Tombstone epitaph., 1888-12-08
(First Publication Sept. I9l ,. APPRECIATION FOR PATENT SO. Ass.
N9tice af Applicailsn sr Charles W. Leach for a Patent tS the Verde Mining Claim.

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 Notice is hereby given that in persuance of chapter six of title thirty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States. that Charles w. Leach, whose postoffice address is Tombstone, Arizona. claiming ten hundred and sixty-six linear feet of the said dVerde mining. claim. vein, lode, or mineral deposit, bearing silver and gold. with surface ground 544 feet in width, lying and beings situated within the Tombstone mining district. Co, nty of Cochise and Territory Of A,izona, iss ab .ut 10 make application to the United states for patent for sad mining claim which is more fully described as to metes and bounds by the official plat thereof, and field notes of the survey now. filed with tho Register of the U. $. Land Office at Tucson. Arizona, which field notes of survey describe the boun- daries and extent of said claim on the surface with magnetic variation at II' 43 east. as fol lowing. to-wit; e.. -..
 Commencing at the northerly center end of the claim at stake in south side 4 inches square marked NJ. M C No B. a inch post marked l, NJ. Verde M C. No l. U. & M. M
 No, bears north $ Is' W. 4aeo feet. thence Or IS E 265 feet to 4 inchlpost marked V M C. No. 2; thence $ aI' 30 Ioa6 feet to a inch post marked V. M. c. No. 3; thence l, \ 66' Ie w a6I feet to inch post marked ". NJ. C. No 4; thence N 6I' IS Wa6, feet to a inch post marked V. M. C. No. 5; thence N 2o' 33' Io66 feet to 4 inch post marked ". Nj. C. No. 6; thence $ 6I' IS E 27o f, ct to post No. Iand place of beginning.
 The net area claimed is II.o4 acres the said mining claim being of record in the office of the Recorder of Cochise County, Arizona Ter. ritory, at Tombstone, in said county. and the presumed general course or direction of the said Verde vein. lode, or ninei al deposit being shown upon the said plat filed with the field notes of said survey, as near as can be deter mined from present developments. This claim being for ten hundred and sixty-six 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 as follows, to-wt: Upon the north by the Mexican mine lot I76; and upon the east by the Silver Plume M. C. No. 65, and the Rattling Boy NJ. C. lot i64. and conflicts with the Hidden Treasurer. Said Verde claim being designated on said official plat as No. 2o4, .....y
 Any and all persons claiming adversely the mining ground, vein lode, pr, mises or any portion thereof SO described, surveyed or plated and applied for. are hereby notified that unless there adverse claims are duly filed as aforesaid according to law. and the regulations there under within the time prescribed by law with the Register, of the y S Land Office, at Tue son. Arizona, they will De barred by the pro- visions of said statute. And it is also hereby ordered that the above notice be published for ten weeks lin the Tombstone sEPIrAPH. a weekly paper published at Tombstone, Arizona. in the County of Cochise.
 Dated this I7th day of September. 1888
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