Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-04-20
N. A. No. 43.
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT.
T.. S. LAND OyFICB RAPID CITY, OAK,
February ~ 1890

L. s. LAND OFFICE RAPID CITY, DAK.,
February Is, 1889.
Notice is hereby given that the fin Mountain
Company, by its agent, Alfred l.. Sivyer, whose
postoifice address is Custer, Custer Co., Dakota,
has this day filed its application for a patent for
fifteen hundred linear feet OF the Empire lode,
mine or vein bearing tin and other metals, with
surface ground three hundred feet In width,
situated in Custer mining district, county OF
Custer and territory OF Dakota, and designated
by the field notes and official plat on file I'm this
Ohice rs lot number 5J2, east OF the Black Hills
Meridian; said lot number $50 being described
as follows, to-wit:
BEGINNING at the southeast corner Of the
claim, a pine post 5X5 inches, 8 II long, set on
solid rock, surrounded by a mound OF rocks, 2 IT
high, marked No. | on one side and NJ. G. $50 on
the opposite side for corner No. l., From which
cor. g.. 5. loo. Monument No. SIS bears south, s
deg, 80 min west, 1885 1t dist, corner No. 4. M.
c.. $50. Tin Mountain lode, bears north, sc deg
east 40 fl, a pine tree Is inches in diamete bears
| north, "A deg east, 81 II dist, (marked b. To- a
pine tree IA inches in diameter, bears north, 81
deg, 80 min west, "a II dist, marked b. IT,
| Thence first course, south, S6 deg, 90 min west,
432 IT to a pine post 5x5 inches. 4 IT high, l II In
| ground, and in mound Of dirt 2 II high, marked
B.. s., from which discovery cut 5xl0x6 IT face
bears north, &c deg, % min west, l65 1T dist. l0t
Fl To intersection of the east end line OF Gray tin
| lode, in conflict (unsuryeyed), 1910 IT to corner
| No. 3, NJ. c. 553, 1900 II to corner No. 2, from
which corner No. 3, NJ. C.. $50, bears north, Sc deg
east. 90 # dist. a pine tree IA inches IN diameter,
| bears north, So deg east, 81 II dist, (marked w.
T., a pine tree l6 inches diameter. bears north,
60 deg, 80 min east, 90.5 IT dist, marked b. IT,
Thence second course, north, 2 deg, 80 min west,
800 II to corner No. 3. Thence third course,
north, So deg, 90 min east, rs IT TO north side line
OF Gray tin lode, from which point on same line
the conflict OF Gray tin lode runs south, 81 deg,
IL min east, AS # to northeast corner OF said
Gray tin lode, thence south, "a deg, a. min west,
AZ II TO the intersection on south side line course
No. u of NJ. G. $50, 80 II to intersection OF west
side line OF Clarence lode (ulisurveyed) In con
fict. 735 II to east side line OF Clarence lode,
from which point on line, said east side line OF
Clarence lode, bears soth, 40 deg, Is min west,
3G4.5 1t, thence north, 81 deg, II min west. 500 II,
thence north, 40 deg, 45 min east, lbs IT, TO inter
section with west side line Course No. 3. M. c.
553), 1900 IT TO corner No. 4. Thence fourth
course, south, 2 deg, 80 min east, 300 IT to corner
No. 1 and place Of beginning, containing
TO- 80 acres. Conflict with Gray tin lode eli
acres. Conflict with Clarence lode 1.69 acres.
Total amount In conflict, not claimed, $50 acres.
Total amount claimed, 6.3 acres. Magnetic
variation, Is deg, 30 min X, containing 613 acres.
The location Of this mine IL recorded in the
Register OF Deeds office OF Custer county, ID. T.,
In Book 5 OF Locations, at page 32l. The adjoin-
ing claimants are on west and north the Clarence
and GRAY tin lodes. ~ sotrh Tin Mountain lodr.