The Placer herald., 1873-12-20
Application for a Patent
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Mining Claim.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

UNITED STATES LAND OFFTCE. !
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 postoffce is Sacramento city and county,
CAL, has made application for patent for two
thousand q, ,OOO) 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 file in this
Office as follows, viz:
SURVEY OF EXTERIOR BOUNDARIES.
Commencing at stake marked I'D" stand
ing at the east end of the claim and being the
eastern bound'y of the lead and run, var. 1917
N. 140 E. Isl Il chains to stake No. IN + cor.
of claim, from which a white oak, IA inches di-
ameter, bears south 26o f 1877 chs, white oak
II in. dia bears N 1879 f 70 links; thence N
76" W 9.36 chs to center of Hughs Ravine. A.
60 chs to stake No 3 (no witne 9 tree near
thence N 6014o w 5.87 chs to center Of Small
Ravine 8.22 chs to stake No. 2, from which a
pine 10 in. da, bears s 220 E 65 links distant:
thence N $50 W 7.72 chs to stake No. IN W
corner OF claim, from which the N E corner of
the S + a of section 7, township IL north,
range east, Mount Diablo base and meridian,
bears N 641aso E 10 40 chs distant; thence A.
W Isl "a chs to stake on ledge marked "A"
previously established, 3 .03 chs to stake No. g.
s W corner of claim and N W corner of mill
site Ono witness tree near); thence S $50 Z Z
chs to stake No. Z; thence 60A0 E 1.SO chs to
center Of small ravine, S22 chs to stake No. g.,
from which pine in. dia, bears s 80 links;
thence S 76o Z chs to center of Hughs ravine.
II. 80 chs to stake No. 5, from which pine in.
dia. bears 231s9 W 10 links pine in dia
bears S ITO E 20 links distant; thence N 14o Z
Isl a chs to stake marked "D' and place OF
beginning 21-100 acres.
SURVEY OF CONTIGUOUS MILL SITE.
Commencing at stake No 8, which is the W
corner of the above named Ophir Gold and
Silver Mining and Milling Companys Quartz
Mine; thence variation 16HoE, 1879 13
chs to stake No. 9-S w corner OF mill site.
from which pine 10 in da bears S GO W "a
links, pine 8 in. dia bears S 7S0 w 80 chs
thence 5 $50 ch to stake No. 10-S E cor
ner, from which pine in dia bears 800 E
10 links distant, thence N 41H9 IL. 30 ch to
stake No. IL, on south line of mining claim
from which a pine in dia. bears N 270 E 35
links dist; thence N COZ W 10 ch to small
ravine $50 ch to stake No. 7, previously estab-
lished, thence N. $50 W 100 chs to stake No.
and place of beginning; containing 8-59 acres
total area of claim ana mill site 1870 acres and
being a portion of the N f a of E a sec 7,
and N w 4 of W a OF sec s, TIP IL N. r E.
Mt Diablo base and meridian. Said location
was made in the year 1855, 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 anc
the Bellevue Mining company's quartz mine or
the West. All persons holding any adverse
claim thereto are hereby required to present tn,
same before this Office within sixty days from
| the first day of publishing hereof.
T. b. MoFARLAND, Register
Dbble & Byrne, Attorneys for applicant.
mo. .9mo)