Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-01-12
M. A. No. 40.
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT.


Us. LAND OFFICE, ~DEADwooD, u. r.. I
Aug. 17ti,, lSSS.
Notice is hereby given that Joseph l.. Pilcher,
whose p~ostotlre address is Custer, Custer Coun,
~, Dakota Territory, has this day filed his ap-
l~Ilc;itloi lof Il patent Tor the flaserodt Placer
Mine bearing gold with surface ground thirty
iiilie ana H-lon acres, situated in unorganized,
custer mining district. County OF Custer ana
territory of Dakota, and designated by the field
notes ANA Official plat on file IN this otlice as lot
number JiS, SAID lot number 54s being rs follows,
to-wit:
Beginning at the :. T.. corner OF the claim, on
| western boundary OF Custer CITY townsite nat.
ented), a pitch pine post 5N5NGO inches. = II in
ground ind III mound OF rock, 3 IT base, 2 Il high,
marked vi. I. Jis on one side, and No. | ON on
posiie side Tor cor. No. |. From which L. ).
Loo. Mon. No. 81 bears ; 20 deg. 20 min. W, 3749
II a pune Tree II inches diam. bears y Is deg. 80
mn. W, tI IL; a spring OF water running about
q miners inches bears \ n deg. w. Clio Il; dis
coNery shaft, SX20Al0 IT deep. bears : 70 deg. W,
l9c II; cor. No. 4, Custer City toWnsitC bears :
20 dcg. 30 min. J., GO IT. Thence first course 5
90 deg. % MIN. W, var. II deg. 30 min. T., 900 II
to cor. No. =, a pitch pine post 5N5N60 inches. 2
III IN ground. surrounded 10y a mound Of Ioch Sc
inches base and 80 inches top, marked NJ. G. 54s
on one side and No. > on the opposite side for
cor. No. =. Thence second course, y 20 deg. 81
MIA. ", var. IL deg. 80 min. l., GEO Il Ia cor. No.
,, a pitcll pine post 5NjNG0 inches, 2 II IN ground,
surrounded by a lnolhd ot rock 80 inches base,
~ inches nigh, marked NJ. L. bis on one side and
No. 3 on the opposite side for coz, No. 3, from
which "A pine tree IA inches diam. bears y, 50
deg. L, % II, blazed and marked Is. +. Thence
lillh 'bht = y VI VIZ. - biii. T.. va - AtNE. DU
min. l., 2Gi0 IL TO cor. NO, 4, "A pine post 5N5N6O
inches Oh IA Il ms. drill ! II III Che solid rock,
marked Nj. (. ,IS on one side, and No. 1 on the
opposite side for cor. No. 1, from which cor. No.
3, Custer CITY toWlSite, bears y 20deg. 81 min W,
1870 II dist. Thence iouri.i course, > 20 deg. 50
MN, l., var. ID deg. so min, along with course
| NO. j, Custer City TOWNSHIP (weSt boundary, Goo
II 10 corner No. 1, and place of beginning.
The third course of Custer City townsitc Is re-
ported In error N II deg. w being run on a
VAT. OF 10 deg. l..
Magnetic variation Is deg. 30 MIN, containing
| thirtyInine 99-iU acres.
| The location of this mine is recorded In the
Register OF Deeds office OF Custer county, Dako-
tn, page $40, III book 4 Of Locations. The adj
Joining claimants are Custer City 1owisite on
the east, patented.
Any and All persons claiming adversely any
portion Of said Iiaserodt Placer mine or sli face
ground are required to file their adverse claim,
with the register of the United States land office
AT D~cadwood. III the Territory of Dakota. during
the sixty days period of publication hereof, or
they viii be barred by virtue of the provisions Of
the statute.
JOHN X. WHiTESIDE, Register.
IL is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
OF application for patent be published for the
period OF sixty days, (ten consecutive weeks(, II.
the CUSTER tHRONICLE. IA weekly newspaper
published at Custer CITY, ID. f..
JOHN X. WHfTESiDE, Register,
ALFRED T., FEAl, Attorney for Applicant.
First publication, September 1.