Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-02-05
on Monday, the fifth day OF April next, Tor the
disposal oil the public lands within the following
townships and fractional townships viz


townships and fractional townships, viz
NORTH ef lie base line, and East Of HE fourth
principal meridian.
Fractional townships twenty. seven, twenty
eight, and twenty nine, OF range one.
Townships twenty seven and twenty eight, and
fractional township twenty nine, OF range Two.
Townships twenty-seyen and twenty sht and
fractional township twenty-nine, Of range three.
The North half Of township tweniy-seven,
township twenty eight and fractional township
twenty nine, Of range four.
North Of The base line, ami West of tic tourtd
principal meridian.
Fractional townships twenty.seven, twenty
eight and twenty-nine, OF range one.
Fractional townships twenty eight and twenty
nine, OF range Two.
Al the Land Office al Shawneetown, COM
mencing on Monday, the nineteenth day of april
next, for the disposal Of the public lands within
the following sections, and parts OF sections, viz:
South of the base line, and East Of The third priu-
eipat nlcridtanv.
Sections tmenfy-t,co TO tios,.t -ninc, inclusive,
and sections Mnty-t,ro 10 Thirty stx, inclusive Of
township eleven; sections one 10 frc, inclusive,
aad sections eight 10 ttceire, inclusive, in town
ship twelve, OF range seven.
Sections three 10 nine, inclusive, sections NJ
teen to ttrcntytro, inclusive and sections t'rentp
hrc 10 Mirty-sx, inclusive Of township eleven;
sections one, t,co, three, the North halt and
Southeast quarter Of section fur; sections hrc
10 ,leren, inclusive the Southwest quarter OF sec
ton treipe; the North half OF section fourteen, and
sections fifteen to eighteen inclusive, in township
twelve, OF range nine.
Lands appropriated by law for the use OF
schools, military, or other purposes, will be ex-
cluded from the sales; also, all quarter sections
covered in whole or in part BY those mining lea
ses which shall not be determined by The day hS-
ed for the commencement of the sales.
Presumption claims will not be allowed 10 any
OF the above lands, until attert the same shall have
been offered at the public sale, and become SUBJ
ject TO private entry; and all OF such lands ascon
tain mine or mines of lead Gre actually dscov-
cred and being worked, will be sold in such legal
subdivision or subdivisions as will include such
mine or mines, at not less than Two dollars and
fifty cents per acre.
The sales will eachbe kept open for two weeks,
(unless the lands are sooner disposed OF, and no
longer; and no private entries of land in the
townships and fractional townships SO offered
will be admitted until after tn. expiration Of two
weeks from the commencement OF said sales
In further execution Of the said act have
caused the Commissioner Of the General Land
Office TO publish with This proclamation brief
description Of The mineral regions in which these
lands lie and OF the lands now offered tor sale,
which he has prepared from official documents
and other means Of information.
Given under my hand a, the City Of Washing
ton, this eighth day of September, Ammo Domini
one thousand eight hundred and forly-six.
BY the President JAMES X. POLK.
JAMES II. PIPER, Acting Commissioner
Of the General Land Office.
The lands in the DIXON district, embraced in
The above proclamation OF the President OF the
United States, were explored by Mr.. Owen, the
geolosist Of The State OF Indiana, under inslruc-
lions from the Treasury Department, and in COM
pliance with resolution OF The House OF Repre-
sentaiives, passed 9th February, 1889. The able
report Of this gentleman, published as document
No. 239, House oil Representatives, first session
of 26th Congress, shows that these lands include
all the productive mines, and The entire region in
which, from observations during his survey, there
is reason 10 believe that valuable veins OF ore
may readily be fonnd. Further, that in 1889, The
lead mines of Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin,
though only partially worked, produced upwards
of thirty millions pounds of lead-those OF Illinois
yielding their full proporion-and that the whole
district, ifpropery mined, would yield one hun.
bred and fifty millions pounds per annum.
These lands being situated on and near the
Mississippi and Fever rivers, the cost OF trans
porting the products Of them TO 81. Louis is only
abou, fifteen cents per hundred pounds The soil
is OF excellent qualify and yields abundanlly all
the products Of that latitude.
Tho ,aude 10 the SHA WNEETOWN district
have not been explored as fully as those in Dix
on. Recent discoveries have been made how
ever, OF rich veins of the sulphuret OF lead and
zinc contiguous TO and on both sides Of these
lands, indicating the existence OF similar deposiles
within them. The facilities for manufacturing
white and red lead are represented as being am
81 r.
seven miles OF the Ohio river, the melal, in any
form, can be transported TO allthe principal mar
ke,s al trihing cost.
JAMES H. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Oh
fee. Sept 22-cwl8w