Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-02-05
Nv The presiden, of the United States.

BY the President of the United States.
TN pursuance OF an act OF Congress, approved
i on the eleventh day of July, 1876, entitled
IAN act 10 authorize the President OF The United
States 10 sell the reserved mineral lands in the
States OF illinois and Arkansas, and TerritoIieso i
Wisconsin and Iowa, supposed 10 contain LEAD
ore" |, JAMES X. POLK, President Of The
United States Of America, do hereby declare and
make known, that public sale Will De neid al
The Land Office al DUBUQUE, in the. Terrific
~ OF IOWA, commencing on Monday, the
eighth day OF March next, for the sale Ct the
public lands heretofore withheld from sale 90
account OF The valuable lead mines therein, with
in the following townships and fractional town.
ships. known as the rich Lead Mine Disirio,-lo
wit
North of the base line, and East of The fifth prin-
eipal meridian
Townships eghty-eight, eighty-nine and nine
wand fractional llownshipninely-one,o frange one.
Township eighty-eight and fractional town.
ships eghty-nine, ninety and nnety-one, oil range
two.
Township eighty.seven, and fractional town.
ships eigh,y-eight and eighy-nine OF range three.
Fractional townships eish,y-seven and eighty
eight, OF range four.
Fractional township eighty seven, oil range hve.
North of The base line, anal Hest ofthe ffh prin-
Township ninety, and fractional township nine-
ly.one, OF range one.
Fractional townships nineiy-one, hlneiy-l"o
and ninely-lhree, of range two
Township ninety-iwo, OF range three.
Lands appropriated by law Tor the use OF
schools, military and other purposes will De ex-
Guided from sale; also, all quarter quarter Sec
lions covered in whole, or in part, by those MI
ming leases which shall not be determined by The
day fixed for the commencement OF these sales.
Presumption claims will not be allowed 10 any
Of the above lands, until after they have been Of
tered al public sale, and become subIectto private
entry; and all of such lands as contain mine or
mines OF lead ore actually discovered and being
worked, win be sold in such legal subdivision or
subdivisions as will include such mine or mines,
a,no, less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
The sale will he KEEP, open for Two weeks Gun
less the lands are sooner disposed oD and no
longer and no private entries OF land in the town.
ships and fractional townships so 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 Commissioner OF the General Land
Office to publish with this proclamation brief
description oflhe mineral regions in which these
lands lie, and of the lands now offered for sale,
which he has prepared from official documents
and other means of Information.
Given under my hand al the city OF Washing
ton this filth day OF September, Ammo Domni,
one thousand eight hundred and torty-six.
By The President JAMES K. POLK.
JAMES II. PIPER, Acting Commissioner
of the General Land Office.
The lands in the mineral regions, embraced in
the above proclamation OF the President OF The
United States, are believed TO contain the richest
mines OF lead that have yet been discovered; The
creyelding about eighty per cent. OF pure metal.
Copper also, has been found in this region 10 con-
siderable quantities.
Great advantages are said to exist for the ma
nufac,ure of lead in various forms, particularly
into slot, the river banks being so elevated as to
require lille or no expense in The erection OF
towers; and the ore, from its great purity, may be
manufactured into snot by the flrst smelling.
The location oi these mines being near the
Mississippi river, affords great facilities Of trans
poralion, the average cost of which 10 Saint
Louis is about fifteen cents per hundred pounds.
The soil is represented as being unusually fertile,
producing all the small grains in great abnn-
oance, aud furnishing excellent range Tor cattle;
mus presenting equal inducements 10 the agricul-
turist and The miner.
The DUBUQUE mines in fractional town.
SHIPS Lightweight, eighly.ninr, and ninety, OF
range TWO East, situated on The banks Of The Mis-
Slsslppi. are considered The mos, Important The
DURANGO mines in townships eishly-nine and
ninety, Of range one East, are The next in value;
ana the CATTESE mines in fractional township
eighly'eisht, OF range three East, also on the
river, are The third. Other mines have been dis
covered in this region; and il is very probable
ma, future explorations will bring to light others
as 'ich and productive as any now known.
JAMES H. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner OF The General Land Of
nee. Sept. 22-cwl8w