Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-01-12
PUBLIC LAND SALES.
By the President of the United States.

TN pursuance OF an act OF Congress, approved
J. on the eleventh day of July, 1876, entitled,
"An act 10 authorize the President OF the United
States 10 sell The reserved mineral lands in the
States OF illinois and Arkansas, and Territorieso
W Wisconsin and Iowa, supposed TO contain lead
ore" |, JAMES X. POLK, President of The
United States OF America, DO hereby declare and
make known, that public sale will be held at
the Land Office at DUBUQUE, in The Terrific
ry OF IOWA, commencing on Monday, the
eighth day OF March next, for the sale cf the
public lands heretofore withheld from sale on
account Of the valuable lead mines therein, with
in the following townships and fractional town.
ships, known as the rich Lead Mine Dis,rict--to
wit
North of The base linc, and East of The Gflh prin-
eipal meridian.
Townships eighty-eighi, eighly-nine and nine
y,and tractionat township nineIY-one, Orange one.
Township eiehy-eight, and fractional town.
ships eighiy-nine, ninety and ninely-one, OF range
two.
Township eishty-sevep, and fractional town.
ships eighty-eight and eighly-nine, OF range three
Fractional townships eighly-seven and eighty
eight OF range four.
Fractionaltownshipe ighty-seven, oil range i've
North of the base line, and Hest oftde ffM prin-
cipal meridian.
Township ninety, and fractional township nine
ty-one, OF range one.
Fractional townships ninety-one, ninety-lwo
and ninety-lhree, of range two.
Township ninety-,wo, Of range three.
Lands appropriated by law Tor the use OF
schools, military and other purposes, will be ex-
cluded 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 Tor the commencement Of these sales.
Presumption claims will not be allowed TO any
of the above lands, until after they have been Of
tered at public sale, and become subjecto private
entry; and all Of such lands as contain mine or
mines OF lead ore actually discovered 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 sale will be kept open for two weeks lun-
less the lands are sooner disposed Oh 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 a brief
description otthe 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 fifth day OF September, Ammo Domlni,
one thousand eight hundred and forly-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 10 contain the richie St
mines OF lead that have yet been discovered; The
ore Welding about eighty per cent. OF pure metal.
Copper, also, has been found in this region IN con-
siderable quantities
Great advantages are said TO exist for the ma
nufaclure of lead in various forms, particularly
into shot, The river banks being SO elevated as 10
require little or no expense in The erection oil
towers; and the ore, from lis great purify, may be
manufactured into sho, by the first smelling.
The location OF these mines being near the
Mississippi river affords great facilities of trans
poration, the average cost Of which TO Saint
Louis is about fifteen cents per hundred pounds.
The soil is represented as being unusually fertile,
producing all the small grains in great abun-
dance, and furnishing excellent range for cattle;
thus presenting equal inducements 10 the agricul-
tnrist aud the miner.
The DUBUQUE mines in fractional town.
ships eishly-eight, eighty-nine, and ninety, OF
range two East, situated on the banks OF the Mis-
sissippi, are considered the mos. important; the
DURANGO mines in townships eighly-nine and
ninety, OF range one East, are The next in value;
and the CATTESE mines in fractional township
lightweight, 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
that future explorations will bring 10 light others
as rich and productive as any now known.
JAMES Fl. PIPER,
-. c.>,x:,.;on,r ~ Tho Ganeral I and Of
6ce. Sept. 22-cwlsw