Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-01-16
JUDGE YOUNG'S LAND OFFICE
REPORT.

From the annual report Of the Com
missioner Of the General Land Office, We
extract the following, which we :hink
would be Of ipteres, to our readers: %
I.--THE SURVEY AND DISPOSAL OF THE
Pubic LANDS. e
OHIo.--Ihe whole Of the public lands
in this State, which contains an area Of
59,964 square miles, or 1856 800 acres,
having been surveyed, and the. town
ship plats returned 10 this office and the
respective district land Offices The books, 1
plats, field notes, &C., appertaning to the
surveys therein, havo been transferred
to the proper authorities of the State,
under the act Of june 18th, 1910, and
March Sd, 1915; and that part Of the bu-
sincss of the Surveyor Generals office,
northwest Of the Ohio, relating to sur
veys, &C., entirely closed up. The land
districts have been considered, from time
TO time, as the sales have progressed, I'M
til the number of local land offices has
been reduced 10 two, one Of which is To-
Gated at Chilcothe and the other at De-
fiance. All the lands have been proclaimed
and offered at public sale, and there still
remains, Of the Public Lands to be dispos.
ed OF in this State, rs near as can be as
certained, about 5,465 acres.
INDIANA-This State, having an area
Of $1,000 square miles, or ri ,G37.76U
acres, the whole Of the public lands have
been surveyed, and the township pats
returned to this and the district land Of
fees. The surveys Of this State having
been finished, the Surveyor General has
been instructed to have the platts, filed
notes, &C., pertaining to those surveys,
completed, and transferred to the author
tiles OF the State by or before the 5Oth Of
June next, as required by the acts Of June
18th, 1910, and March Sd, 1845. The
Surveyor Geneoal reports that he will be
able to comply with those Instructions;
consequently, after that shall have been
done, the authority Of the Surveyor
General northwest Of the Ohio will be
restricted to the Stale Of Michigan. All
the public lands in this State have also
been proclaimed, and offered at public
sale, and Of those lands about 3,572,645
acres remain unsold and undisposed of.
lLLlNo1s.--The area Of this State is 49,
4O5 square miles, of 35, Ass, 200 acres.--
The whole Of the public lands have been
surveyed, and the plals returned to the
district land Offices, with exception Of
few detached tracts, all Of which will be
completed, however, together with the
plats, records, &C., connected Herewith,
under Instructions from this Office, and
the latter turned over to the authorities
Of the State, by the 3Olh of June next, or
as soon thereafter us practicable, as re-
quired by the act Of June 18th, 134O.-
All The lands which have been surveyed
have been proclaimed and offered at pub
lie sele; and there still remains 15,G93,-
O76 acres of public lands in this State to
be sold or disposed Of.
MIcHlGAN--[n this State, having an
area of 56,243 square miles, or $685.
$50 acres, the surveys have been execut-
ed, and plals returned to this office and
the district Of 28,l77, 1876 acres; and Of
the remainder, it is estimated that 49,
400 acres, will be surveyed, the plats re-
turned during the ensuing year. With
the exception Of about $4,000 acres in
the southern Peninsula, all the lands re-
naming to be surveyed in Michigan are
in the Upper Peninsula. OF the public
lands in this State, it is estimated that
there are remaining to be sold or dispos.
ed of about 25,O97,29 &C. es.
WlscoNs1N.--It is estimated that there
is contained within the boundaries Of this
State, an area Of 1924 square miles, or
34,5 1860 acres. Or this area, 1862
979 acres have been surveyed, and the
plats returned to this and the district land
offices; and Of the remainder, it is esti-
mated that ,344,O acres will be sur
veyed, and the plats returned during the
next year. All the lands in this Slate.
the pla:s Of which were received in time.
have been proclaimed, and offered at pub
lie sale, and 28,863,763 acres still remain
unsold and undlsposed of.
lowA.-The bound ries of this State
include 5O,9l5 square miles. or 1884,
$50 acres. Of these, 14,8O6,381 acres
have been surveyed, and plats returned;
and of the balance, 2,24O,0OO acres it is
expected will be surveyed, and the pats
returned in the ensuing year. OF the
lands in this State, which have been pre-
pared for market; and not yet offered at
public sale, the greater part are situated
between Browns and SuIiyan's line, and
will not, of course, be offered, till the
question Of boundary between Missouri
and Iowa, now pending before the Su-
prcme Court Of the United States, shall
have been definitely settled. OF the pub
lie lands in this State, adopting SulIivan's
line as the southern boundary, 1885,
O38 acres remain unsold and undisposed
of.
LEAD MINERAL LANDS.
Under the act Of July 18th, 1916, the
whole OF the reserved lands in the State
Of Illinois, Arkansas, Wisconsin and Iowa,
supposed to contain mines of "lead ore,
have been offered for sale at public auc-
ton, and but small proportion sold as
"mineral lands" The portion still re-
naming unsold have become subject to