Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-01-07

Ny pursuance an Congress approved on the
the President of the United sell the mineral snds
N the states Of Illinois and and Territories Of Wisconsin
President Of s United States America do hereby
in the State of ILLINOIS.
Offices in said State the periods hereinafter designated ow
At the Land Office at Dixon, commencing Monday Fifth
following townships and fractional townships viz:
NORTH d the base line and Of the fourth principal mGidiGR.
Fractional townships twentyseven twenty eight and
Townships twcntyseyen and and fractional town.
TOWNSHIPS twenty and wentyegh aud fractional
wnshP twenty seven township m
AertA eftAs base line and fe fourth principal aserisisn
Fractional townships twentyseSen and twenty
Fractional and Of two
day the nineteenth day Of April for the disposal public
South fthe base line and ths third priacral
Sections tTeagO to trHinne inclusive and sections thirty
re inclusive and sections eight inclusive township
Sections three inclusive fifteen trenyrO in
e1d e s sSf %
SECTION Ssr sections re to esre nolure the southwest guar.
tons fifteen to eighteen inclusive township twelve Of
appropriated by law for the use Of schools military or
other purposes will be excluded from the sales also all
leases which shall be determined BY the fixed the
fT;es%Sn claims viii not be to the above lands
become subject to private entry and al Of such lands as contain
mine mines Of Lead actually coyeed and being worked
such mines less aus cents per
4 -. "a 70 - .
The sales viii each be kept open weeks unless the lands
disposed of and ana entries Of
land the townships and fractional townships offered VIII DO
admitted until after the expiration Of weeks from tbs
mencement Of said sales
In further execution OF the said caused the Commits
sioner of the General Land Oc publish with this proclamation
brief description of the mineral which these lands
and Of the lands offered for sale which he has prepared om
Given under hand the City of Washington this eighth day
Of September Ammo DOmn thousand hundred
six By the President: JAMES X. POLK.
JAMES H. PIrER 4cng Commissioner the General Land Office
DIXON district embraced procla
Owen geolog the
the Treasury Department and compliance with resolution Of
the House OF Representatives 9th February 1879 The able
OF this gentleman published document No. 239 House Of
Representatives first Of 26h Congress shows that these
lands include all the productive mines and the entire region in
believe that valuable veins readily be found Further
that 1852 the lead mines Of illinois, and Wisconsin, though
only partially worked produced upwards thirty millions pounds ct
eadhose Of Illinois yielding their full pTOporonand that the
whole district, properly mined would yield hundred and
fifty millions pounds
These lands being situated and the Mississippi and Fever
the OF transporting the products OF them ST. Louis
only about fifteen cents hundred pounds The soil is Of excel
lent quality and yields aundanty ell the products OF h latitude
The lands in the SUBMISSIONS district
made however of rich veins Of the uphu Of lead and Znc
and both sides these lands indicating the existence
Of similar deotes within them The facilities for manufacturing
white and red lead represented being ample and the lands
situated within about miles Of the Ohio river the metal
in FORM be transported to all the principal markets al
trifing cost JAMES H PIPER,
Acting Commissioner Of GensrsI Land Office
September 9Th, ls46 33-lswis