Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-30

NJ. A. No, 453.
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT.

L.. s. LAND OFFICE RAPID CITY, DAK.,3
February Is, 1889.
Notice is hereby given that the fin Mountain
Company, by its agent, Alfred J.. Siyyer, whose
postoiiice address IS Custer, Custer Co. Dakota,
has this day fled 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 anu official plat on file In this
Office AS lot number 552, east of the Black Hills
Meridian; said lot number 552 being described
as follows, to-wlt:
Beginning at the southeast corner Of the
claim, a pine post 5x5 inches, 5 # long, set on
solid rock, surrounded by a mound Of rocks, 2 It
high, marked No. on one side and NJ. c. 552 on
the opposite side for corner No. !. From which
cor. L. s. Loc. Monument No. 81 bears south, 3
| deg, 30 min west, 1886 II dist, corner No. 4. M.
{. 553. lin Mountain lode, bears north, SO deg
east 40 fl, a pine tree II inches in diameter bears
north, "a deg east, 81 it dist, (marked b. II a
pine tree IA Inches in diameter, bears north, 80
deg, 80 min west, "a It dist, marked b. T.
Thence ilrst course, south, Sc deg; % min west,
ground, and in mound of dirt 2 It high, = -
h. s., from which discovery cut 5xl0x Z fac
bears north, rs deg, - min west, i65 II t-,, lDt
fl 10 intersection of the east end line 0 cray a
lode, In conflict (Hnsuryeyed}, lI10 II e1' ~
| No. 3, Nj. G. 553, lEW II to corner No. 2. iruii
which corner No. 3, M. c. 553, bears north. Sc deg
east, 80 # dist. a pine tree II inches in diameter,
bears north, So deg east, 81 fl dist, mafked w.
T., a pine tree 10 inches diameter, bears north,
90 deg, 80 min east, ao.5 TT dist, marked Il. T.)
Thence second course, north, 2 deg, 20 min west,
300 II 10 corner No. 3. Thence .hird course,
north, SO deg, 0 min east, 20 IT 10 Iorth side line
Of Gray tin lode, from which poiat on anne line
the conflict of Gray tin lode runs south, 81 deg,
IL min east, AS # 10 northeast corner Of said
Gray tin lode, thence soutb, ~ deg, As min west,
A. fl to the intersection on soutli side line course
No. u Of NJ. G. $50, $40 II 10 intersection Of west
side line Of Clarence lode (unsuryeyed) in con.
fict. 75 fl to east side line of Clarence lode,
from which point Oh line, said east side line Of
Clarence lode, bears soth, 10 deg, Is min west,
3G4.5 fl, thence north, 81 deg, II min west. 3O7 II,
thence north, 40 deg, As min east, Us II, to inter
section with west side line course No. 3. NJ. G.
553), 1900 II 10 corner No. 4. Thence fourth
course, south, 2 deg, 30 min east, 800 II 10 corner
No. | and place of beginning, containing
1898 acres. Conflict with Gray tin lode oil
acres. Conflict with Clarence lode 1869 acres.
Total amount in conflict, not claimed, 80 acres.
Total amount claimed, G.53 acres. Magnetic
variation Is deg, 30 min T., containing 6.a3 acres.
The location Of this mine Is recorded in the
Register of Deeds Office of Custer county, u. T.,
In Book . Of locations, AZ page 81. The adioin-
ing claimants are on west and north the Clarence
and Gray tin lodes, on south Tin Mountain lode.