The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-04-15

Hy the Prcsident o United tates
TN of of Congress- approved ON the eev-
lsenth day OF July 1886 entitled San authorize the
President Of the United States sell the reserved mineral
tories of Wisconsin and Iowa. supposed contain lead
ore' L. JAMES X POLK, President of the United States
lie sales Of the lands heretofore h from sale in the State
ILLINOIS, Of the valuable lead mines therein will
be held at the aforementioned land Offices IN said Sate at
4! the land Office at DIXON commencing on MONDAY
the fifth day of April for the disposal of the public
lands within following townships and fractional town
North Of the base line and east Of the fourth principal meri
Fractional townships twcnv-seven, tweny-eight and
Townships twenty-eght and fractional
township tweny-nine, of range two.
Townships and twentyeght, and fractional
township twenty-nne, of range three
The north half Of township twenty township TWEEN
tyeighi, and fractional township nine OF range four
North Of the base hne and 'cest Of the Jofh p'"eaf mer
Fractional townships tweny-seven, twentyeight, and
twenty-nine, of range
Fractional townships twcnty-egh and tweny-ninc, OF
Al the land office at sIIAwNEETowN, commencing on
MONDAY the nineteenth day Of April next for the disposal
of sections, vizi
South of base Inc and of the third principal meridian
Sections twenty-five TO leny-ne lao,asxeI ana sec
sections ncusve and sections eight to fope in
IN 1wnsn u wiG range fifteen to nv
tho inclusive, and sections twenty-five to tyr Inclusive
and southeast quarter four; sections even
inclusive; the southwest quarter tce the north
half of section fourteen; and sections een to eighteen lncl
sive, in township twelve OF range nine.
Lands appropriated by law for the of schools militia
all quarter quarter covered in whole part by
those mining leases which shall be determined by the
day fixed for the commencement oil the sales. :.
Presumption claims will not be allowed to any of the
above lands until after the shall have been offered at
the public sale and become subject private enry and
all of such lands contain mine mines of lead ore,
actually discovered and being worked will be sold IN such
legal subdivision or subdivisions will include such mine
less than two dollars and fty cents per
acre.
the lands disposed o and longer and pri-
vate OF land the townships and fractional town
ships so offered will be admitted until after the expiration OF
two weeks from the commencement of said sales.
In further execution OF the said act, have caused the
this proclamation brief description of the mineral regions
in which these lands e and OF the lands now offered for
sale, which he has prepared from official documents and
other means OF information
Given under my hand the city of Washington, this
eighth day September, Domni thousand eight
JAMES K POLK.
BY the President
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,
explored by Mr. Owen the geoogs of Indiana,
under instructions from the Treasury Department, and
in compliance with resolution Of the House OF
gentleman, published document No. 29, House OF Rep
esentatves first session of 26 Congress, shows that these
lands include all the productive mines, and the entire re-
gion which, from observations during his survey, there
believe that valuable veins of ore readily
be found Further that in 1885, the lead mines of Illinois,
Iowa, and Wisconsin, though only partially worked, pro
dnced upwards Of thirty million pounds OF lead'ose OF
Illinois Welding their full proporion--ind that the whole
district, if properly mined would yield one hundred and
fifty million pounds per annilln.
These lands being situated and the Mississippi
and Fever rivers Transporting the products OF
them St. Louis only about fifteen cents per hundred
pounds The soil is of excellent quality, and yields abund
anty all the products of that latitude.
The lands in the SIIAWNEETOWN district have not
been explored fully those in Dixon Recent dscov-
cries have been made, however orch veins OF the sulphur
ret of lead and zine contiguous to, and both sides Of
these lands indicating the existence of similar deposies
within them The facilities for manufacturing white and
red lead represented being AMPLE and the lands
sIaated within about miles OF the Ohio river
the metal in any FORM be transported TO all the princi
pal markets IL triing cost.
JAMES H. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Sent S-IaNts