The Placer herald., 1873-07-12
AppIication for a Pa ent
MINING OIL AIM.
No 497
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, !
SACRAMENTO CAL, June -, 1873.

SACRAMENTO CAL., June -, 1915
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That ROB-
~ ERT LEWIS, whose Postoffice address is
Iowa City, Placer County California, has made
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 a post marked ''B.
L. p. M. N. W. Corr for N. 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. 8 E. 33 links dist; cedar, 40 in. dia
bears s. 700 W. "a links dist; thence variation
100 80; Z. N 47o Z. 10:43 chains enter deep hy-
draulic cut; 1880 chs; leave hydraulic cut and
cross track from tunnel 63 chs to a post
marked ''B. L. p. M. N. E. cor, ;" for N. E.
corner of the claim, from which a fir, 40 in. da.
bears S.,31' w. % links dist; spruce, 20 in.
dia. bears N. 7He Z. 40 links dist; the entrance
to tunnel bears S. 90 w. 3:44 chs dist; thence
S. ago L. along line of Handsome Placer Mine
1915 chs cross trail to Last Chance. course N.
4. IL go chs cross fence course East; 24:5O chs
cross fence, course N. N. W.; 26 20 chs spruce
4S in dia. 1896 chs cross Spring Canon, runs
S. w. 30 go chs to a post marked 'B. L. p M.
s. E. Cor, for S. E. corner of the claim from
which pitch pine, in. dia., bears S. 400 w
16 links dist. % dogwood, in. dia., bears N. %
Z. 2S links dist. The N w. corner of S. & d.
engers house, in the town of Last Chance,
bears N 81 a j.. 40 20chs dist; thence S. 25' 3V
w, leaving line of Handsome Placer NJ ne; IA:
73 chs to post in stone mound marked ''B. l..
P. 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. dia., bears $. 40
E. IL links dist; post at the S. W. corner of a
large reservoir bears N. 639 L. 43 links distant;
thence N. Ago W. along line OF Pacific Placer
Mine, 0 40 chs cross Spring Canon runs S. ".
u ri chs ditch frap1 q
23D9 chs, pitch pine, 20 in. dia.. 23 80 chs
cross trail to Last Chance-conrse N. e.; 35 07
chs to place of beginning, containing "A Is acres
This claim is situated on the Last Chance Di-
vide, i'll township Is north, range IL east
Mount Dablo base and meridian, or unsurveyed
land, on the'nerh side of the divide between
the NortbiLork 'of the Middle Fork and the
Middle Fork Of the Middle Fork of the Ameri-
can River. Hhe most prominent objects that
could find to connect with were Hydraulic Cut
Reservoir and the town of Last Chance, and
Witness Trees. There being precipitous cahons
5000 feet in depth between this claim .and the
nearest established Government corner on The
township line nearest this ciaim, 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 Willet, Theo. Temple, Wm
Owens, DAM Ellenwood, S. Streeter, 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 10 re-
cord their iifining claims in said Last Ohance
Mining District, and is bonded on the east by
the Handsome Placer Mine; on the west by the
Pacific Placer Mine, 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.
TB MCFARLAND, Register.