The Placer herald., 1873-08-02
Application for a Pa ent
TO A
MINING CLAIM.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, |
SACRAMENTO CAL, jane -, 1873. (

SCACHAMENlO tAb.' cuilc lofo.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That ROB
~ ERT LEWIS, whose Postofiice address IS
Iowa City place. Comfy, California, has made
G ap,,i;oot;o, for -. tent for the Placer Gold
Mpinn Claim known as tce Bob Lewis" Pla-
Ger Mine situated in las. Chance Mining DIS
trict Placer County, Califol.a "a ai'' lnoie pa,
ticuarly designated by the plat now oh nio VI
this Office and by field notes h. ren,''e1 .p Se'
forth; VIZ: Commencing at a post m.'rkt'. d.
L. p. NJ. N. W. Cor, " for N. w. corner OF '.,'e
claim, and also as an initia, point for survey s IN
this locality, from which pitch pine, So in dia,
b. ars N. f. 33 links dist; a cedar 40 in. dia
bears $. 100 w 81 links dist; thence variation
l6o 80 E. IN 47o f. 10I3 chains enter deep hy-
draulic cut; II 80 S; leave by ldraulic cut and
cross track from tunnel; 1868 chs to a post
marked ''B. l.. p. NJ n +. cor, for n. L.
corner of the claim, from which 6r, 40 in. da.
bears s. 81" W. % links dist; spruce, 20 in
diu bears N. 71a0 Z. 40 links dist; the entrance
TO tunnel bears S. 81 w. 3i4 chs DIST; thence
$. Az Z. along line of Handsome Placer Mine
G75 chs cross trail to Last Chance. course n.
T.. II go chs cross fence, course East; "a 80 chs
cross fence, course n. n. W. 1920 chs n spruce
Is in. dia 20 30 chs cross Spring Canon. runs
J. w. ECO chs to n post marked 'B T.. p. NJ.
). +. Cor, for s. f.. corner of the claim. from
which pitch pne, Z IN dn., bears :. 49o W.
Is links dist; dogwocd, in. dia., bears n 20
4. 2S links dist. The n. W. cornr Of S. O.
nscrs house in the town of Last Chance.
bears n 3194 . +. 40 :2Ochs d st hence s. 20" 80
W., leaving line of Handsome Placer NJ ne; IL:
- chs to n post in stone mound marked ''B. L
z. NJ. s. W. cor" for $. W corner of the
claim, from which fir 10 III. dia., bears n. S6e
W. 5 links St; cedar, 10 in da bears s. 4e
+. II links dist II post at the $ W. corner of
large res, rvoir bears \. G3o L. 43 links dista, :
thence n. 43e W. along line of Pacific Placer
Mine, 040 chs cross Spring Canon runs S. w.
O:57 chs cross ditch from reservoir, course S. W
% 09 chs, pitch pine, 20 in. dia.. 80 chs
cross trail to Last Chance course n. Z; 30 :07
chs to place of beginning, containing "A Is acres
This claim n situated on the Last Chance D-
vide, i'll township IS north, range II east,
Mount - abo base and meridian, on unsurveyed
Ind, 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 Ameii-
can River The most promint MT objects that
could lind to connect with were Hydraulic Cut
Reservoir and the town of Last Chance, and
W tnese Trees. There being PERCEPTIONS canons
5000 feet in depth between this clnm Gnd the
near.s ST established Government corner on the
township line nearest this claim, | established
my place of beginning us an initial point tor
SulveNs IN this locality.
Said location was made on or about December
!, 1857, by Peter Willet, Theo Temple VIM
Ovens DAM ! EIlenwood, S. Streeter g. LLOYD
Michael Schultz, Paul Schneider, +. Meinhardt
and Robert L. wis, 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.
Y B MCFARLAND REGISTER