The Placer herald., 1873-11-29
Application for a Patent
TO
Mining Claim.
B. f. BURT,
CLERK
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
SACRAMENTO, CAL, Oct a. 1873.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the
~ Ophir Gold and Silver Mining and Milling
Company by George Bronner, its President,
whose postoffice is Sacramento city and county,
Cal, has made application for patent for two
thousand @ ,000) linoal feet of the Ophir Gold
and Silver Mining and Milling Company 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-
scribcd in the plat and field notes on file IN this
office as follows, viz;
SURVEY EXTERIOR BOUNDARIES.
Commencing at stake marked ID" stand
ing at the east end of the claim and being the
eastern bound Y of the lead and run, war, 1917 +
n. ll0 L. 1.5l1a chains to stake No. IN Il cor.
of claim from which white oak, II inches di-
ameter, bears south 26' + l.37 chs, white oak
Il in. dia bears n 1879 70 links, thence n
76' W 9.36 chs to center of 1ughs Rayine A.
60 chs to stake No. 3 ono witne s tree near :;
thence COZ 5.S7 chs to center of Small
Ravne, S.22 chs to stake No. ., from which Il
pine 10 IN. dia, bears 5 90 f 50 links distant
thence SO W 7.72 chs to stake No. IN W
corner of claim from which the L corner of
the $ + a of section Z township II north,
range east, Mount Diablo base and meridian,
bears N Gi2o E 10 40 chs distant; thence A.
W 1917 chs to stake on ledge marked "a,
previously established, 3 03 chs to stake No. s.
site Ono witness tree near); thence $50
chs to stake No. 7; thence coz f so chs to
center of small ravine, 8 % chs to stake No. 6,
from which pine in. dia bears 5 80 links;
thence S 76o + 4 chs to center of Hughs ravne
| 80 chs to stake No. 5, from which pine in
dia. bears S 231a9 w 10 links, pine in. dia
bears ITO L 2S links distant; thence N l4o L
Isl % chs to stake marked I'D" and place OF
beginning-containing 21-100 acres.
SURVEY OF CONTIGUOUS SITE.
Commencing at stake No. 8, which is the S W
corner of the above named Ophir Gold and
Silver Mining and Milling Company's Quartz
Mine; thence variation l6T0E, S 1879 E 10
chs to stake No. 9-S W corner of mill site
from which pine 10 in. dia bears S 60 w "a
links, pine in. dia bears 73o W 33 chs;
thence S6e Z ch to stake No los cor
ner, from which pine in dia bears n $50 T.
10 links distant thence Az E IL. 32 ch to
stake No. IL, on south line of mining claim
from which pine i'll da. bears N 27o + 35
links dist; thence n 604 W 5 10 ch to small
ravine $50 ch to stake No. 7, previously estab-
lished thence N. $50 w 100 chs to stake No. 8
and place of beginning; containing $50 acres
total area of claim and mill site 1880 acres and
being a portion of the N Z a of S Z a sec T.
and n w = of S q of sec s, TIP IL N, II s E.
Mt Dmblo 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
Craeklin and company claim on the East, and
the Bellevue Mining company's 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.)