The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-12-06
APPLICATION FOR PATENT
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE. ,
Haley, Idaho, Sept. u. lNep
Notice No. AVA.
Survey No. 821 A. & B.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
HALEY, Idaho, Sept. II, 1888,
Notice is hereby given, that tho
Idaho Gold Mining & Milling Com
pany, q corporation duly
and existing under and by virtue ~
the laws of the State of Illinois, bv its
attorney in fact, w. II. Watt, whose
postofiice address is Haley, county Of
Blaine and State of Idaho, has mada
application for q United States Patent
for the "Fourth of July" and 'Home-
stake"consol'dated lode mining claims
and the Fourth of July Mill Site, sitn-
ated on unsurveyed lands in Yankee
Fork Mining District, Custer county
State of Idaho, consisting Of 1900 lin,
ear feet of the Fourth of July lode. and
surface ground 800 feet wide and 1904
linear feet of the Homestake lode, and
surface ground 1856 feet wide, and also
the Fourth of July Mill Site in con-
n~ection Herewith, being Survey No.
821 A. & B., and described in the field
notes and plat of the official survey on
file in this office, with magnetic var
iation at 10 degrees and so minutes
East, as follows
Description Of the Fourth Of July Lode.
Beginning at the discovery point Of
this claim, where the location notice
was originally posted, and running
thence s. SO 81 W. $50 feet to west
center end; thence s. 70 20 E. 800 feet
to corner l thence N. 70 30 W. 800 feet
to corner 3; thence N. 80 54 L. 1900
feet 60 corner 3; thence S. 70 26' E.
GEO feet to corner 4; thence S. 80 81
w. 1900 feet.to corner ], the place of
beginning survey of exterior bound
aries of the Fourth of July lode; in
Guiding an area of 20.571 acres applied
for. No conflicts.
From corner No. 2, u. S. Mineral
Monument No. 1, bears N. % So f.
1892 feet, and from corner No. 8, cor
ner No. A, of the Fourth of July Mill
site, Survey No. 82l b. bears H.. So 1O'
r. 591.3 feet.
Description Of HomeStake Lode,
Beginning at the discovery point of
this claim, where the location notice
was originally posted, and running
thence S. 81 "a w. $50 feet to west
center end; thence s. 7 deg. 20 min. +.
800 feet to corner No. 5; thence N. 7
deg. 26 min. w 1856 feet to corner 6;
thence N. 81 deg. 81 min. e. 1900 feet TO
corner Z; thence S. Z deg. 26 min. +.
1856 feet to corner s; thence S. 81 deg.
81 min. w. 1900 feet to corner 5, the
place of beginning survey of the eX-
terror boundaries of the Homestake
Lode; including an area of 3.234 acres
applied for. No conflicts.
From corner No. g., U. S. Mineral
Monument No. l bears n. 90 deg. 20
min. E. 25S4.6 feet.
Description Of the Fourth Of July diil Site.
[Survey t21 b.
Beginning at corner !; thence s. 10
deg. 20 min. e. 1853 feet to corner ,;
thence S. 40 deg. 40 min. ". Cos ferF
to corner 3; thence N. 80 dec. - IN Ii.
= w. 1853 feet to cOrlIe; l.
From corner 4,corner 3 of the Fourth
OF July lOde, Survey No. S2l h.,IpfdS
=. IS deg. 10 min. w. 1913 feet and l..
=. Mineral Monument 40. | bears \.
10 deg. % min. W. 250G feet.
Thence N. 40 deg. 30 min. Il. eco feet
to corner l, the place Cf beginning sur
vey of the exterior ~bouadaries of the
Fourth Of July Mill Site; including an
area Of 800 acres applied for. No coi-
%iiicts.
AREAS.
phe.areas as Ale &algshsaf -IlIyr lode
equals........... ......... ..20.57l Acres.
The area of the Honlestake Lode
equals...... ...... 1921 Acres.
The area of the Fourth of July Mill
site equals...".."..... 5.OO0 Acres
Total area of Survey No.
82l a. &B. claimed and
sought to. be pate nted. 39.S05 Acres.
The said mining claims being of
record in the Office of the County Re-
eorder of said Mining District al Chai-
lis, in Custer county, State of IDAHO:
Fourth of July Lode i'll Book "C' OF
Quartz at page SO; Homestake Lode IN
Book sc" of Quartz at page III; and
Fourth of July Mill Site in Book A
of mill sites at page 4. The nearest
known locations being the Black and
Blue Wing quartz lode mining claims,
both u~nsurveyed,
Any and all persons claiming adver-
sely any portion of the said Fourth of
July and HOmestake, consolidated
lode mining claims, or the Fourth Of
July Mill Site, Survey No. 921 AN y.
or surface ground are required to hle
their adverse claims thereto with the
Register of the United States Land
Office, at HALEY, State of idaho, with
in the sixty days publication thereof,
or they will be barred by virtue of the
! provisions of the statute in such cases
! made and provided.
N. j. SHARP, Register.
/ direct that the foregoing Notice
) Application for Patent be published
: for the period of sixty days item con-
secutive weeks] in THE SILVER MES
sENGER, a newspaper published at
Challis, Custer county, State of Idaho,
being the newspaper published near
est said claims.
N. J. SHARP, Register.
First publication Sept. 20, 1898.
w. II. Watt, Attor7teyto for applicant.