The Placer herald., 1873-11-01
Application for a Patent
Mining Claim.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Oct. IA. 1873.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the
~ Ophir Gold and Silver Mining and Milling
Company, by George Bronner, its President
whose postoftice is Sacramento city and county,
Cal, has made application for patent foe two
thousand (2,00O) lineal 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 Ophir and Auburn Min
ing District, Placer County, California, and de-
scribed in the plat and field notes on file in this
Office as follows, viz:
SURVEY OF INTERIOR BOUNDARIES.
Commencing at a stake marked I'D" stand
ing at the east end of the claim and being the
eastern bound'y of the lead and rum var. lGIx' l.
n. 14o f. l.5l "a chains to stake No. IN + cor.
Of claim, from which n white oak, IA inches dl-
ametcr bears south 26o + 81 chs, white oak
II in dia bears n 1873 73 links thence n
7G" w 9.36 chs to center of liughs Ravine. H.
60 chs to stake No. Ono witne s tree near
thence G040 W 5.S7 chs to center Of Small
Ravine, g. % chs to stake No 2 from which n
pine 10 IN. dia, bears S 220 L Go links distant;
thence n $50 W 7.72 chs to stake No. IN W
corner of claim, from which the N = corner Of
the S T. Il of section Z, township II north
range east, Mount Diablo base and meridian
bears n 6412o j. 10 40 chs Distant thence A.
W 1917 chs to stake on ledge marked "a
previously established, Oh chs to stake No. $
S " corner of claim and n W corner of mill
site (no witness tree near); thence S60 T.
chs to stake No. Z; thence S G0H0 L so chs to
center Of small rayine, 8 % chs to stake No, G.,
from which pine in. dia, bears 80 links;
thence 16o j. 4 chs to center of Hughs ravine,
/ t. so chs to stake No. 5, from which pine in.
dia, bears S 23lao W 10 links, pine in dia
bears S l7e l. Zo links distant thence 140 L
l.511, chs to stake marked ID" and place Of
beginning containing o 2l-100 acres.
SURVEY OF CONTIGUOUS MILL SITE.
Commencing at stake No. 8, which is the
corner of the above named Ophr Gold and
Silver Mining and Milling Company's Quartz
| Mine; thence variation l6%0E, $ 1879 E IL
from which pine 10 in. dia bears &c w "a
links, pine in. dia bears S 73o W 33 chs;
thence S6e + l ch to stake No. 10-S cor
ner, from which pine in dia bears 36' f
10 links distant, thence n 411%e f II, 80 ch to
! stake No. H. on south line of mining claim,
| from which Il pine s in dia. bears n 279 E 35
links dust; thence n 60H W 10 ch to small
ravne 6 so ch to stake No T. previously cstab-
lshed, thence n SO W go chs to stake No. s
aud place of hegning; containing S-59 acres,
total area Of claim ana mill site l7-S0 acres and
Being portion of the n T. i of S T. 4 sec 7,
and n W 4 of $ W a of sec 8, TIP II n, +,
Mt. Diablo base and meridian. SAID location
was made in the year 1870, and was recorded,
but the records have been destroyed. There are
no adjoining claimants, the nearest mine on the
South is the Green Walter quartz mine: The
Cracklin and company claim on the East, ard
the Bellevue Mining company's quartz mine on
the West. All persons holding any adverse
claim thereto 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.
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