The Placer herald., 1873-12-13
Application for a Patent
- TO A.
Mining Claim.
O' UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, ,
SACRAMENTO CAL, Oct. IA, 1873.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that the
~ Ophir Gold and Silver Mining and Milling
Company, by George Bronner, its President
whose postoffce is Sacramento city and county
Cal, has made application for patent for two
thousand (2,OOO) lineal feet of the Ophir Gold
and Silver Mining and Milling Conpany's lode
bearing gold and silver, with surface ground 200
feet in width, situate in Ophir and Auburn Min
ing District, Placer County, California, and de-
scrbed in the plat and field notes on file in this
Office as follows, viz:
SURVEY OF EXTERIOR BOUNDARIES.
Commencing at a stake marked ID" stand
ing at the east end of the claim and being the
eastern bound'y of the lead and run, var 1917 Z
N 140 E. 1.5lH chains to stake No. An + cor.
of claim, from which a white oak, IA inches d.
ameter bears south 26o Z 1877 chs, white oak
IL in din bears N 1879 73 links thence N
76" w 9.36 chs to center of Hughs Ravine. A.
60 chs to stake No. (no witne . tree near)
thence N 6040 W6.S7 chs to center of Small
Ravine, 1922 chs to stake No. 2, from which a
pine 10 IN. dia bears s 22o 4 65 links distant:
thence N So w 772 chs to stake No. IN W
corner of claim, from which the N E corner of
the S + a of section Z, township IL north,
range east, Monnt Diablo base and meridian,
bears N 641I0 E 10 40 chs Distant thence A.
w 1917 chs to stake on ledge marked "a +,
previously established, 3 O3 chs to stake No. g.
site (no witness tree near) thence $50 E
chs to stake No. z; thence 6OH0 1.SO chs to
center of small ravine, 1922 chs to stake No. 6,
from which pine in. dia bears s 80 links;
thence 760 Z 4 chs to center of Hughs ravine
l4.S0 chs to stake No. 5, from which pine in.
da bears S 1872 W 10 links, pine in. dia
bears s 10 E 2S links distant; thence N l40 E
1917 chs to stake marked "D'' and place of
beginning-containing 2l-100 acres.
SURVEY OF CONTIGUOUS MILL SITE.
Commencing at stake No. 8, which is the W
corner of the above named Ophir Gold and
Silver Mining and Milling Company's Quartz
Mine; thence variation 16H0E, S 1879 E 13
chs to stake No. 0-S w corner of mill site,
from which pine 10 in. dia bears S GO w "a
links pine s in. dia bears 73o W 33 chs;
thence 5 $50 E l ch to stake No. los cor
ner, from which pine in da bears N 36o Z
10 links distant thence N 41%e f II. 80 ch to
stake No. IL, on south line of mining claim.
from which pine in da. bears N go E 35
links dist; thence N coz W 10 ch to small
ravine $50 ch to stake No. 7, previously estab-
lished thence N. 500 w 700 chs to stake No =
and place of beginning; containing S-59 acres,
total area of claim ana mill site 1880 acres and
being portion of the N Z q of E a sec Z,
and N w 4 of S W 4 Of sec 8, TIP IL N, RS E,
Mt. Diablo base and meridian. Said location
was made in the year 1855, and was recorded,
but the records have been destroyed. There are
no adjoining claimants, the nearest mine on the
South is the Green Walter quartz mine: The
Crackln and company claim on the East, and
the Bellevue Mining companys quartz mine on
the West. 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 hereof.
T. b. MCFARLAND, Register.
Dibble & Byrne, Attorneys for applicant.
NO 9mo.)