The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-12-20
APPLICATION FOR PATENT
Notice No. 474.
Survey No. S2l A. a b.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
HALEY, Idaho, Sept. II, 1898 T

HALEY, Idaho, Sept. II, 1898.
Notice is hereby given, that thu
Idaho Gold Mining & Milling Com
pauy, corporation duly Organized
and existing under and by virtue NJ
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 mads
application for United States Patent
for the "Fourth of July" and "Home.
stake" consol dated lode mining claims
and the Fourth of July Mill site, situ-
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 l50l.
linear feet of the Homestake lode. and
surface ground 1856 feet wide, and also
the Fourth of July Mill Site in con-
nection Herewith, being Survey No.
S2l A. IL 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 80 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. 80 ga w. $50 feet to west
center end; thence S. 70 90 +. 800 feet
to corner ]; thence n. 70 90 w. 500 feet
TO corner .; thence N. 80 81 Z. 1900
feet TO corner 3; thence S. 70 26' +.
800 feet to corner 4; thence s. 80 ga
w. 1900 feet to corner /, the place of
beginning survey of exterior bound
aries of the Fourth of July lode; in
GLIDING am area of 20.571 acres applied
for. No conflicts.
From corner No. 2, L. S. Mineral
Monument No. l, bears n. 20 So +.
1892 feet, and from corner No. 3, cor
ner No. 4, of the Fourth of July Mill
site, Survey No. S2l b. bears II. $50 To-
Il. 53l.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 81 W. $50 feet to west
center end; thence s. deg. 26 min. +.
800 feet to corner No. 5; thence n.
deg. 90 min. W. 1856 feet to corner 6;
thence N. 81 deg. "a min. Il. 1900 feet to
corner Z; thence s. Z deg. % 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 Homestako
Lode; including an area of Is. pa acres
applied for No conflicts.
From corner No. 6, L. S Mineral
Monument No. bears n. 90 deg. -
min. L. 25S4.6 feet.
Description Of the Fourth Of July Mil Site.
[5urycy e2l Il.
| beginning at corner !; thence s. 20
lla.r II L. T.
thence S. 40 deg. 40 min. w. 6U0 ftss
to corner 3; thence y. ~ deg. III n.iii.
", 800 feet to corner |.
From corner i,cornrr 3 Of the Fourth
of July Lode, Survey No. s2i 4. ,bcnta
$. IS deg. 10 mi W 5gl.3 feet aud | +.
:. Mineral Monument No. bears y.
~ deg. 50 min. ". 25O1 feet.
Thence n. 40 deg. 40 lnin. r. 800 feet
tn corner /, the place Of beginning sur
vey of the exterior boundaries OF the
Fourth Of July Mill Site; including Ma
area Of 500 acres applied for. No CON
iiicts.
AREAS.
The area of the Fourth of July Lode
equals........... ..........20.5Ti Acres,
The area Of the Homestake Lode
equals......... ............... 10. III Acres.
The area of the Fourth Oh July Mill
Site equals........ 5000 Acres.
Total area OF Survey No.
SCI A. &B. claimed and
sought to be patented. 3S.S05 Acres.
The said mining claims being OF
record in the office of the County Re-
corder OF said Mining District,at Chal-
lis, i'll Custer county, State of Idaho.
Fourth of July Lode in Book &C" of
Quartz at page 90; Homestake Lode in
Book &c" of Quartz at page III; and
Fourth of July Mill Site in $~0k "a"
OF mill sites at page 4. TIE nearest
known locations being the Black and
Blue Wing quartz lode mining claims,
both unsurveyed.
Any and all persons claiming adver-
sely any portion of the said Fourth OF
July ard HOmestakc, consolidated
lode mining claims, or the Fourth of
July Mill Site, Survey No. S21 A.& u.
or surface ground are required to file
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.
l 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, newspaper published at
Challis, Custer county, State of Idaho,
being the newspaper published near
est said claims.
N, ]. SHARP, Register.
First publication Sept. 20, 1898.
". IL. Watt, attorney for applicant.
Treaaurer.n rn.Ica