousand eight hunered
By 'pe p1F''de41.';n rs r pork
.aetig rim. efMs Gen. Land Office
The landI in re mineral regions, embrac:.
ed in The above proclaim alton Of the Pres,.
den, AZ thd Uniled STATES, are believed 10
contain he,richesl mines Of lead that have
We, been ti;coye.ed; the ore yielding about
lightly per cent OF pure metal. Copper,
also, t.as been found in this region in con-
sdera9le lian,iies. ...
Grea, adj tan,sses are said TO exist for the
manufac,urk OF Lead in various forms, par
ucuaEv iulo .aol; the river banks being so
elevated rs TO require hiiie 70 no expense il
he erection # towers; and The ore. from its
great Furry, may be manufactured into shot
by the first smelling. ..........
The location OF these mines being near the
Mississippi rlver, affords great facilities of
transportation. the average cost Of which to
81. Louis is about fifteen cents per hundred
pound.. Tue sell is represented as being
unusually ieruIe. producing all the small
grains in great abundance, and furnishing
|eAcelien, rjng4 Tor ca,,le-thus presenting
equal inducements 10 he agriculturis, aud
the miner.
The Du,BuQUE mines in fractional
townships teign,y eight. eight nlne, and
ninety. Of range two east, situated on the
banks Of the Mississippi, are considered the
mos, important; the DURANGO mines in
townships eighty nine ami ninety. Of range
one east. gre 'he next in value; and the
ICArTESE mines in fractional township
eighty eIsht, OF range three east, also On the
river, are tie third O,her mines have been
discovered ii this region; and it Is very pro.
babe that future explorations will bring to
light oilers, as rich and productive as any
now knowp
JAMES H. PIPER.
y7ciing Coy'r eftLe General Land Office.
Septs,nbe i 5,h ls46. .-.-