The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1893-10-14
APPLICATION FOR A pATENT.-No. 1856.
United States Land Office,
Los Angeles, CAL, October 3rd, 1898

Los Angeles Cal. October Bird, 1898 !
Notice is hereby given that De Witt c. Jayne,
whose pOstoftce address is Florida, New York, has
this day filed his application for a patent for 500
linear feet of the Mars Mine or vein bearing gold
with surface ground 600 feet in width, situated in
Picacho mining district County of San Diego, and
State of California, and designated by the field
notes and official plat on file in this Office as lot
number thirty eight 38) said lot 80 being described
as follows, tO-wit:
Beginning at a porphyry stone 12x12x3O in set
Is in. in ground with mound of stones, marked NJ.
N. E. c. Gor Mars North End Center) Identical
with old location monument at Northwesterly end
OF lode. Whence, an iron wood tree in. i'll di
ameter situated ON east side of raYine marked NJ
N. E. C. B. T. (for Mars North End Center Bearing
tree), bears S. 454 deg. w. distant 1.64 chains.
remarkable cone-shaped peak called the ''Sugar
Loaf bears N. 81 deg 40 min. E. and hole through
which daylight can be seen in high peak of rock,
called the Picacho and which call the "Eye of the
Picacho' bears N. 759 deg w. and pit or shaft II
xl2 fest and feet deep bears s. % deg. 40 min W.
distant Is ks Ghe variation being 10 deg. IA min.
E)
Thence N. SIS deg 43 min. E. along the northern
boundary of Mars Mine SO chs to ravine 10 ks.
wide; 4.545 chs, $500 feet) to No. of Mars
set light gray water porphyry stone, 8x1Ox24
in 16 in. in ground in mound of stone mark ed NJ
2, from which the old n. Z. location monument
bears N. % deg 40 min. W. distant sol ks, Eye
of Pcaeho bears N IS deg. 25 II in. West and Sugar
Loaf bears N. 374 deg. E. Thence DETECTING 80
deg. 10 min. to the light, S. "a deg. SO min. E.
along eastern boundary of Mars Mine, e.7O chs. to
ridge, course f. % ks TO faVlne 8 chs. to raYlne
10 ks. wide, course chs. to ravine 25 ks wide
course N IS deg. W; IL IA chs, to placer ravne 80
ks. wide, course n. heads 1.50 chs. S. w; 10 chs.
to road to mine. course S. 65 deg. W; 16 chs. to
head of placer ravine. This ravine has been worked
quite extensively for placer gold; 1880 chs. to
raYne 10 ks wide, course N 65 deg. E.; 10 45 chs.
to ravine cut by water 20 feet Deep Is ks wide,
course N 65 deg E 20. 40 chs. to brow of Picacho
Gulch; q 20 chs. to wash in Picacho Gulch course
N. N E.; % 20 chs. to South side of Picacho Gulch
2272 chs. Q,5OO feeD to corner No. OF Mars Mine,
where is set stone Sx12x3O in IS in. in ground in
mound OF rocks marked Nj. l. Whence the Eye Of
the PicachO bears N. IS deg 81 min. W. and the
Sugar Loaf bears N. 303 deg. and old placer
mine bears E. 20 ks.
55 deg. 43 min. E. along Southern boundary of
Mars Mine 2.17 chs. to base Of hill, course N. E.
Enter small flat extending so ks. S.-4 30 chs.
to base of small spur; $40 chs 600 feet) to the
previously described Mars South Center End mon
ument; 524 chs. to 2x4 post II in out of ground
firmly set and nail head i'll center on lne $50 chs.
to top of small spur, N. "a deg West so ks.
to nat OF P1cacho raVne; 40 chs. to ravlne course
n. "a deg. W. to main Picach0 ravine; $50 chs. to
2x4 pine post Il in. above ground line 900 chs.
600 feet) to corner No. of Mars Mine identical
with old location monument where is set post
in. in diameter A feet long, II in. in ground in
monument of stone, marked NJ. GOr Mars No. A.
the S. W. corner. Ths-is also the S. E. corner of
Venus Mine. Whence the whim shaft bears N.
103 deg. W, the forge North 153 deg. W. and Eye
of PicachO N. 643 deg w. and Mineral monument
No. O. at W. corner of the Goshen Mine bears N
773 deg. E. A .0l chs.
Thence (angle DETECTED from the right 90 deg 10
min.) n. "a deg. So mn w. along the western bOun-
Diary of Mars Mine and the easterly boundary of
Venus Mine, LOG chs. to brow of Picacho ravine
ZAP chs to South edge of Picacho wash; 2.70 chs
to n. edge of Picacho wash; 3.03 chs. to place
where some placer mines have been worked ex-
tending east and west chs; 50 chs to shaft 6x9
feet deep, feet west of line; "a chs. to top of
spur, course E. chs to point of mouth of tunnel
Venus q ks. W. 30 chs. to ravine SO ks WIDE
course W; 667 chs to brow of rayine, enter min
ing fat; 81 chs to point in fiat, where is set q
fiat rock, 4Xl2x23 in, IA in. in ground, marked NJ
E. side (fOr Mars and v on side (for Venus):
chs to shaft 6X6 feet II feet deep; % y chs
Q,500 feet) to corner No. Of Mars Mine, where is
set post in. in diameter a feet long, II in. in
ground in mound of stones, identical with old loca-
ton monument This is also N. E. corner of Venus
Mine. This corner is set in open space on
ground gently inclining to the N and about 80
ks South of a ravine which courses n. N. E.
Thence DETECTING SO deg. 10 min. to the right
n. So deg 43 min. E. along N line of Mars Nine
chs. to ravine 20 ks. wide, course NJ 4.545 chs
600 feet) to the place of beginning, containing
20. SO acres
Magnetic variation 13 deg IA min. East contain
ing 20 SO acres
The location of this mine is recorded in the Re-
corders Office of San Diego County, at the City of
San Diego, Comfy of San Diego State of California
Any and all persons claiming adversely any por-
tion of said Mars Mine or surface ground are re-
qured to file their adverse claims with the Register
of the United States Land Office at Los Angeles in
the County OF Los Angeles California, during the
sixty days period of publication hereof or they will
be barred by the virtue to the provisions of the
Statute. w. IL. SEAMANS,
Register.
1t is hereby ordered, that the foregoing Notice of
Application for Patent be published for the period
of sixty days, ten consecutive weeks in the Arizona
SENTINEL, weekly newspaper published at Yuma,
Territory of Arizona. ". II. GEAMANS,
Register.