The Placer herald., 1873-08-09
Application for a Pa ent
TO A
MINING CLAIM.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE. !
SACRAMENTO CAL, June -, 1878. (

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That ROB
~ ERT LEWIS, whose Postofce 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
ticulary designated by the plat now on file in
this office, and by field notes hereinafter set
FORTH viz: Commencing at post marked 'B.
l.. P. NJ. n w. Cor" J." 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 ). 7O0 W. 81 links dist; thence variation
169 30 L. N. 47o T.. DAB chains enter deep hy-
draulic cut; II 80 chs; leave hydraulic cut and
cross track from tunnel; 1863 chs to post
marked ''B. l.. p. NJ. N f. cor,'' for n. e.
corner of the claim, frc.l which fir 40 in da.
dia bears n. 711Rae e. 40 links dist the entrance
to tunnel bears $. 90 w. 3A4 chs DIST thence
>. 49, f. along line Of Handsome Placer Mine
1915 chs cross trail to Last Chance, course N.
E. II go chs cross fence, coul.,a East; 24;30 chs
cross fence, course N N. w; 26 20 chs {, spruce
As in. dia 1875 chs cross Spring Canon, runs
S. W. 20 go chs to a post marked "B L. p. NJ
). e. Cor, for s. e. corner of the claim from
which pitch pine, in. dia., bears S. 400 w.
IL links dist; dogwood, in. dia bears N 90
E. 2S links dist. The N. w. corner of S. I'd
enger's house, in the town of Last Chance,
bears .31s4o E. 40 :20chs dist; thence s. 25o 3O>
W., leaving line of Handsome Placer Nine: II:
% chs to post In stone mound marked "B. L.
T. M. 5. W. cor.," for S. W. corner of the
claim from which fir, Is in dia., bears n $50
W. D links dist. cedar, 10 in dia bears S. A.
h. IL links dist; post at the s. w. corner of n
large reservoir bears N. $50 E. 43 links distant;
thence n. 430 W. along line of Pacific Placer
Nine, GAO chs cross Spring Canon runs s. w.
O:oi chs cross ditch from reservoir, course S. W.
23 O9 chs, pitch pine. 90 in dia o3.5O obe
cross trail to Last Chance-course n. E.: 35 O7
chs to place of beginning, containing "A :15 acres
1hls claim is situated on the Last Chance Di-
vide, in township Is north, range IL east
Mount Dlablo base and meridian, on unsurveved
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 precipitous cahons
5000 feet in depth between this claim and the
nearest established Government corner on the
township line nearest this claim, | established
my place of beginning as an initial point Tor
surveys IN this locality.
SAID location was made on or about December
|, 1887, by Peter Millet, Theo. Temple, VIM.
Owens, Daniel Ellenwood, S. Streeter. G.. Llovd
Michael Schultz, Paul Schneider, F. 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 bv
the Handsome Placer Mine; on the west by the
Paclhc 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 dav of
publishing thereof.
jel4-2m TB MCFARLAND. Reoistar