Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-05-19
Application for Patent.
q. s. LAND OFFICE BOISE CITY,
April ii, 1855. I


April ii. 1855. !
~ ra Silver Mining Company. BY John Brown lis
President and General Manager, whose postofice
address is Banner. Idaho Territory. has made
application for United States Patent for the
Banner Lode and Mill site,
situate in Banner Mining District, Boise County
Idaho Tereitory, consisting Of 1900 linear feet or
Il g lode and surface ground 600 feet wide, being
Lot No 81 A.saud five acres Of non-mineral nd
not contiguous to said lode. for mill site, being
Lot No. 81 b. both described in the field notes and
plat OF the official survey file in this office with
magnetic variation 10 deg 30 min. East follows:
Commencing at a stake or post on which is posted
the notice OF relocation. at point hundred
feet in westerly direction from the shaft sunk on
said lode known as the '.old Banner shaff, e or
"discoveay shaft, and running thence in an east
erly direction 1900 feet similar stake post on
the line oil said Lode marked East Center Stake,
together with 600 feet in width the entire length Of
said claim, being 300 feet width each side from
the center or middle of said lode. at the surface
said surfa"e ground being marked and described ss
fDlloas:
Commencing at the west end nter post or stake
on which is posted the original notice relocation
by the Elmira silver Mini Company and running
thence in southerly direction 800 feet to post
marked IS "" thence running in an eas'erly di-
rection 1900 feet to post marked S E. thence in
a northerly direction across the east center end
post or stake 600 feet to post arked IN. E..
thence IN q westerly direction 1890 feet to post
marked IN. w - thence in a sontherIy direction
500 feet to west center end post stake, the place
OF beginning.
Tits location also covers and includes what is
known as the Big Cropping's' and said mine
Banner lode. being situated sbout 80 miles in .
north eascrly direction from Idaho City and about
one mile in a north easterly direction from the
steam quartz mill owned by the Elmra silver Min
ing Company Also the mill site ON which stands
the Banner Mill and known a the Banner Mill ste
located in triangular shape, immediately above the
II nction of what formerly called Wolverine
Gulch and Smiths Fork and between them des-
cribsd follows:
Beginning at the junction of the right fork Of
Bear Greek with the Main Greek at post running
thence N 25 deg So nin E. 440 feet to a post.
thence n 81 deg. 275 feet to post thence South
&c deg. 16 min. E. 574.5 feet another post with
mound of stone in the bed of the right fork of
Bear Creek thence N SO deg. % min. w. down along
south side of mill site 200 feet to the place OF be-
glni g. embracing an area of five acres, the north
line OF said mill site being 39507 feet distant from
tn th west corner of the Banner lode surface
ground.
Said Mining Claim and Mill site being of record
in The Office of the County Recorder at Idaho City
in the county aud territory aforesaid
The nearest known location being the Sve Chief
Mining lode or Claim which joins the said Banner
claim on the West.
EDwD. l. CURTIS,
Register.
direct that this netice be published in the Idaho
World, the newspaper published nearest said min
EDwp L. CURTIS.
Register
Idaho City. April 16. s5 2m.