The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-13
CITY OF WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY, NIGHT JANUARY 49, 1S47
By Che pres,aens OF the United states..


Ivy the President of the United States.
pursuance Of an act OF Congress, approved ON he
eleventh day of july 1886 entitled IAN act authorize
The President the United States sell the reserved min
eral lands in the States o Illinois and Arkansas, and Terri
ore" j, JAMES X PoLK Pesi,ini Of the United State
of America, do hereby declare and make known, thai
public sale VIII be lpld the land office MINERAL
POINT, in the Territory of Wisconsin, commencing on
poal of the following sections and parts sections of land
heretofore reserved from sale as embracing valuable lead
West Of the fourth principal ,acridian.
Parts OF sections six, seven, eight, nine, twelve,
men y MY af, n,5yWo and
parts OF sections two, ten and hiryoue, in township
thirty, and thirty three, and parts Of sections len onrlecn
tMeny-one twenty-five, twenty-five, weny-six, twenty
three sections twelve, thirteen, yior, twcny -seych
and thirty io and parts of sections eight urteen
and hniysx and parts OF sections eleven, iour'een
iisen, wenty-two, twcntysx, tweny-seyen, thirty '
paris OF sections two, twenty fous, twenty-five, and dirty
SIX, IN township SIN; section tweniy-sx, and parts Of
and section meny-four, in township eight, all OF range
one; sections weniyeigh, thry-lhree md thfy-slx
main land and parts of sections twelve, aud twenty
five, in township one section twenty and parts Of sections
and thirty-sN, in township two; section thity-sx, and
parts OF sections nine, thirty, and hiryone, in township
and thry-two, in township four; and section wentyour
in township five, all OF range Two; sections three and
twelve and parts OF sections four and five township
sections twenty thirty-or and hirty-fs and
parts ofsections thirteen, wcny-thee twenty four, wen
five, tWenty-six thirtyree, and irlysiX, township
three and part Of section thirty in township four I'll of
sections twenty, tweny -ne and thirty; aud parts of
tons eight seventeen, eighteen nineteen, and twenty
eight n township i1r and par,
and parts of sections six and twenty in township three
parts Of sections twenty-five tweiy-six twenty-seven
twenb-nine, hiryiour, thirty vc and thy-six IL
ship onr and part OF section iourtee in township five, all
East of the fourth principal ,ncridigu
Sections four eight, nne twenty twenty four, twenty
six, twentynine, and thirty and parts OF sections two
five, seven, ten, eleven twelve, thirteen, fourteen, i
tecn seventeen, eighteen nineteen twenty twenty
Two, twentyhree, twenty-five, twenty twenty eight
one parts of sections twenty-five, thirty hirty-two
thyhree, y-fur thry-five, and iiry-six in town
ship parts oil sections twenty twenty nne and thirty
five, in township hrce parts Of sections one aud twenty
in township FOUR section thirty and parts OF sections
three, eight, nne thirteen, fourteen, eigheen twenty
twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty wentynine, thirty
one ty-iour thirty five and hirly-six in township hye
eight township sx and sections twenty twenty
nine tea Twenty, and thirty -FOUR ii ,ownlhp seven ali Of
sections two three, four, six, eight nine,
ten eleven twelve thirteen and twenty and parts
one, ve fourteen, een, scventeen eighteen, nineteen,
twenty-onc, twenty-five, twenythee thirty. hirfy-one,
sections twenty five tweny-six ,twenly-seven twenty
eight, twenty-n thirty thirty three, tly-ionr, thirty
five, and thirty six, and parts of sections two, thirty one,
and thirwo. township two; parts Of sections eleven
and thirty in township three parts OF sections onc Two,
three four. ve six seven eight nine, eleven twelve,
thirteen seventeen, eighteen nineteen twenty, eniyonc,
and tlry-sx and parts ofsccos fourteen, iecn twenty
two tweny-four, twenty-five wcn,ysx, thirty, ,irtyone,
hirtywo, thrty-three, and hirty-ve in township five;
sections twenty and twenty one, and parts OF sections
wentyhree twenty hiryhrce. and thirty-onr i,
township six, all of range parts Of sections six and
ONE, and ar,s Of sscoas 6u SIX WE'VE ruryons
twenty-five, and hry-six IN township two; sections i've
seventeen and parts of sections four nine, ten fonr-
teen, fifteen, eighteen, twenty, twey-iour, and twenty
nine in township three sections five SIX eight and TWEEN
twenty-five, and thirtyhree, in township tours Sections
yone and thrty-two, and parts OF sections e'gh Ten,
twenty-five, thirty and thy-ihce III town
ship five sections fifteen and Twenty-Five and parts osec-
tons thirteen seventeen, tweny-one, wcniyson' twenty
seven weneight, thrythree and Thirty Hour, ~ town.
ship six and parts Of sections twenty and tweny-nne, IN
township seven all of range three part OF section nne IN
township one sections nineteen and twenty-ioaf, and
parts OF sections three twelve, hirteen and eighteen
in township two pnr of section seventeen, in township
three parts of sections fourteen, nineteen, twenty, TWEEN
ton thy-ve, in township five and sections nineteen and
twenty-sx and parts of sections five nine eleven fftecn
en- twenty weight, hirty-one, and thiuy-two, in town
ship six all of range four; parts of sections eight seven
and twenty and parts of sections four, eighteen, and
nineieen in township parts of secons four and thirty
in township three; sections twentyseven and tweny-egh
and parts OF sections eleven, nineteen. twenty, twenty nne
and thirty, township four; and sectionsone two and eg
teen and parts OF sections eigh fourteen, seven
een nineteen and Twenty-Five in township sx all OF range
yc section eleven AND part Of section eish, n osp
three and parts of sections ve SIX, seyen eight eighteen
We s IN " ns a,s of aastions
we three, eleven, thirteen, and twcnty-e ght IN town
ship and part of section thirty -four, in township three
all range seven part of section four in township trce
parts Of sections swcnty-seycn thirty -four, and thirty live
in township four and part of section 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
not be determined by the day fixed for the commencement
OF the sale, will be excluded hereform.
Prescription claims win be allowed any of the
above lands, until after they have been offered public
SALE and become subject TO 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 OF subdivisions will include suchmine mines,
less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre
The sale viii be kept open ior two weeks f'"cg me
ailas hr4 sooner ,.,,rvs, and longer; and pri-
entries OF land 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
Commissioners of the General Land Office publish with
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 dry of November, Dornni one thousand
eight hundred and ioriy-siN
JAMES X POLK.
by the President;
JAMES ii. PirER
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office.
The lands embraced by the above proclamation of the
President the United States many of the most
valuable lead mines actually opened aud worked which
have yet been dcovered and from indications on the sur
face experiments made digging IL is believed that