Tombstone epitaph., 1888-12-29
First Publication Sept. Ie) APPLICATION FOR PATENT NO. Ass.
Notice Of Application Of Charles W. Leach
 for Patent to Che Verde Mining Claim.

Notice is hereby given that in persuance of chapter six of title thirty-,wo of the Revised Statutes of the United States. that Charles w. Leach, whose posto.fice address IS Tombstone, Arizona. claiming ten hundred and sixty-sx linear feet of the said Verde mining claim. vein, lode, or mineral deposit bearing silver and gold. with surface ground 54j feet in width lying and being situated within the Tombstone mining district C,l nty of Cochise and Territory 0. Arizona. is aD.ut to make application to the United States for patent for said mining claim which is more fully described as 10 metes ano bounds b. the official plat thereof, and fieid notes of the survey now fled with the Register of the U. S. Land Office al Tucsor. Arizona. which field notes of survey describe the bcun- diaries and extent of said claim the surface with magnetic variation at IF 43' east. as fol lowing, to-wit:
 Commencing al the northeily center erd Of the claim at a stake in south side inche square marked M NJ. C No. 3, inch pos, marked l. M. Verde M C. No I. U. $. NJ. NJ. No. bears nrth 5'I3 W. laeo feet tteAce Soi' IS 26s feel to a inch|post marked V. M. '. No. thence 2I' 30 io26 feet to ! inch post marked V. NJ. c. No, 5; thence N 66' io' w z6i feet to a inch post marked " NJ. G. No 4; thence N 6I' IS " a63 feet to 4 inch post naked V. M. C. No. 5; thence N 20 33 F. Ioo6 feet to inch pos, marked V. M C.. No, G. tbence S 6Is IS F. 279 2 f. et 10 post No and place of beginning.
 The net area claimed is o4 acres the said mining claim being of record in the office of the Recorder of Cochise County, Arizona I er- ritory at Tombstone, in said county, and the presured general course or direction of the said Verde vein, ode. or mineral deposit being shown upon the said plat filed with the field notes of said surrey. as near as can be deter mined from present developments. This claim being for ten hupirod and sixty-sx linear feet thereof, together with the surface ground shown upon the said official plat The vein, lode or mining premises hereby sought to be patented, being bounded IS follows, to.wit: Upon the north by the Mexican mine lot I76 and upon the eas, by the Silver Plume M. C. No 6s, and the Rattling Boy NJ. C. lot I64, and conflicts with the Hidden Treasurer Said Verde claim being designated said official plat as No. 2o4,
 Any and all p.rsons claiming adversely the mining ground, vein, lode, prt misses or any portion thereof 90 described, surveyed or plated and applied for. are hereby notified that unless there adverse clasns are duly filed as aforesaid according to lay, and the regulations there under within tis time prescribed by law with the Register of Ge U. S Land Office, at Tue son, Arizona, thG will be barred by the pro- visions of said stxute. And it is also hereby ordered that the ibove notice be published for ten weeks Fin ie Tombstone ..EprrAPH, weekly paper published at Tombstone, Arizona, in the County ofCochise. srs
 Dated this I7tl day of September. 1888
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