The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-10

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by the President or the United States.
pursuance OF an aeI OF Congress, approved on the
eleventh day Of July, 1916, entitled san act 10 authorize
the President OF The United States to sell the reserved min
eral lands IN the States Of Illinois and Arkansas, and Terri
ORE" l. JAMES X. POLK, President Of the United States
OF America do hereby declare and make known, that
public sale VIII be held the land office MINERAL
POINT in the Territory of Wisconsin, commencing on
la ~ 'he twenty fourth day OF May next for die dis
heretofore reserved from sale embracing valuable lead
mines to wit
Wsst Of The fourth principal nreridian,
Parts OF sections six seven, eight nine, twelve
y-nve, wentyeighi, twenty mine, thirty, thy-two, and
parts OF sections ten, and thryone, in township
sections fifteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty twen-nne,
twentyone, tweny-two twenty-five, tweny-six twenty
eight, thry-two thirty four and try-fve, in township
and thirty four and paris of sections seven eight fourteen
een and eighteen in township iour sections nine,
ana thysx, and parts OF sections eleven, fourteen,
fifteen, tweny-wo wentysx, tweny-seven, thirty flour,
and lhirty-hve, in township five; section eight, and
Six, in township six; section twentysx, and parts of
sections thirty four and thirty six in township seven
one sections wentyeigh, thirty-hree, and thry-six,
fractional sections tyeny-nine and thirty-nvo ON the
five, in township section twenty and parts Of sections
six, nineteen, twenyegh ihrythree, thry-ive,
and hirtysix, in township two; section thirtysx, and
parts OF sections nine, thirty, and iry-one in township
ree section thirteen, and parts of sections gilt
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in township five, all of range two; sections three and
twelve and parts of sections four and five in township two;
sections twenty-seven, thirty four and thriy-fvc and
parts Of sections thirteen, tweny-ihree twen-loor, twenty
five, tweny-six hirtyhree, and hiriysiX in township
range three; part of section twenty in township three
sections lwent twenynne and thirty and parts OF sec
eight, IN township four and part of section tweny-eg
and pn Of s sections six and ss wen in township hee
parts of sections twenty-five, tweny-six wentyseven
twenty-ninc, thry-ionr, thirty and thysix in town
of range five.
East Of The fourth principal meridian
six, wcnty-nie and thyo and parts of sections two,
live, seven, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen m
two, tweny-three twenty-five, twenty twenty-eigh
thirty, thrlytwo, thrytee and thirty four, in township
thry-thrce, thytou tyfve, and thirysix, in town
ship two parts OF sections twenty twenty mine, and thirty
one township iour section thirty and parts of sections
three, eight, nne thirteen, fourteen eighteen twenty,
one thirty four. thirty five and thiysx, in township five;
sections three four and nine and parsot sections five and
eight twenty nine, and thirty three, and parts of sections
nine, twenty and thirty -four in township seven all OF
,en eleven twelve, thirteen and twenty and parts ectons
one five, fourteen fifteen seventeen, eighteen, nineteen,
thry-two, thry-th and thirty-sx, in township
sections five wenlysix, twenty twenty,
five, and lhrty and parts Of sections two, hirtyone,
and thry-two, in township parts of sections eleven
and thirty in township three parts OF sections two
four five six seven twelve township four sections
three, four, five seven, eight nine, eleven twelve
thirteen seventeen, eigee nineteen twenty, twenty
and trys and parts OF sections fourteen, lteen twenty
two, tweny-ioar twenty twen-siS thirty, hiry,one
thry-two, thrthree and ilriyive, in, township five
sections twenty and twentyone and parts of section
tweny.ree. twenty onr thirty three. and hiriy-onr in
township six all of range two parts OF sections six and
twenyeigt, in township sections thirty and thirty
e and hry.six IN township two; sections five
and seventeen and sections four nine, ten four
yeigi and parts Of sections seven, seventeen twenty,
fve SIX seven seventeen, eighteen, nineteen twenty hir-
tyone, and thrytwo and parts OF sections eight, ten,
twenty-five wenty-nne thirty, and thirty three, in
ship five sections fifteen and twenty-five, and parts osec
tons thirteen seventeen, four twenty
seven twenty-eght thirty three, and tryfour in town
ship six and parts of sections twenty and twenynne, in
township all of range three part OF section nne in
township /; sections nineteen and twenty-tour, and
parts of sections three twelve thirteen and eighteen,
in township two part OF section seventeen, in township
three parts of sections fourteen, nineteen, twenty, TWEEN
three, thirty, and hiryone, in township four; part of
ton thryve in township five and lions nineteen and
twen-six and parts OF sections i've nine eleven fifteen
eighteen, twenty Twenty-Five twenty three, twent-sev-
en- wen,y-eghi hiryone. and ,lny,two o IN town
tecn and eighteen in township one; sections
and Twenty Snd Pp, q ps % G"r sE and h n
in township three; sections and tweny-egh
and parts sections eleven, nineteen, twenty, tweniynn
and thirty, in township our and sectionsone two aud eg
teen and parts of sections eight fourteen,
ve section eleven and part of section eight, in township
vc section eleven, and of section eight in township
twcnty-one, Twenty-Five wenty-six, twenty seven, and
thirty in township six, all Of range parts OF sections
TIVE, three eleven thirteen and wentyeig, in town.
ship and part of section thirty four in township three,
all range part of section tour township three,
parts sections swcnyseve, thirty -four, and thirty five,
in township four and part OF section seven, in township
seven all OF range eight
All quarter quarter sections of the above lands
ed in whole part by those mining leases which shall
be determined by the day fixed for the commencement
of the sale, will be excluded thereform.
Presumption claims will not be allowed 10 any OF the
above lands until after they have been offered at public
sale, and become subject private entry and all OF such
lands contain mine mines of lead actually dis
covered and being worked, will be sold in such legal sub
division subdivisions will include such mine mines,
at not less than dollars and fifty cents per
The sale will be kept open for two weeks (mless the
lands disposed off, and longer; and pri-
entries OF land in the sections and parts of sections
offered will be admitted until after the expiration of two
weeks from the commencement OF said sale.
In further execution of the said act, have caused the
this proclamation brief description of the mineral region
in which these lands lie and of the lands offered for
sale, which has been prepared from official documents and
other means of information
Given under my hand at the city of Washington this
twentieth day of November, Domin thousand
eight hundred and ortysx.
JAMES X. POLK
BY the President;
JAMES III. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
The lands embraced by the above proclamation of the
President of the United States many OF the most
valuable lead mines actually opened and worked which
have yet been discovered and from indications on the sur
face and experiments made digging, it is believed that
tiding expense.
From the great number of these mines, it would be inn