The Placer herald., 1873-06-14
NcaU Advertisements.
Application for a Pa ent
TO A.
MINING CLAIM.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
~ 1919

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
SACRAMENTO CAL, June -, 1871
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That ROB
N ERT LEWIS, whose Postoffice address is
Iowa City. Placer County. California, has made
application for patent for the Placer Gold
Mining Claim, known the bob Lewis" Pla-
Ger Mine, situated i'll Last Chance Mining DIS
trict, Placer County, Californa End more par
ticularly designated by the pla. 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 tn,
claim, and also an initia, point for surveys i'll
this locality, from which pitch pine 81 in dia
bears n. s E. 33 links dist; cedar, 40 in. dia ,
bears S. 100 W 81 links dist; thence variation
l6o 80 E. N. 470 +. l043 chains enter deep by
draulic cut; 1880 C s; leave h, draulic cut and
cross track from tunnel; 1858 chs to post
marked 'B L. p. NJ. N. Z. cor,' for N. Z.
corner of the claim from which a fir, 40 in. d'a
bears S. 81" w. % links dist; spruce, 20 in
dia. bears N. 7H0 E. 40 links dist -. the entrance
to tunnel bears S. 80 W. 3:A chs dist; thence
S. 43o E. along line of Handsome Placer Mine
1915 chs cross trail to Last Chance course n
E. II go chs cross fence, course East: 24:5O chs
GROSS fence, course N. N. W.; rs 20 chs spruce
As in. din. 29 ;35 chs cross Spring Canon. rurs
J. w. 20 go chs to a post marked 'B. l.. Z. M
s. Z. Cor, !" for S. Z. corner Of the claim from
which pitch pine, in dla., bears S. 400 W
l6 links dist; dogwood, in. dia., bears N. =
E. 2S links dist. The N. W. corner of S. Ed
enler's house, in the town of Last Chance,
bears N .31s E. 402Ochs dist. hence s. 25' 3C>
W leaving line of Handsome Placer M ne; IA:
73 chs to post in stone mound marked 'B. l.
P. NJ. S. W. COR" for S. W. corner of tn,
claim, from which fir, Is in. dia., bears N. So
". 5 links DIST cedar, 10 in da, bears S. A.
E. II links dist; post at the S. w. corner OF
large reservoir bears N. 63' Z. 43 links distai t.
thence N. 43e w. along line of Pacific Placer
Mine, 0:40 chs cross Spring Canon runs S. W.
"A .E1 ~, Itch fr,
20 O9 chs. pitch pine, 20 in. dia. $3.50 chs
cross trail to Last Chance couise n E.; 80 O'
chs to place of beginning, conta nlng "A 10 acres
This claim is situated on the Last Chance D-
vide, in township Is north. range IL east.
Mount Diablo base and meridian, on unsurveyed
land, on the north side OF the divide between
the North Fork of the Middle Fork and tn,
Middle Fork of the Middle Fork of the Amer.
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 PERCEPTIONS cahons
1900 feet in depth between this cklm and tn
nearest established Government corner on th'
township line nearest this claim, l established
my place of beginning as an initial point foi
surveys in this locality.
Said location was made on or about December
|, 1887 by Peter Wilet, Theo. Temple, VIM.
Owens, DAM Elenwood, S. Streeter, q. LloyC
Michdel Schultz, Paul 5, ,hneider f. Menhardt,
| and Robert Lewis, which location is not OF +,
cord, it not being the custom OF miners to re-
cord their mining claims in said Last Chance
Aiming District, and is bounded on the east b,
the Handsome Placer Mine; on the west by th'
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.
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