Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-03-23
JOHN LAFABRE, Receiver.
nj. A. No. 453.
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT.
U. S. LAND OFFICE RAPID CITH-, DA

u. >. LANE OFFICE RAPID tIJS, DAk.,l
February Is, 1889. {
Notice IS hereby given that the Tin Mountain
Company, by its agent, Alfred l.. Siyyer, whose
postoliice address is Custer, Custer Co., Dakota,
mas this day fled It's 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 III Custer mining district, county of
Custer and territory Of Dakota, and designated
by the field notes and official plat on file In this
ONCE AS lot number 55z, east OF the Black Hills
Meridian; said lot plumber 5o2 being described
as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the southeast corner of the
claim, a pine post 5N5 inches, 8 IT long, set on
solid rock, surrounded by a mound of rocks, 2 tt
high, marked No. 1 on one side and Nj. G. 552 on
The opposite side for corner No. !. From which
cor. L. ). Loo. Monument No. IS bears south, 8
deg, 80 min west, 1885 # dist, corner No. 1. NJ.
G. 553. Tin Mountain lode, bears north, So deg
east 40 #, a pine tree Is inches in diameter bears
north, "A deg east, 81 IT dist, Onarked b. u a
pine tree II inches in diameter. bears north, 81
deg, 30 min west, "a It dist, marked b. To
Thence first course, south, SO deg, W min west,
Az IT to a pine post 5x5 inches. { 1t high, | IT III
ground, and in mound Of dirt 2 II high, marked
i. s., from which discovery cut 5xl0x6 fl face
bears north, 26 deg, 45 min west, 1915 1t dist, 1910
ft to intersection Of the east end line of Gray tin
lode, in conflict (mnsuryeyedl, i4i0 IT to corner
which corner No. 3, NJ. G. 553, bears north, &c deg
east, 30 IT dist, a pine tree IL inches III diameter,
bears north, 50 deg east, 81 fl dist, Gnarked W.
f., q pine tree i6 inches diametef, bears north,
% deg, 80 min east, 900 fl dist, marked b. to
Thence second course, north, 2 deg, 80 min west,
300 fl To corner No. 3. Thence third course,
north, Sc deg, 90 min east, % fl 10 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, AS fl to northeast corner OF said
Gray tin lode, thence south, "a deg, As min west,
as IL to the intersection on south side line course
No. u of NJ. G. So, 80 IL 10 intersection Of west
side line Of Clarence lode (unsurveyed) in con
fict. 735 fl 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 II, thence north, 81 deg, IL min west. 307 II,
thence north, I deg, As min east, 12S II, 10 inter
section with west side lin. course No. 3. NJ. G..
553l, 1900 Fl to corner No. I. Thence fourth
course, south, 2 deg, 80 min east, 800 IL 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, $50 acres.
Total amount claimed, 6.3 acres. Magnetic
variation, II deg, 80 min f., containing G.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 81, The adjoin-
ing claimants are on west and north the Clarence
and Gray tin lodcs, on south Tin Mountain tOdc.