The Placer herald., 1873-07-19
Application for a Patent
-TO A.
MINING CLAIM.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, !
SACRhpENTo CAL, June -, 1873.


NvOTICF is HEREBY GIVEN, That ROB-
~ ERT LEWIS, whose Postoffice address Is
Iowa CITY Placer County, California, has made
application for patent for the Placer Gold
Mining Claim, known as the bod Lewis Y!a-
Ger Mine, situated in Last Chance Mining Dis
rict, Placer County California, and more par
ticularly designated by the plat now on HE IN
this Office and by field notes hereinafter ser
forth; viz: Commencing at n post marked 'b.
L. p. NJ. N. w. Cor" for N. w. corner of the
claim, and also as an initial point for surveys in
this locality, from which apitch pine, So in dia,
bears n. s E. 33 links dist; cedar, 40 in dia ),
bears S. TOO w 81 links dist; thence variation
16o 80 N. 470 E. 1043 chains enter deep hy-
draulic cut; 12 80 chs; leave hydraulic cut and
cross track from tunnel; 1868 chs to post
marked "B. L. p M. N. E. COR" for N. E.
corner of the claim from which fir, 40 in. da
bears S. 80 w % links dist; a spruce, 20 in.
dia. bears N. 71le e. 40 links dist ; the entrance
to tunnel bears S. 81 W. 3:44 chs dist. thence
S. 43o i along line of Handsome Placer Mine
1915 chs cross trail to Last Chance. course N.
e. II go chs cross fence course East; "A 80 chs
cross fence. .course n. N. w. 26 20 chs a spruce
48 in. dia. 29;35 chs cross Spring Canon runs
). w. 29:6O chs to post marked "B. l.. p. M.
S. E. Cor, for S. i. corner of the claim, from
which pitch pine, i'll. dia., bears S. 49e w.
l6 links dist; dogwood, s in dia, bears N. 90
f. % links dist The N. W. corner of S. I'd
bears .3l94o L. 40:20ohs dist; thence S. 25" 30/
W. leaving line of Handsome Placer Nine; IA:
IS chs to n post n'stone mound marked ''B. L.
p. NJ S. W. cor," for S. w. corner of the
claim, from which tr, 10 in da. bears N 86o
W. . links dist. CEDAR 10 in. dia., bears S. 4e
f.. II links dist; post at the S. w. corner Of
large reservoir bears N. GO f. 43 links distant:
thence N. 43o W. along line of Pacific Placer
Mine, O40 chs cross Spring Canon--runs S. W.
0:oi chs Gloss altch from reservoir course S. W.
2309 chs, pitch pine, 20 in. dia.. 1850 chs
cross trail to Last Chance-courSe n. E.; 35 O7
chs to placeot beginning, containing A 10 acres
This claim is situated on the Last Chance Di-
vide, III township 10 north, range II east
Mount Diablo base and meridian, ON unsurveyed
land, on the north side of the divide between
the North Fork of the Middle Fork and the
Middle Fork of the Middle Fork of the Ameri-
can River. The most prominent objects that
could find to connect with were Hydraulic Cut
Reservoir and the town of Last Chance and
Witness Trees. There being precipiteus car ons
5000 feet in depth between this claim and the
nearest established Government corner on the
township line nearest this claim, l established
my place of beginning as an initial point tor
surveys in this locality.
Said location was made on or about December
|, 1857, by Peter Wiet Theo. Temple, Wm.
Owens, Danicl Elenwood, S. Stfeeter, g. Lloyd
Michael Schultz, Paul Schneider f Meinhardt,
and Robert Lewis, which location is not of re-
cord, it not being the custom of miners to re-
cord their mining claims in said Last Chance
Mining District, and is bounded on the east by
the Handsome Placer Mine; on the west by the
Pacific Placer Nine and on the north and south
by unoccupied land
All persons holding any adverse claim thereto
are hereby required to present the same before
this office within sixty days from the first day of
publishing thereof
B MCFARLAND, Register