Sierra County advocate., 1894-08-24

Application for a Patent.
U. S. Land Office,
Las Cruces, N. NJ, July Both, lS9lS


NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
Robert II Hopper, attorney-in-fact,
whose Postofiice address is Hillsborough
Sierra County, New Mexico, has this day
filed the application OF the Mineola
Mining and Milling Company for patent
for Eight Hundred Eighty-six and
seven-tenths $500 linear feet of the
Silver Wedge Mine or vein, bearing
silver, with surface ground Three Humid
red nineteen and two-tenths (3l9.2> feet
in width, situated in Black Range Min
ing District, County of Sierra and Terri
tory of New Mexico, and designated by
the field notes and official plat on file in
this Office as lot number nine hut dred
and forty (940), in Township sixteen (l6)
south, Range nine (9) west, of the New
Mexico Principal Meridian. said Lot No.
$40 being described as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at Cor No. 1 identical
with S. W. cor. of location, poiphyry
stone 24x15x6 ins. set Is ins. in the
ground, chiseled 1910, with mound Of
stones . #. high, #. base alongside !;
whence Middle Percha initial monument
No. bears S TO- So Il. 26747 #. A
pine tree 18 ms diam. blazed and seribed
b. T. 1~94o bears n. III 80 w. 45.5 it,
A pine tree Is ms. diam. blazed and
scribed B. T. l-940, bears S. 369, w. 25
It.. Cor. No 2 Of survey No. 465 Com.
stock Lode, bears S. 60, Ia L. 220. Z #
Thence n Ia 0G' w. va. 12' 26 T.. 100
feet to center of Sawpit Gnlch, general
course East $50 feet ascend S w. slope
of mountain 677 ft. 10 Cor. No. 2 A
limestone 6xi2x30 ins set IA ins. in the
ground, chiseled 2-940, with mound of
stones / 4 it high, #. base alongside
Whence Location Cor. bears N. IA O6'
w. 80 it. Cor. No. of survey No. 44l
Polar Star Lode, claimants unknown,
bears N. 23' or w. 1923 it. Thence S.
so IA f. va. l2' l6' e., "a it. intersect.
line 1-2 of survey No. 441 S. 270 40 Z.
1924 it, from its Cor No. 2, 48 #. to Cor.
No, 3. A limestone 6xl0x25 set 10 ms.
in the ground (too rocky to dig deeper)
chiseled 3-940, with mound of stones / y
ft. high, 2 it base alongside Whence
Location Coz bears n. 81 "a w As ft.
Face of lime rock in place, chiseled x B.
r 3-940 bears N, A. 05 T.. 17.5 it. No
other bearings available Thence S 26'
30 E., va IL IS E., descending 500 #.
center Of Sawpt Gulch, general course
east; S19.7 #. interse It north end line
of Caledonia Lode, unsurveyed, J. w.
Southwick ct al. claimants, at point
N. 81 80 Z 434 TT. from its N. w. cor,
1867 feet to Cor No 4, identical with
S. f cor. of location. A limestone
12x15x2S ins. set Is ins. in the ground.
chiseled 1910, with mound of stones ~
#. high, 2 #. base alongside. Whence a
juniper tree J 5 ins diam blazed and
scrbed B. T. 4-94o, bears S So As f.
22 it. A juniper tree 16 ms. diam.
54S ID IL and scribed B I. 1910 bears ",
No 44I boars bo Cor, No. of gs.afvtey t,y
T6a,aa IT, m N pears eaa o p; ~ ,-s A0 2S4 IT.
IL. 10 Cor. No. 2 OF survey No. 465 Com
is stock Lode, j. W collars, claimant.
dnence along line l-2 of 81 | survey,
249 IL. cross small gulch 10 it. wide,
course =. r., 3l02 it to Cor. No, !,
place of beginning.
Area-Total area Silver Wedge Lode
Survey No $40, 20576 acres. Less
area in conflict with survey No. AL.
q 1884 acres. Area in conflict with Gale
donia Lode, 0.0436 acres. Total area in
conflict not claimed by owners of Silver
Wedge, OHIO acres Total area
claimed OF Silver Wedge Lode, 1906
acres This survey is located in Town
ship l6 S., Range 9 west. There being
no corners OF the public surveys to be
found within two miles OF the claim, it is
to determine the number
OF the section.
The Location of this mine is recorded
in the Recorders office of Sierra County,
New Mexico, in the Book c., pages 356-7-S
of Mining Locations. The adjoining
claimants are Polar Star Mine, claimants
unknown; Caledonia Mine, J w South
wick ct al Cnmstock Mine, J w
collars; unsHrvcyed clam formerly
known as the Silver Queen
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion of said Silver Wedge Mine
or surface ground, are required to file
their adverse claims with the Register OF
the United States Land Office at Las
Cruces, in the County of Dona Ana, New
Mexico, during the sixty days period of
hereof, or they viii be barred
by the virtue to the provisions Of the
SCatute.
JOHN d. BRYAN,
Register.
1t is hereby ordered that the foregoing
Notice of Application for Patent be pub
lished for the period OF sixty days (ten
weeks), in the SIERRA
County ADVOCATE, weekly newspaper