The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-05-08

five section eleven and parts eight in township
three and parts Of sections five six seven ega eighteen
thirty in township six all OF range SIX paiss o. sections
we three ten eleven thirteen and IN ,SMn
all OF part OF section our In township Three
parts of sections swentyseven thy-fou and thirtyye
in township four; and part OF section seven, in township
An quarter quarter sections of the above lands cover.
ed i'm Whole or in part by mining leases which shall
not be determined by the day liked for the commencement
OF the sale. will be excluded rheretorm.
above lands until after they have been offered at public
and a ms contain mine or mines Of lead ore actually dis
and being worked, viii be sold IN such legal sub
division subdivisions win include such mine or mines,
al not less than dollars and fifty cents per acre
The sale will be kept open for two weeks, (uness the
lands disposed o and no longer; and no pri-
waite entries land in the sections and parts OF sections
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 to publish with
this proclamation brief description oil the mineral region
IN hoh lands lie, and OF the lands now offered Tor
sale which has been prepared nom Official documents and
Given under my hand at the city of Washington, this
twentieth day of November, ammo Domin one thousand
''7 JAMES X POLK
BY the President:
Acting Commissioned of the General Land Office
The lands embraced by the above proclamation of the
President ofte United States contain many of the most
valuable lead mines actually opened and worked which
Ia We yet been discovered and from indications the
face and experiments made IN digging, II believed that
a trihing expense.
From the great number of these mines it would be i'm
practicable give adequate idea OF their character and
location, without extending this notice beyond proper
bounds 1t is sufficient state that they are situated IN the
section of country bounded the south by the Illinois State
line the west by the Mississippi rivers the north by
line drawn nearly parallel TO the south side OF the Wis
the average distance OF ten twelve miles
hereirom and the east by meridian line passing
through the of Sugar Creek, the whole district
covering surface equal 10 about sixty full townships All
necessary facilities Tor transporting the products TO
afforded by the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers,
and their tributaries the Blue, Grant, Platte, Pekatonika,
and other rivers by which the district is intersected
The above district explored by Dr. Owen, the geoo-
gist of the State of Indiana under instructions from the
Treasury Department. and in compliance with resolution
Of the House of Representatives passed the 9th OF Febra
y 1889 The able report of this gentleman, published in
1884, with and illustrations, (Scnate document,
nation the location OF each mine and shows that in
1899 the lead mines ofinos Iowa, and Wisconsin, though
only partially worked, produced upwards OF thirty million
pounds of lead, of which those in Wisconsin, appears,
yielded the larger proportion and further, that the whole
district if properly Mined would yield one hundred and
fifty million pounds per annum.
Particular lists the sections and parts OF sections be
offered said sale have been furnished 10 the register and
Mineral Point, together with maps which the
location of each is designated; ali OF which Will be
subject the examination of thosewishing to purchase
JAMES H. PIPER,
Acting Commissioner Of the General Land Oihce.
Nov 20-law26w