Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-05-12
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IN pursuance OF an act Of Congress. an
proved on the eleventh day ofJuly. iS46.
entitled IAN act to authorize the Preside n,
of the United States to sell the reserved
mineral lands in the States Of Illinois ana
Arkansas, and Territories Of Wisconsin and
Iowa. supposed to contain lead ore.,, ;.
JAMES X. POLK, President of the Unit.
ed States OF America. do hereby declare and
make known. that public sale will be held
at the Land Office al DUBUQUE. in the
| Territory of IOWA, commencing on Mon
day. the eighth day of March next, for the
sale Of the public lands heretofore withheld
from sale on account Of the Ualuablc lead
mines therein, within the following town.
ships and fractional townships, known as
the rich lead mine district. to wit:
North Of the base line aud east Of the fttt
principal meridian
Townships eighty eight, eigh,y nine ane
ninety, and fractional township ninety. one
of range one. . a.
Township eighty eight, and fractional
townships eighty nine, ninety and ninety
one, of range two r
Township eighty seven. and fractiona
townships eighty eight and eighty nine o.
range three. % azlsaEs
Fractional townships eighty seven anc
eighty eight. Of range four. q II %H s
Fraclionaltownshlp eighty seven, of range
| FIVE 90 Ease. AMI =
Worth Of The base line and west Of the fifth
| principal meridian. ..',, +
Township ninety, and fractional township
ninety one, Orange one,
Fractional townships nienty one, ninet,
two and ninety three, Of range two.
Township ninety two, range three.
Lands appropriated by law for the use o
| schools, military and other purposes, viii
be excluded from sale; also all quarter quar-
ter sections covered in whole, or in part, b,
those mining leases, which shall not be de-
termined by the day fixed for the commence
menr OF these sales. a#
Pre- emption claims will not be allowed
TO any Of the above lands. until after the,
have been offered at public sale, and become
subject to private entry; and all of such
lands as contain mine or mines of lead ore
actually discovered and being worked, viii
be sold in such legal subdivision or subdivi
slons as will include such mine or mines, a
not less than TWO dollars and fifty cents pei
| acre. -s,..-...', ..-.f
lhe sale will be 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
30 offered will be admitted until after the
expiration of TWO weeks from the COM
mencement Of said sale.
In furthe, execution of the said act,
have caused ths Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office 10 publish with this procla
nation brief description of the mineral re-
gions in which these lands lie. and of the
lands now offered for sale, which he has
prepared from official documents aud other
means of information
| Given under my hand at the City oil
Washington. this fifth day of Septemb Der,
Ammo Domlnl, one thousand eight hundred
and forty -six.
BY the President:
JAMES K. POLK.
| JAMES H PIPER,
Acting Com. the Gen. Land Office.
The lands IN the mineral regions, embrac'
ed in the above proclamation of the Presi.
dent of the United States, are believed to
contain the richest mines of lead that have
yet been discovered; the ore yielding abou'
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
manufacture of lead in various forms, par
ticularly into shot; the river banks being so
elevated as TO require little 70 no expense in
the erection If towers; aud the ore. from its
great purity, may be manufactured into sho,
by the first smelling.
The location Of these mines being near the
Mississippi river, affords great facilities of
transportation, the average cost Of which to
ST. Louis is about fifteen cents per hundred
pounds. The soil is represented as being
unusually fertile. producing all the small
grains In grea, abundance, and furnishing
excellent range for catlle-thus presenting
equal inducements 10 The agriculturist and
the miner
The DUBUQUE mines in fractional
townships eighty eight. eight nine, and
ninety, OF range two east, situated on the
banks of the Mississippi, are considered the
most important; the DURANGO mines in
townships eighty nine and ninety. of range
one east. are the next in value; and the
CAFTESE mines in fractional township
eighty eishr, OF range three east, also On the
river, are the third Other mines have been
discovered in this region; aud il Is very pro
babe that future explorations will bring to
light others as rich and productive as any
now known a.t '2
JAMES II. PIPER,
.4ct'ng Com'r fine General Land Office
September 5lh 1876.
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