The Placer herald., 1873-08-16
Application for a Pa soHt
MINING CLAIM.
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UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE;l
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UNITED STATES LAND OFFICER
SACRAMENTO CAL. June IL, 1873.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That ROB-
~ ERT LEWIS, whose Postoffice address is
iowa City. Placer County, California, has made
application fOI patent for the Placer God
Mining Claim. knOwn as the bob Lewis Pla-
Ger Mine, situated in Last Chance Mining Dis
,rict, 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. NJ. N. w. Cor.," for N. w. corner of the
this locality, from which pitch pine, 56 in dia
bears N. 3 E. 33 links dist cedar, 40 in dia ,
bears s. 10o'W 81 links dist; thence variation
100 30 Z. IN. 47o IL. '1043 chains enter deep hy-
raulic cut; IL 80 s. leave hydraulic cut and
cross track from tunnel; 1868 chs to post
marked ''B. l.. p. N. N. E. COR" for n Z.
corner of the claim, from which fir, 40 in dia
bears S. 81 w. -22'lirks dist; spruce, 20 in
dia bears n. 71ae Z. 49 links dist ; the entrance
to tunnel bears S. 90 W. 3:44 chs dist; thence
5. Az E. along line of Handsome Placer Mine
675 chs crossFtrail to Last Chance course n
Z. II 80 chs cross fence, course East; A;50 chs
cross fence. course N. N W.; -2G 20 chs a spruce
iS in. dia. 29;35 chs cross Spring Canon. runs
). W. 70 go chs to post marked "B. l.. p. M.
). E. Cor, .forb. E. corner of the claim from
which pitch pine in. dm., bears s. Ago W.
l6 links dist; a dogwood, 8 in. dia, bears N. 90
E. % links dist. The N. W. corner of s. d.
enger house, in the town of Last Chance
bears N 81 L. 40 :10ehs dist; hence s. 25' 80
W., leaving line of Handsome Placer me; IA:
13 chs to a 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. 5 links dsst-; a cedar, 10 in da, bears s. 4a
e. IL links dist; post Mt the S. W. corner OF a
large reservoir bears N. $50 E. 43 links dista, ;
thence N. 43s w. along line of Pacific Placer
Mine, O:4O chs cross Spring Canon runs S. W.
D ;57 chs cross ditch from reservoir, course s. w.
O9 chs, pitch pine, 20 in. dia.. so chs
cross trail to Last Chance course n E. 35 5O7
chs to place Of beginning, containing A l5 acres
This claim is situated on the Last Chance Di-
vide, i'll township 10 north. range IL east,
Mount Diablo base and meridian, on unsurveyed
land, on the north side of the divide between
he 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 lind to connect with were Hydraulic Cut
Reservoir and the town of Last Chance. and
Witness Trees. There being precipitous canons
5000 feet in depth between this clam and the
nearest established Government corner on the
township line nearest this claim, l established
my place of beginning rs 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 to re-
cord their mining claims in said Last Chance
Mining District, and is bounded 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.
iel4-2m TB MCFARLAND, Register.