Tombstone epitaph., 1888-12-22
tFirst Publication Sept. Io) 2 APPLICATION FOR PATENT NO. ass.
Notice ef Application of Charles W. Leach for Patent tO the Verde Mining Claim.

Notice ef Application or Charles W. Leach
 for Patent to the Verde Mining Claim.
 Notice is hereby given that in persuance of chapter six of title thirty-lwo of the Revised Statutes of the United States, that Charles w. Leach. whose postoffce address is Tombstone, Arizona, claiming ten hundred and sixty six linear feet of the said Verde mining claim, vein, lode or mineral deposit, bearing silver and gold, with surface ground 544 feet in width. lying and being situated within the Tombstone mining district. C,rnty of Cochise and Territory o Aiizona, is absut to 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 the Register Of the U. $. Land Office al Tucson. Arizona, which field notes of survey describe. the boun- diaries and extent Of said claim on the surface w'tn magnetic variation al IF 43 east as fol lowing. to-wit:
 Commencing at the northerly center end o the claim at a stake in south side inches square marked M. M. c. No, 3. q 4 inch posl marked l. M. Verde NJ, C. No [. U, $. NJ. M. No. bears north 5 I3 w, 42oo feet. thence S6I' IS ao5 feet to A nchlpost marked V. NJ. C. No. 2; thence s 2r' 30 Io26 feet to inch post marked V. M. c, No. 3; thence \ oo' I9 w a6I feet to inch post marked " "" N' ->o. 4j thchCc ~ oI IS w 2O3 leet 10 inch post marked V. M C. No. 5; thence N ao' 33 E Io66 feet toa 4 inch post marked V M. (: No. 6; thence 6I' IS E 279. feet to post No. and 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 mineral 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-wit: Upon tn, north by the Mexican mine lot I76; and upon the east by the Silver Plume M C. No. 6s, and the Rattling Boy M. C. lot I64 and conflicts with the Hidden Treasurer. Said Verde claim being designated on said official plat as No 2o4,
 Any and all persons claiming adversely the mining ground, vein, lode, pr, misses 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 U S. Land Office, at Tue son, Arizona, they will be 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 .EpTrApH, a weekly paper published at Tombstone Arizona, in the County of Cochise ~ ,,cu>ss
 Dated this I7th day of September rssS
 A. D. DUFF. Register.