The Placer herald., 1873-11-08
Application for a Patent
TO A
Mining Claim.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICEl
SACRAMENTO, CAL, September 4, 1873.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, september 4, 1878.
No. sos
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Thos. N.
~ Hosmer and Gridley G. Lewis, whose
Postofice address is Bath, Placer County, Cal. =,
have made application for patent for the Pla-
Ger Gold Mining Claim, known as Lehigh Pla-
Ger Mine. situated in Bath Mining District, PA
Ger County, Cal, and more particularly desig-
mated by the plat now on file in this office, and
by field notes hereinafter set forth, viz:
SURVEY OF EXTERIOR BOUNDARIES.
Commencing at O post in stone mound mark
ed IL NJ Post No. l." for southwest corner Of
the claim, from which spruce tree 20 inches in
diameter bears 20degrees east rs links distant:
the southeast corner of the Hancock & Watson
Quartz Mine bears south 40 deg west 9.2S chains
distant; the d section corner on west boundary
of section &c. township IA north range II east
Mount Diablo base and meridian bears north 81
deg west II 97-100 chs Distant thence variation
l6 deg east, local attraction deg east S 63 deg
Is minutes descending steep hillside at a vertic
al angle of about 35 deg IA 100 chs enter volca
no Cannon course SOUTH southwest, Is
$1,000 chs leave Volcano Canon, course south,
southwest 16 53-10O chs to post in stone mound,
marked L NJ Post No. 2, for southeast corner
of the claim; thence Fl deg 30 1910 chs to
live oak IL inches in dia, marked I'll Nj Post
No. g." for corner of the claim; thence deg
L 5 93-1O0 chs to post in stone mound, mark
ed IL NJ Post No: 4" for corner of the claim;
the south emu OI SlulCe DOAcS III CeAttI VI NOICd-
no Canon, bears north 65 deg west $50 links;
thence N 16 deg east chs to post in stone
mound marked IL M Post No. s." for cor
ner of the claim; thence N II deg 80 min W 6
10-100 chs to a post in stone mound, marked "L
P M Post NOT for corner of the claim; the
upper end of sluice boxes in center of Volcano
Canon is nearly northwest about $50 links dis
tant; thence 80 Z GO-1OO chs to a post in
stone mound, marked 81 NJ Post No. 4" for
corner of claim thence N 6G1I deg 4 chs; the
lower end of a reservoir, situated IN the center
of Volcano Canon, and 200 feet long, rs feet
wide and 80 feet deep, bears northwest ! .25 links
distant 10 27-lOO chs to post in stone mound,
marked ''L p M Post No s, " for corner of the
claim thence Al deg + 90-100 chs to a post
marked IL p M Post No. g." for corner OF the
claim, from which spruce tree inches in dia
bears north 65 deg west 65 links distant; thence
10 deg 80 min east 3 94-100 chs to post in
stone mound, marked 81 M Post No. 10"
for corner of the claim thence N 4S deg E IL
100 chs to a post in stone mound, marked IL
N Post No. II" for northeast corner of the
claim, from which live oak tree Is inches in
dia bears north deg east Fl links distant;
thence 65 deg west ch enter Volcano Canon,
course southwest chs, leave Volcano Canon,
curse southwest chs to post marked "L
NJ Post No 49," for northwest corner of the
claim, from which double shittam tree "a inch
es dia bears south 67 deg w 80 links distant;
thence 4S deg W 71-10O to a post in stone
mound, marked 81 2 Nj Post No. 49," for cor
ner of the claim thence S 19 deg 80 min west 3
94-10O chs to post in stone mound. marked IL
NJ post No. H." for corner of the claim
thence S Al deg W 90-100 to post marked l.
p M Post No. Is. from which a spruce tree IL
inches in dia bears north 70 deg west 70 links
distant n cedar 20 inches in dia bears south SO
deg east 50 links Distant thence S GA deg w 8
$500 chs to post in stone mound, marked al
p Nj Post No. 16,' for corner of the claim;
thence S 35 deg W 6S-100 chs to post in
stone mound, marked al p NJ Post No H., for
corner of the claim; thence 23 deg Is min W
ascend 8 chs cross mining gulch links wide,
course east, 51-100 chs to n post in stone
mound, marked L NJ Post No. IS, for corner
of the claim; thence S 67 deg W 10 30-100 chs to
the place of beginning, containing 23 55-10O
acres.
SURVEY OF CONNECTING LINE
Commencing at Post No l, and N 81 deg W
II 97-l00 chs running, y 81 deg W II 97-100 chs
to the u section corner between sections 25 and
80 west boundary of township No. II north
range, No. II east, Mount Diablo Base and Me-
ridian.
ADJOINING CLAIMS.
"Thomas Placer Mine adjoins on the last
chains of the first course; other known
claims near.
Said location made during the year 1852,
by a company of Welshmen, consisting of Jno
NJ. Jones and others, whose names are at pres
ent unknown which location il not OF record,
it not being the custom of miners to record their
mining claims in said Bath M ming District, and
is bounded on the southwest by the Thomas
Placer Mine, and on all other sides by unoccu-
pied mineral 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 and posting hereof.
T. B. MCFARLAND, Register.