Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-16
JOHN LAFABRE, Receiver.
Nj. A. No. 1853.
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT.
U. s. LAND OFFICE RAPID CITY, OAK

u. ). LAND OFFICE RAPID CITY, OAK, !
February 18, 1889. {
Notice Is hereby given that the Fin Mountain
Company, by its agent, Alfred J.. Sivyer, whose
| p~Ost0ifice address is Custer. Custer Co., Dakota,
has this day filed its application Tor a patent Tor
fifteen hundred linear feet OF the Empire lode,
mine or vein bearing tin and other metals, with
surface ground three hundred feet I'm width,
situated in Custer mining district, county OF
CusItI and territory OF Dakota, and designated
by the fieiu notes and official plat on file in this
Office as lot number $50, east OF the Black Hills
Meridian; said lot number 552 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 1t
high, marked No. / on one side and NJ. c.. 552 on
the opposite side for corner No. /. From which
cor. u. :. Loo. Monument No. 50 bears south, 8
deg, 30 min west. 1885 fl dist, corner No. 4. NJ.
G.. 653. Tin Mountain lode, bears north, Sc deg
east 40 IL, a pine tree 10 inches in diameter bears
north, "a deg east, 81 # dist, uiarked b. r. a
pine tree IA inches in diameter. bears north, 80
deg, 80 min west, "a ft dist, marked Il. To
Thence first course, south, Sc deg, 90 min west,
1872 # TO a pine post 5x5 inches. 4 1t high, / # in
ground, and in mound Of dirt 2 1T high, marked
Il. s., from which discovery cut 5Xl0X6 IT face
bears north, 20 deg, As min west, l5 ii dist. 1910
# 10 Intersection OF the east end line of Gray tin
lode, I'm conflict (unsurveyed), 1il0 II TO corner
No. 3. NJ. c.. $50, 1900 It 10 corner No. 2, from
which corner No. 3, Nj. {. 553, bears north, SO deg
east, 90 it dist, q pine tree IA inches in diameter
bears north, S5 deg east, 81 II dist, (marked w.
T., "a pine tree l6 inches diameter, bears north,
60 deg, 80 min east, 9O.5 II dist, marked b. to
Thence second course, north, 2 deg, 80 min west,
300 it to corner No. B., Thence third course,
north, sc deg, 90 min east, Is ii to north side line
of Gray tin lode, from which point on same line
the conflict of Gray tin lode runs south. 81 deg,
II min east, i7s TT TO northeast corner Of said
Gray tin lode, thence south, "a deg, 45 min west,
fs it to the intersection on south side line Course
No. ~ OF NJ. G.. 552, $40 IT to intersection OF west
side line Of Clarence lode (unsuryeyed) in con-
fiict. 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,
364.5 IT, thence north, 81 deg, IL min west. 307 1t,
thence north, 40 deg, ~ min east, i2S II, To inter-
section with west side line course No. 3. NJ. G.
553l. 1900 IT TO corner No. 4. Thence fourth
course, south, 2 deg, 80 min east, 800 ft TO corner
! No. / and place of beginning, containing
1898 acres. Conflict with Gray tin lode 2.Il
acres. Conflict with Clarence lode 1863 acres.
Total amount in conflict, not claimed, $50 acres.
Total amount claimed, 6.53 acres. Magnetic
variation, Is deg, 30 min +, containing 6.53 acres.
The location OF this mine is recorded in the
Register Of Deeds Office Of Custer county, ID. r.,
In Book 3 OF Locations, az page 32i. The adjoin-
ing claimants are on west and north the Clarence
aud Gray tin l0dcS, on south fIn Mountain lode.