The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-29

day of March next for the sale of the pubo lands ho
mines here,n nom sale on account Of the valuable lead
tona townships, known the rich lead mine district,
70 % VII =
lownsips eighty weight, eighty -nine, and ninety and
"e sr, ,ownishp ninety one, Of range
township eighiy-eight and fractional townships eiahtv
hlne ninety and ninety -one of range two 80
lownship slgysoven, and fractional townships eighty
eign' ana eghty-ninc, of range three
fractional townships eighyseven and eighty weight of
Meth Of fhe bass hae and of dc mn yrinepai reiiou
aownsp ninety and fractional township niney-one of
Fractional townships nincty-one ninety and ninety
three, of range two. w. w S
Township nney-two, of range three
Lands appropriated 10y law Tor the use of schools militia
N and other purposes win be excluded from sae also all
ose anafr sections covered in whole or part by
day liked Tor the commencement of these sales - w
resumption claims viii not be allowed to any of the
sale, and become subject private entry; and all of such
lands as contain mine mines of lead actually dis
covered and being worked viii be sold in such legal sub
division or subdivisions will include mine or mines
at not less than two dollars and fny cents per acre
The sale VIII be kept open for weeks (uncss the
lands are sooner disposed o and longer and no private
entries of land in tho townships and fractional townships
offered viii 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 publish with
this proclamation brief description OF the mineral regions
in which these lands lie, and OF the lands offered for
sale, which he has prepared from official documents and
other means of information.
Given under my hand the city of Washington Ibis
fifth day OF September, Doinini one thousand
eight hundred and iorty-sX.
JAMES X. POLK
BY the Presidents
JAMES III. PrrsR,
Acting Commissioned of the General Land Office
The lands in the mineral regions, embraced in the above
proclamation of the President of the United States are be-
lcved contain the richest mines of lead that have We,
been discovered; the yielding about eighty per cent OF
pure metal Copper also has been found Ia this region in
considerable quantities
Great advantages said TO exist for the manufacture OF
lead in various FORMS particularly into shot river banks
being elevated as TO require lie expense in the
erection of towers; and the from great purity y
be manufacture into shot by the first smelling
The location OF these mines being the Mississippi
river, affords great facilities of transportation the average
of which ST. Louis is about fifteen cents PEI hundred
pounds. The soil is represented being unusually fertile
producing all the small grains in great abundance fur
ning excellent range for catthus presenting equal in
ducemen,s 10 the agricuurist and the mincr.
The DusUQuE mines in fractional townships
eightynne and ninety oi range east situated the
banks of the Mississippi considered the inportan
the DURANGO mines in townships eighy-nne and ninety
of range east the in values and the CArrrsr
mines in fractional township eghtyeight of range three
east also the river the third Other mines have
been discovered in this rogon and il is probable that
future explorations viii bring light others rich and pro-
ductlve any now known.
JAMES II. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office
Sept. g. ISi6--law 2tW