The Placer herald., 1873-07-05
Application for a Patent
TO A
CLAIM.
IO A27
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,


NOTICE 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 Bob Lewis" Pla-
Ger Mine, situated in Last Chance Mining Dis
trict, Placer County, California, and more par
ticularly designated by the plat now on file in
this Office and by field notes hereinafter set
FORTH viz: Commencing at q port marked "B.
L. p. NJ. N. W. Cor, " for ~ W. corner of the
claim, and also as an initial point for Surveys in
this locality, from which pitch pine Sc in dia,
bears n s E. SO links dist; q cedar, 40 in dia
bears s. 100 W "a links dist; thence variation
160 80 E. N 470 E. 1913 chains enter deep hy-
drauc cut; IL so chs; leave hydraulic cut and
cross track from tunnel; 1853 chs to n post
marked 'B. l.. p M. N. Z. cor ;" for n. E..
corner of the claim, from which fir 40 in. dia
bears S. 80 w % links dist; & spruce 90 in.
dia. bears N. 7lae E. 40 links dist the entrance
to tunnel bears S. 90 w. 3:44 chs dist; thence
S. 430 Z. along line of Handsome Placer Mine
10 chs cross trail to Last Chance. course N.
L. II go chs cross fence, course East II 80 chs
cross fence. course N. N. W.; 26 90 chs spruce
AS in. dia. % ;35 chs cross Spring Canon. runs
5. W. 1880 chs to post marked "B. L. p. NJ.
5. E. Cor, '" for s, +. corner of the claim. from
which pitch pine iii. dia,, bears S. 49o W.
l6 links dist; a dogwood, in. dia, bears n 20
Z. % links dist The n W. corner of S. Ed
enger's house, in the town of Last Chance,
bears N 81 T.. 40 :20chs dist thence S. 25" 3O'
W., leaving line Of Handsome Placer Nine; IA:
73 chs to post in stone mound marked 'B. l..
Z. Nj. S. w. cor" for S. W. corner of the
claim, from which fir, Is in. dia., bears N. $50
w. links dist, cedar, 10 in. dis, bears S. 40
E. II links dist; post at the s. W. corner of n
large reservoir bears n. $50 Il. 43 links distant;
thence N. 430 W. along line of Pacific Placer
Mine, O:40 chs cross Spring Caifon S. w.
0 81 chs cross ditch from reservoir, course s. w.
3O9 chs, pitch pine, 20 in. da,. 23 $50 chs
cross trail to Last Chance-course n. E.; 80 O7
chs to place of begin1inS, containing A 10 acres
This claim is situated on the Last Chance Di-
vide. in township IS north range IL east,
Mount Hiauio base and meridian on unsu1veyed
land on the north side of the divide between
the North Fork Of the Middle Fork and the
Middle Fork Or ,fe Middle Fork of the Ameri-
can River. The mose prominent objects that
could find to connect With were Hydraulic Cut
Reservoir and the town of Last Chance and
Witness Trees. There bsing precipitous canons
5000 feet in depth betgSeen this claim and the
nearest established Government corner on the
township line nearest this claim, 1 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 Willet Theo. Temple, Vim.
Owens, DaniI Ellenwood, S. Streeter, G. LLOYD
Michael Schultz, Paul Schneider, L. Meinhardt,
and Robert Lewis, which location is not of re-
cord 1t 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 Nine on the west by the
Pacific Placer Mine, and on the north and south
by unoccuped 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
T B MCFARLAND, Register