Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-04-07
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NH.
TED STATES.
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VSNS
IN pursuance OF an act OF Congress, ap
proved on the eleventh dav OF july, 1886
eniiileI IAN al TO authorize the Prcslden,
of the United States TO sell the reserved
mineral lands in the States OF Illinois ard
Arkansas. and Territories Of Wisconsin and
Iowa. supposed 10 contain lead ore.' l.,
JAMES X. POLK. Prescen, OF he Unit,
ed States o.. America. do hereby declare and
make known, that public sale will be held
al the Land Office al DUBUQUE, in the
Territory of IOWA, commencing on Mon
day, the eighth day OF March nexr, for The
sale Of the pubic lands heretofore ui,hheid
from sale en- account of he rniu,bic lead
mines therein, within the following town.
ships and fractional townships. known as
the rich lead mine district 10 wiz
North Of the base line and east IF The .Gfl
principal meridian
Townships eighty e2hI eighty nine and
ninety. and fractional township ninety one.
OF range one.
Township eighty eight. and fractional
townships eiehiy-nIne, ninety and nine y
one, OF range Two.
Township eighty seven. and fractional
townships ghty eight aud eighty nine Il
range three.
j Fractional townships eighty. seven and
eighty eight. OF range tour.
Fractionalsownship eighty seven OF rang,
five.
NORTH Of The base line and wesi Of tie .Gfti
princ,Pai meridian.
Township nlaeiy. and fractional township
ninety one, OF range enc,
! Fractional townships nienty one, ninety
TWO and ninety three, Of range Two,
Township ninety two, range three.
L1nds appropriated by law for the use 81
schools, military aud oGhe, purposes, vii
ns excluded from sale; also al! quarter guar
Ter sectors cJveled in whole, or in part, by
those mining leases. which shall not be de-
lermincd by the day fixed for the Commence
men' o. these sales.
Ere emrtio1 claims will not be alloweL
TO any Of the above lands. until after they
have been offered al public sale, and becona,
subject to private emmy; and all Of such
lands as Contain mine or a mines Of lead ore
actually discovered and nelng worked, viii
be sol! IN such legal subdivision OF subdlvi
SONS as will include such mine or mines, al
not less than Two dollars and fifty cents pc:
acre.
i he sale will be kept open for two weeks
4 (unless the lands are sooner disposed OF and
no longef; and no private entries oil land
IN The townships and fractional townships
50 offered vii; be admitted until after the
expiration Of TWO weeks from the con-
nlrEce Ct sad sale.
Ia Iuither execution Of the said act,
have caused lie Commissioner of the Gen
era! Land Office 10 publish with this pro:!a
I i,
glons in winch these lands lie. and of the
lands aow offered for sale, which lie has
prepared !ICm official documents and other
means OF information.
Given under my band al the City o!
Washington. this 9Th day Of September
Anno Domln., one thou.a and eight hundred
and forty SIX.
BY the Presidents:
JAMES K. POLK,
JAMES Fl PIER,
,fctins Com. cfihe Gen. Land Office
The lands in the mineral regions, emhrac'
ed 10 the aoove Proclamation Ct tie preSl
den: Of the United States, are E+lievtd to
contain the riches, mines Of lead that havt
YET been discovered: the ore yieldlne ahour
eighty rer cent. OF pure metal. Copper.
also, has been lonnl IN this rr9Ion IN cen
81 cradle quantities.
Great advantages are sad to exis, for the
manufacture Of lead in various forms, par
ticnar y into shot; the riyet banks beng $,
elevated as TO require l!tIe 70 no expense II
the erection # towers; and The ere, ilCm il,
great purity, may be manufactured into shot
by the first smelling.
The location Of these mines being near The
Mississippi iver, affords great facilities OF
transportation, the average cost Of which l.,
81. Louis is about fifteen cents per hundred
foupc$. The soil is represented as being
unus ualIy fertile. producing all The small
grains in great abundance, and furnishing
excellent range Tor caiiie--thus presenting
equal inducements TO he aoricul,url>t AMI
the miner,
| The DUBUQUE mines in fractional
townships eighty eight. eigL, nine, and
ninety, Ct range two east, situated on the
banks of the Mississippi, are considered the
most important; the DURANGO mines 10
townships eighty Zine and ninety. of rang,
one east. are The next in value; and the
CA TfESE mines in fractional TOWNSHIP
eighty eichr, OF range three east, also on III,
river, aye the third Other mines have been
discovered IN this region: ana 1t rs very pro
babe that future exp ora.tonS will bring ir
light Of! rTS as rich and productive as auN
uow kG,wn.
JAMES II. PIPER.
.4cting Com'r ofMe General Land Office
September 9Th lS4G.