Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-04-24
Application for Patent.
o. s. LAND OFFICE BOISE crrr, i,
April II, 1855.

Y Office is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE EIMI-
~ ra Silver Mining Company, BY John Brown its
President and General Manager, whose postoffice
address is banner, Idaho Territory, has made
application for United States Patent for the
banner Lode and MILL Site,
sitnate in Banner Mining District, Boise County
Idaho Iereitory, consisting of 1900 linear feet OF
the lode and surface ground, 600 feet wide, being
Lot No. 81 A, aud five acres of non-mineral land
not contiguous 70 said lode. for mill site being
Lot No. ~ b. both described in the field notes and
plat OF the official ey file in this Office with
magnetic variation 10 deg 80 min East az follows:
commencing at . stake Or post on which is posted
the notice OF re~locatiou. at point Que hundred
feet in westerly direction from the shaft sunk on
said lode, known $ the s+old Banner shaft,'' or
discovery shaft" and running thence in an east
eriy direction 1900 feet to similar stake post
sne line ol said lode. marked East Center Stake,
together with 600 feet in width the entire length OF
SAID caim being 300 feet in width each side from
the center or middle OF said lode at the surface
said surfase ground being marked and described as
Commencing ct the west end center post or stake
on which is posted the original notice relocatien
Dy the Elmira Silver Mining Company and running
thence IN southerly direction 300 feet to post
marked IS. W. thence running in easterly di-
rect0n 1850 feet to post marked s.S E." thence in
northcriy direction across the east center en,s
post or stake 6U0 feet to q post aarked m E.''
thence in a westerly direction 1900 feet to post
marked IN. w - thence a sontherIy direction
900 feet to west center end post stake the place
This location also covers and includes what ia
known as the ''Big Groupings" and said mine or
Banner lode, being situated about 80 miles in q
north easterly direction from Idaho City, and about
one mile in north easterly direction from the
steam quartz mill owned by the Elmra silver Min
ing Company. Also the mill site which stands
the Banner Mill and known the Banner Mill site,
located In triangular shape Immediately above the
J nctlon of what was formerly called Wolverine
Guich and Smiths Fork and between them, des-
cribed as follows
Beginning at the junction of the right fork of
Bear Creek with the Main Greek at post running
thence N 25 deg. 50 min. E. 440 feet to post.
thence n " deg 25.5 feet to post, thence South
70 deg. 16 min. E. 5145 feet to nother post with
mound OF stone in the bed of the right fork of
Bear Creek thence N. SO deg G3 min. w. down along
south side OF mill site 700 feet the place be-
ginning, embracing area of five acres, the north
line OF said mill site being 395U7 feet distant from
the south west corner of the banner lode surface
ground.
Said Mining Claim and Mill site being of record
in the office of the County Recorder Idaho City,
in the county and territory aforesaid.
The nearest known location being the Silve Chief
Mining lode or Claim which joins the said Banner
claim on the West
EDwD. L. CURTIS,
Register
direct that this notice be published in the Idaho
World, the newspaper published nearest said min-
lug claim for the period of sixty days.
EDwD L. CURTIS
Register.
Idaho City, April l6, 50. 2m.