Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-01-21

NJ IN pursuance of Congress approved the
the President United states sell the reserved mineral lands
in the States of Illinois and Arkansas and Territories Of Wisconsin
land supposed to contain ore" l. JAMES *. POLK
President of United of America do hereby declare and
SALE in State ILLINOIS
BILE LEAD MINES THEREIN will be held at the aforementioned Land
Offices said State periods hereinafter designated towt
At the Land Office at DIXON on Monday the dt
following townships and fractional townships VIZ:
North Of the base line and east IF the fourth PaeiPal meridian
Fractional townships twentyegh and T. enty
nine. of range
townships and twenty weight and fractional town
Townships twenty twenty eight
The north half township twentyseven township
ana is s a sp a~S & @ o. e ~
Fractional townships tSenyseven and ~enty
Fractional townships and twenynne Of range
At the land office at sHAwNEETowN commencing on Mon
lands within following sections and parts sections viz
South ote base Eae aad east Of the third principal msridaa
f.oo to srfsi4 y i1elusT e ohSi leze Sections one ~
drs inclusive and sections eghf to ree inclusive township
Sections inclusive. fifteen tsrenyro in
elusive and sections tkr iclusveof township
eeven sections three the north half and Of
ter Of section the north half section foeen and
tSns " to eighteen inclusive in township twelve Of range
Lands appropriated by Law lr the use OF schools military
quarter sections whole part by those mining
leases be dete mined by the day fixed for the com
Presumption claims will not be allowed to any lands
until after the shall have been offered at the public SALE and
actually being
will be sold in such legal subdivision subdivisions viii include
such mine Mines less than dollars and fifty cents
The sales will weeks (uness the len ds
disposed off lolger and entries OF
land in the townships and fractional townships offered will be
admitted until after the expiration Of two weeks from the com
Of said sales
soner Of the General Land Office publish with this exclamation
brief description of the mineral viii these lands lie
and of the lands offered for sale which he has prepared
official and of Information
Given under hand the City Of Washington Ills eighth day
OF September Ammo Domn thousand eight hundred and o
six By the President: ia nEo X. POLK.
JAMES H. PIPER Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Office
the DIXON district embraced in the above prOca
nation of the President Of the United States explored by M
the geoogit the Indiana under instructions
compliance with resolution
the House Of Representatives passed 9TH lS9 The able
OF this gentleman published document No. 2e House
Representatives first 26h Congress shows that these
productive mines the entire ricn
which, his
believe that valuable OF readily be oun Further
that in 1889 the lead mines Of Illinois, Iowa. and Wisconsin though
edhoe Of Illinois yielding their full proportion that the
whole district if properly Mined would yield one hundred and
fifty millions pounds per annum
These being Mississippi and Fever
Transporting them Louis
lent quality and yields abundany all the products OF that latitude
The lands in the SfiAWNEETOWN district have not been
plored fully those Recent discoveries
made however Of rich veins of the of lead and zinc
depostes within them The facilities
white and red lead eented being snd the land
river
in any FORM transported TO all the principal markets al
trihing cost JAMES Il. PlfER,
Acting Commissioner If the General Land Office.
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