Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-02-03
BIZ THE i REsIDEsT OF THE I'M.
FED STATES.



In pursuance of an act of Congress- -,
= proved onthe eleventh day fully iaas
entitled "An acl 10 authorize the Preside,
OF the Unitsd States 10 sell the reserysa
mineral lanes in the States of Illino;. .na
Arkansas, end Territories of Wisconsin and
Iowa. supposed TO contain lead ore.n
JAMES K, POLK, Hesiden, of the iJni,.
ed States o. America, 10 hereby declare ana
make known. tina, public sale will 10 ha,d
attire LAM Office a, DUBUQUE. in the
Territory OF IOWA, commencing on Mar.
day, The eIg3 III day ofMarch neyt. 70, ~.
sale OF the public lanes heretofore ,iibb.Id
from sale az account IF the valuabIc Lad
mines !aereiFss within The following ,own
ships and fractional townships. know
the rick !eGG mine district, wit, - ~
North Of IL: base line and east If hs fin
rs prime ipal meridian. ''
Townships eighty-eight, eighty nine and
ninety, ane fractional township ninety ono
of range oae. .......: s,.a
Tow nstil eighty eight, and fractional
townships fgh'y nine, ninety and niuelv.
one, OF rarse two.
Township eighty seven, and fractional
townships eighty eight and eigh'y-nine Of
range tuIC1
Ffae'on;4 totnships eighty. Seven and
eighty eigaI, of n nge four.
FractiorsIlowvship eighty Sc ven of raooe
five
North 9Th bosllins and ,sss. Of he sf,.
.pri"Fpal meridian
Tow nshi ninty, and fractional 10 vosnip
ninety one, ,of range cue,
Fracuona! townships n;en,y ore oi,e,p
Two ard nlnely t,lree, OF range Two
Township n'nsiy two range thgee.
Lands arfropt'ated by law aor he Use Of
schools, military ard o:be. purposes vii,
be excluded from sale; also all quar,er ouas
ter sections covered IT whole, or IN par,. nv
those mining leases. which shall not be de.
iefmuled by tha day iyed To- he commence
neaf Of tnsse sales
Pre- emp9ion claims will no. be allowed
have beer ere3 Al Public sale uI and af beoo nss
subJect 10 private ehny, and all of such
lands as contain mine Or mines OF lead IRE
actually CISCO ered ald being worked will
be so II such legal subdivision o. subdivi
sions as will include such nine or mines a.
moi lass han TWO do lars and Fifty cents uer
acre.
the sale: Zoe kep; oper for Two weeks
(un!ess thelaads are sooner disposed of and
40 ionger' and no prga.e entries Of land
in the lowpsh1s and fractional townships
SO offered will be admitted until ate, he
expiration, o TWO weeks rom The com
| mencemeII Of said sale
! In furtt.er execution OF The said &C,
| have caused the Commissioner Of ..e Gen
eral Land Offs 20 publst, With his p-ocla.
nation a ErIef description of ,he mineral re-
glons IN Nh.ch these lands lie and of the
lands Hon: offered for sale which he has
prepared from :oficlal documents anl orhe
means Of INFORMATION.
GIVer under my haha at The City o.
Washington <hls fifth day OF Sepambe,
Anro .1o3nlnIf one thousand eight huntred
and forty six
| by The preslien'
JAMES h POLK
| JAMES Il P.pER,
s1ctms Com ofhe Zen and Office
I he la (ds in the miue~al regions, embrscs
ea II the yanovc proclamation Of he .re2l-
den Of ihe United States, ase believed 10
! conan tie richest mines Of lead thai have
YET beer discovered. The ore Welding ahou.
eighty Fer cent of pure metal Copper
also. has bees fonrd in this region in con-
siderable quaNtlles.
/ ttreai advantages are said 10 exiS, for the
naoufacpre d lead N various forms, par
ucula'y iuto shot; the river banks being so
| elevated IS 10 REQUIRE little 70 10 expense 10
he cree Dor If towers: and the ore, trom its
great nlHY, may be manufactured into shot
oy The b 81 smelling
| The Itla 'oI Of these mines being near The
| MtssIssi Bpl river, affords great facilities OF
| transportation, the average cost Of which 10
81. Louis is about fifteen cents per hundred
Poanus. TIE soil is represented as being
unuStsl.y fertile producing all the small
grains IN great abundance. and furnishing
excellent range for caule-thrs presenting
eq lal Inducements 20 The aericuIturiSt aud
thr miner,
TIE DUBUQUE mines in fractional
ioTnsh IS eighty eish,, elgh, mae. and
hI2ety- y anee .wo east, situated on The
banks y the Mississippi, are considered The
most important; the DURANGO mines IN
'o"nshEPs eighty 4ine and ninety. OF range
ere eas', ale the next in value, and the
GA fFESE mines in fractional township
eighty eight: OF range three east also on lie
liver, axe lhs' thrd Other mines have beer
discovered "a his region; and !, Is very pro
nable bal future explorations will bring &c
light Others as rich and productive as any
no" A''"7 JAMES H. PIPER.
o4etiny COM. Of The General land Cfes
! Sep.s,n5e+ 5lh 1876.