The Placer herald., 1873-11-15
Application for a Patent
Mining Claim.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE. |

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Oct. IA. 1873
NOTICE S HEREBY GIVEN, that the
~ Ophir Gold and Silver Mining and Milling
Company 10y George Bronner, its President,
whose postoltice is Sacramento city and county,
Cal, has made application for patent foe two
thousand (2.000) Iineal feet of the Ophir Gold
and Silver Mining and Milling Company S lode
bearing gold and silver with surface ground 200
feet in width, situate in Ophr and Auburn Min
ing District, Placer County, California, and de
scrlbed in the plat and field notes on file i'll this
Office as follows, viz:
SURVEY OF EXTERIOR BOUNDARIES.
Commencing at Il stake marked ID" stand
ing at the east end Of the claim and being the
eastern hound'y of the lead and rum var 61I9 +
n. lA' T.. 1.5l1I chains to stake No. IN L cor.
OF claim, from which white oak, II inches di-
ameter, bears south 26o L | 81 chs, white oak
Il in. dia bears n 1879 L 70 links; thence n
rs" w 9.3G chs to center of Hughs Ravine, A.
60 chs to stake No (no witne tree near)
thence 6040 W 5,o7 chs to center of Small
Rayine, % chs to stake No. 2, from which a
pine 10 N, dia, bears $ 22o L G5 links distant;
thence N $50 W 7.72 chs to stake No. IN W
corner of claim, from which the + corner of
the S l. OF section 7, township II north,
range east, Mount Diabo base and meridian,
bears \ 6i1q f 10 40 chs distant thence A.
W Isl i chs to stake on ledge marked "a,
previously establs shed, 3 03 chs to stake No. s
W corner of clam and n W corner of mill
site ono witness tree ncur); thence : S69 l. Z
chs to stake No. Z; thence coz + / so chs to
center of small rayne S.22 chs to stake No. 6,
from which pine in. dia bears S 80 links:
thence 5 76' Il chs to center of Hughs ravine,
$50 chs to stake No. 5, from which a pine in
dia bears 231ae W 10 links, a pine in dia
bears III L Zo links distant; thence n lao Z
81 - chs to stake marked I'D" and place of
eginning-containing 2l-100 acres.
SURVEY OF CONTIGUOUS MILL 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 16%oE, S 1872 13
chs to stake No. 9-S w corner Of mill site.
from which pine 10 in. dia bears S GO W "a
links a pine in. dia bears S 750 w 33 chs;
thence So j. ch to stake No 10-S + cor
ner, from which a pine IN dia bears n 360 +
10 links distant thence II 11%e Z II. 32 ch to
stake No. II, on south line of mining claim
from which a pine in da. bears n 27e L 35
links dist; thence N coz w 10 ch to small
rlvine $50 ch to stake No. 7, previously estab-
lished, thence n. S6' W 7.00 chs to stake No. S
and place of beginning; containing S-59 acres.
total area Of claim an mill site 1880 acres and
Icing a portion of the n e 4 of S L i sec 7,
and w 4 of S Il of sec g. Tp II n, Il 8 T.,
Mt Diablo base and meridian Said location
was made in the year 1855, and was recorded,
bnt 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, ard
the B levue 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.)