Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-04
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Application for a Patent.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

EUREKA, Nevada, Aug. /, 1888.
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 aud official plat on Gle In this Office
rs lot No. sos. Said lot No. BOG being described
as follows, TO wit:
Beginning at post marked No. l, U. 2. sur
vey No. BOG, and the original location corner,
whence U. y, mineral monument No. s bears
n As deg. 80 min. W., 5,222 feet. Shaft A on
this lode bears N. rs deg e SOS feet, and shaft
. bears N. IA deg. z, 765 teet. Thence running
era boundary Of U. s. survey No. 2s9 Mildred
loce. whence post No. l. the northwest corner
OF said Mildred survey bears N. 8 deg. W, ss7 8
feet, G73 3 feet TO the eastern boundary OF said
Mildred survey 500 feet to post IN lrked No. 2
Us. survey No. 30G. and Identical with the
original location monument; thence running
I'd course 8. "a deg. e., 400 feet 10 post marked
No. 3 U. s. survey No. 306, and identical with
the original location corner thence running ID
course 3. % deg. W., 792.3 feet 10 the northern
boundary Of u. 5. survey No 2s5. Water Jacket
lode, whence post No. l, the northwest corner
OF said Water Jacket survey bears n, "a deg.
W., 70 feet, ss0.3 feet to the western boundary
OF said Water Jacket survey; 94l 8 feet to the
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1858 feet to the western boundary Of sstj
Millred survey; ], 500 feet to post marked No
4, US }. survey No. 306 and the original location
corner thence running 18th course N. "a deg.
W 4eO feet 10 post No. /, the place OF begin
ming. So much OF this survey as conflicts with
U. = surveys No. ass Water Jacket lode and
$50 MI dred lode are hereby excluded. said
conflicts ere described as fol ows: Conflict
with Q. s. survey No. 2s5 Water Jacket lode;
Beginning at post No. ], the northwest corner
Of said Water Jacket survey. and running
thence LIST course S. rs deg. E., 20 feet. thence
running ID course 5. GO deg. W.. 80 feet: thence
running Sd course y. lSl deg e., $40 feet 10
the place OF beginning; Conflict with o.. s..
Intersection II the north boundary 81 thls
survey No. 800 with the western boundary II
survey No. 2S9, whence post No. l of this sur.
vey NO. 500 bears >. % dec. W, 2j7 3 feet, and
post No. l Of said Mildred survey bears N. 4
deg W, ss7 o feet; thence running lst conrse
N. 90 deg. H., 4t6 feet: thence running "a
course 3. s deg. E 4i6 feet. thence ruspi8W
80 course ., IS deg. W 419 feet. thtnee run,
ning lth course N s deg. w 4lG feet TO the
place of beginning.
Total area OF claim IA ~ ara,
Are. IN conflict with survey No. 2s5
"a.ot ,aehe' ,ou5.' ..........O .0I acres.
Survey No 2s9 Mildred lode. ....... 3 So acres.
Remaining area 9.9l acre.
Courses expressed from the true meriIiap
with q magnetic variation II lG5 deg. cast.
The location Of this mine Is recorded In the
records OF secret Canyon Mining District. at
Eureks, Eureka county, state Of Nevada.
Any and all per ,ons claiming adversely any
portion OF said Contention mine or surface
ground are required to Ale their adverse Claims
with the Register Of the United States Land
Once at Eureka, in the State OF Nevada. dnring
the sixty days period Of publication hereof a9
they viii De haired by virtue Of the provisions Of
oh HALL. Register.
IL Is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
oil application for patent be published for he
period OF ten consecutive weeks in the
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