Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-11
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Application for a Patent.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

EuRxKA, Nevada, Aug. /, IS 8. I
| NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ James Murray, whose Postoface address
is Eureka, Eureka county, Nevada, has this
day filed his application for a patent for fifteen
hundred linear feet Of the Contention mine or
vein, bearing silver, with surface ground -four
hundred feet in width, situated in Secret
Canyon Mining District. county Of Eureka
and State Of Nevada. and designated by the
held-notes and official plat on file In this office
as lot No. 800. Said lot No. 300 being described
as follows. to wit:
Beginning at a post marked No. l, U. 9. sur.
vey No. 306, and the original location corner,
whence U. 3. mineral monument No. 8 bears
N. IS deg. 80 min. W., 5,222 feet. Shaft A on
this lode bears N. rs deg L, sos feet, am shaft
. bears N. "a deg. L, 765 feet. Thence running
ern boundary Of u. s. survey No. 2s9 Mildred
lode, whence post No. 1. the northwest corner
OF said Mildred survey bears N. 8 deg. W., ss7 g
feet, 673 8 feet 10 the eastern boundary Of said
Mildred survey l,5O0 feet to post IN .rked No. 2
US. survey No. 300. and identical with the
original location monument; thence running
I'd course 3. "a deg. E.. 400 feet to post marked
No. 3 U. s. survey No. 306, and identical with
the original location corner; thence running Sd
course ). 66 deg. w., 1913 feet to the northern
boundary of U. 5 survey No. 2s6, Water Jacket
lode, whence post No. /, the northwest corner
OF said Water Jacket survey bears N. rs deg.
W, 20 feet, sso.S feet t. the western boundary
OF said Water Jacket survey; 041 8 feet to the
eastern boundary of said Mildred survey.
1888 feet to the western boundary OF said
Miltred survey; 1900 feet to post marked No
4, US. survey No. 800 and the original location
corner; thence running 4th curse y. "a deg
W 400 feet 10 post No. /, the place of begin.
ming. SO much of this surve. as conflicts with
U. 8 surveys No. ass Water Jacket lode and
ESQ MIdred lode are hereby excluded. Said
conflicts are described as fol ows. Conaic.
with o. s. survey No. 2s5 Water Jacket lode:
Beginning at post No. l, the no -thwest eorner
OF said Water Jacket survey and running
thence list course s rs deg. f., 70 feet: thence
running ID course S. GO deg. W., So feet, thence
running Sd course n. lSi deg. r.. 5I.9 feet TO
the place of beginni 6. Conflict with U. s.
survey No. zS9 Mildred lode: Beginning At the
intersection # the north boundary Of this
survey No. S06 with the western boundary OF
survey No. 2s9, whence post No. l Of this sur.
yey No. 800 bears s. 90 deg. W., 257 3 feet. and
post No. l Of said MILDRED survey benrs N q
deg. W. ss7-6 feet; thence running LIST cofitse
n. eS deg. r.. 40 feet: thence running 81
course ;. . deg, T., 4iG feet; thence ruEring
81 eourse 3, 60 deg. W AIS feet: N. nee nm
ming 4th course ". 8 deg. W. 4lG feet Ia ,ba
place u beginning.
Total area OF claim .......13 " aero,
Ares In conflict with survey No. 2s5
Water Jacket l0ds. O Of acr.s
Survey No 2SJ Mildred lode. .......3 81 arres.
hetnklhihS area 81 aerea
Courses expr ssed from the true meridian
with q MAGNETIC variation ~ l64 deg. cast.
The location OF this mine Is recorded In tho
records Of Secret Canyon Mining District. Al
Eurek', Eureka county, state Of Nevada.
Any and all per ons claiming adversely any
poruen OF said Contention mine or surfaee
ground are required to Gle their adverse Claims
With the Register Of the United States Iand
ONCE at Eureka, in the State Of New ada. durins |
the sixty days period OF publication bereos y,
they VIII be haired By virtue OF the provisions n
d. II HALL. Register.
II Is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
oil application for patent be published for ths
period OF ten consecutive weeks in lie
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