The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-10
by the President OF the United States.


ent day OF July, 1876, entitled San authorize the
President Of the United States sell the reserved mineral
ore" j. JAMES X POLK, President Of the United States
lie sales OF the lands heretofore ched from sale IN the State OF
ILLINOIS Of The ralpabc lead therein, will
be held at the aforementioned land Offices in said State at
the periods here e n designated to wit NovnAy
lands within the following townships and fractional town
ships, viz
North Of the base "e and east Of fhe fourth principal "eri-
Fractional townships twenty-seven. tweny-eight and
twenty-nine, of range one.
Townships twentyseven and twenty-eght ana fractional
township lwenty-nine, 81 range TWO
Townships twenty and wentyeght, and fractional
township twenty-nine, of range three.
The north half of township twenyseven, township tweri
tyeigh and fractional township twenty OF range four
North of the base e and ,ccs of the fourth principal na
Fractional townships tweny-seven, twentyeight, and
twenty-nine, OF range
Fractional townships tweny-egh and tweny-nne, OF
Al the land office at sIIA WNEETOWN commencing on
MONDAY the nineteenth day of April next tor the disposal
of the public lands within The following sections, and parts
OF sections, viz
Sections trenfy-tro trenfy -n,e inclusve and
tions rutytwo to thuysi1 inclusive, of township eeven
sections to fire inclusive and sections eight to t'crs in
elusive, in township twelve, of range seven.
Sections three inclusive sections fifteen TO t,eenty
inclusive, and sections ttcenfyf TO fyr inclusive
Of township eleven; sections t,co three, the north half
and southeast quarter of section four sections fire espe
nclusve the southwest quarter OF section cere; the north
half of section foteen and sections fifteen eighteen inclu
siyc, in township twelve, OF range nine
Lands appropriated by law Tor the of schools, militia
ry other purposes viii be excluded from the safes; also
all quarter quarter sections covered in whole or in part by
day fixed for the commencement OF the sales
Prescription claims will not be allowed TO any of the
above lands until after the shall have been offered
the public sale, and become subject TO private eny and
a OF sneh lands as conan h ne or MINES s o. a
legal subdivision subdivisions will include such mine
mines less than dollars and fifty cents per
The sales will each be keptopen for two weeks, (nles
the lands are sooner disposed of and longer and no pr-
entries OF land in the townships and fractional
ships offered win be admitted until after the expiration OF
TWO weeks s rom Inc commencement me; o, a'h sales
Commissioner Of the General Land Office publish with
this proclamation brief description Of the mineral regions
in which these lands lie and OF the lands offered for
sale, which he has prepared from official documents and
Given under my hand at the city of Washington this
eighth day of September, Domni thousand eight
49, = '''' 'O'' 80 JAMES X. POLK.
BY the President
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office.
The lands the DIXON district embraced in the above
proclamation of the President OF the United States, were
explored by Mr. Owen, the geoogit of the State Of Indiana
under instructions from The Treasury DepsTrmen, and
tves, passed 9th February 1889 The able report of this
Of @ Nq .da S"s s Rp
lands include all the productive mines, and the entire re-
on IN which from ,n, yao during s rve en nGTr
be found Further, that in 1889, the lead mines OF Illinois,
Iowa, and Wisconsin, though only partially worked pro-
dnced upwards of thirty million pounds OF leadthosc of
Illinois Yielding their full proportionand that the whole
district if properly mined, would yield hundred and
fifty million pounds per annum.
These lands being situated and the Mississippi
and Fever rivers the of transporting the products OF
them ST Louis is only about fifteen cents per hundred
pounds The soil is OF excellent quality and yields abund
anly all the products of that latitude.
The lands in the SHAW NEETOWN district have
been explored as fully those Dixon Recent discov-
have been made however of rich veins of the sulphur
OF lead and zinc, contiguous to, and both sides of
these lands indicating the existence OF similar depositc
within them The facilities for manufacturing white and
red lead Represented being anple and the lands
Situated within about miles of the Ohio river
the metal in form, be transported all the nc
pal markets at triiing cost
JAMES II. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office
Sept S-lawts