Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-14
APPLICATION FOR PATENT NO. ss,.
"etlce or Application of the Great Amcri. can filming e. for pa tent to the
 Horn Silver Mining Claim

Notice of the application of the Great Ameri- can Mining Company, a corporation, for patent for the Horn Silver mining calm vein lode or mineral deposit bearing god, silver and other minerals, situated in the Swisshelm min ing district. in the County oi Cochise and Ter ritory or Arizona
 UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
 TUCSON. Arizona, June 6 A D reSS.
 Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of chapter six. of title thiriy-,No oi The Revised Statutes of the U. S., the Great American Min ing company, corporation, claiming fifteen hundred linear feet Or the Horn Silvsr mining claim, vein lode or mineral deposit, bearing gold, silver and other minerals with suri,ce ground six hundred feet in width lying and being within the Swisshelm min.rg di ,Iict in the County of Cochise and Territory oi Arizona, are about to make application to the United States tor patent for the said mining clum. which is more fully described, as to me.es and bounds by the official plat and tie d note. of survey now on file with the Register os the U. 5. Land Office. at Tucson, Arizona, which field notes describe the boundaries and ex ent of said claim on the surface with mag lie varia ian at IT. IS east, as follows: Beginning at the ini.ial monument, marking the noriberly end center of claim at post four feet long, Jour inches in diameter, Set one foot in the ground and surrounded by mound of stones, post marked H. $. M. No, I; thence $ 4oS so' F. variation II'I5 k 300 feet to N E corner of claim to 2 post of like size, height etc, as the other, and marked on w side H. S, No. a- this post is also the NV corner of the Grt at American mining claim thence s 4;oo 70 w 1900 feet to the corner ot claim at a cost marked on w side H $ No B. winch is also the w corner of the Great American mining claim and from which post the U. s. M NJ. No. T. bears 25' SO w 333o feet; thence N 4o' 30 w to the southerly end center of claim to post marked H No 4; thence N 4oe so' w 300 feet to the s w corner of claim to a post marked H No 5; thence to' 30 E fifteen hundred feet to the w corner of claim at post marked H s No 6; thence $ 4oe so' E 300 feet to monument and post Ii $ NJ No I. the place Of beginning and containing 20 66 acres The said mining claim being of record m the cffice of the recorder Of deeds, at Tcmb- stone, in the county and territory afo, esaid. The presumed general course or direction of the said Horn Silver mining claim, vein. lode or mineral deposit being shown upon the plat fled with the Register aforesaid, as near as can be determined by present Geyeiop1ents. This claim being for 1900 linear feet thereof tcgeiher with the surface ground shown on said official plat filed as aforesaid; the said ven, iode and mining claim hereby sought to b. pat,nted b,ing bounded as follows, to-wit: On the , L ny the Great American mining claim; sad claim being designated as lot No. 4a, on the official plat aforesaid
 Any all persons claiming adversely the min ing ground. vein. lode, premises or any portion thereof so described, surveyed, plated and ap- piled for are hereby notified that unless their adverse aims are duly filed acco ding to law. and the regulations hereunder, within the time prescribed by law, with the Register of the U. $. Land Office at Tucson. Arzons, thsy will be barred by virtue of the provisions of said slatute
 And hereby order that this notice be pub lished for ten consecutive weeks in the Tomb stone EPITAPH. newspaper published weekly at Tombstone. Arizona.
 A. D. DUFF. Register.