The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
I'll e Nm ES US. BU71MED MONTANA.
MINING APPLICATION No. 400.
UNITED STATES LAND OFF.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, I
HELENA, Mont, Sept. %, A. D. 1899 :
Notice is hereby given that Josiah M. Merrell,
by Josiah Shull, his attorney intact, whose
postottc,e address is Philipsbqrg, Granite
ton for patent (notice of which was posted on
the 21st day of September A. D. 1890 for 1875
linear feet including 1854 feet easterly and
599.1 feet westerly measured along the course
of the VEN from the center of the discovery
cut on the Climax Amended Lode mining claim;
also for 1875 linear feet including AIS feet
the course of the vein from the center of the
discovery cut on the Perry Amended Lode min
ing claim; also 13O,.5 linea' feet, including 4S5
feet easterly and 8l5.5 feet westerly measured
along the course of the vein from the entrance
of the discovery tunnel on the Ellegan Amended
lode mining claim. all situated in Flint Creek
State of Montana, and designated by the official
survey thereof and the field notes and the Of
fetal plat thereof on file in this Office as sur
vey numbers $3.50, $50 and 5576 respectively, in
unsurveyed township north, range 13 west, and
described as follows, to wit:
Survey No. 5569-Begnning at corner No. 1,
granite stone, 20xl2xl2 inches, II inches deep,
marked l-5569 for corner No. l, from which the
southeast corner of section 25. township north,
range IA west, bears south, 81 degrees 81 minutes,
80 seconds west, 7lSS5 feet, and running thence
north degrees % minutes wcst 1878 feet;
thence north, 80 degrees 3 minutes east, 1855
feet; thence north, degrees 40 minutes west
259 feet; thence south, 19 degrees, II minutes
west. 7o5 feet thence north. SO degrees 33 min
utes west, 795 feet; thence south, degrees. 40
minutes east 467 feet; therce north, SO degrees
% minutes east, 1879 feet, to corner No. 1, the
place of beginning, containing an area of 145O
acres, area in conflict with survey No. 4435.
Dead Horse lode, ST acres not claimed. net
area claimed by the above named applicants,
Survey No. 5570-Beginning at corner No. l.
the southeast location corner. granite stone
20xlOx4 inches, Il inches deep, on the second
coul se of survey No. 1918. marked 1-557O, for
corner No. l. from which the southeast corner OF
section 25, township north, range Il west. bears
north So degrees minutes west, 72S5.S feet, and
running thence north, ) degrees, % minutes
west, 800 feet; thence south, 80 degrees. 20 min
utes west, 14O6 feet; thence south, degree, 81
minutes west. 1915 feet; thence, north, 81 de-
degrees. % minutes east 373.5 feet thence north,
SO degrees, 20 minutes east, 1876 feet to cor
ner No. l. the place of beginning. containing
an area of 16 80 acres, all claimed by tho above
Survey No. 5576-Beginning at the northeast
location corner, which is also corner No. OF
set II inches deep. marked 1-5576. for corner No.
l, from which southeast corner of section %,
township north range IA vest, bears south. 80
degrees, minutes 30 seconds west 5729.6 feet;
and running thence north, 81 degrees, 50 min
utes west, 926 feet; thence south, 20 degrees, 21
minutes, east, IS feet; thence south, SO degrees,
grees, 2S minutes east. 32l feet; thence north. n
degrees, 56 minutes east, 1908 feet; thence
north. degrees, 2S minutes west, 373.5 feet. to
corner No. l, the place of beginning, containing
named applicant.
Conflicting claims-In conflict with survey
No. 1863 on the northeast survey No. ABS. Dead
Horse Lode, Hope Mining Company of st.
Louis. applicant.
There are no known claims in conflict with
su veys Nos. 5570 and 5576.
Adjoining c1aims-On the north of the Gil
max Amended Lode, survey No. 5569, is survey
No. 2075, Bear No. 2 Lode, Henrietta Schnepel
| ct al applicants. On the east of survey No.
| 5569 Climax Amerded Lode, is survey No. 1904.
| Union Lode, Charles Clark, applicant. On the
east of survey No. $685. Climax Lode, and of
survey No. $50. Perry Amended Lode, is the
Annie Marony Lode (unsurveyed), Peter Coyle.
claimant. On the south of survey No. 1910,
| Perry Amended Lode, is survey No. 321S, Co
| lumbia Lode, Charles Clark ct al, applicants
On the north of the Ellegan Amended Lode
survey No. 5576, and on the north and west OF
the Perry Amended Lode. survey No. .557O
is the Torrid Lode. (unsurveyed, Peter
Coyle claimant. On the west of the Ellie
gan Amended Lode survey No. 5576, is the Vic
| toria Lode (unsurveyed), Joseph Dubrule,
| claimant, and Ackry Lode (unsuryeyed> James
| Mckinley ct al, claimants.
| Magnetic variation of all courses in these
surveys % degrees east
| The location notices of these mines are re-
corded in book of quartz records, on pages
17,ls and 20 respectively, records of Granite
county, Montana.
Total area of these surveys claimed by the
above named applicant is 4l.93 acres.
| GEORGE d. GREENE. Register.
| Josiah Shull, Attorney-ln fact for Applicant
| First publication, September ~. 1892