Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09
US. LAND OFFICE RAPID CITY, $. d.,

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November 10Th, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that Thomas I}elmOre,
whose poStoflce address Is custer, CuStty Coun-
ty, South Dakota, has this day fled his applira-
tiOn for patent t!r lG9923 acres OF the
EldoradO Placer Mining CLAIM bearing gold,
with surface ground, situated IN no organized
mining district, county OF Custer and state of
South Dakota, and designated by the field notes
and official plat on file ia this Office as Lot Num-
ber 1921, In sections 80, "a, 80, IN township 3,
south Of range 3, east Of Black Hills Meridian;
said lot No 1927 being described Us follows, to-
wit:
beginning at corner No. /, Identical with cor
ner No. II, NJ. :. 755 EldOTado Placer Il slate
rock 3iNl2XG inches, set Is inches IN the ground
with mound of stone, Chi5eled Y ! E--llN.
whence corner to sections 81, 80, and ,, town
ships ) aud I south, range , east, bears 5. i5
deg 20 min, W. G9J feet. Thcnce II. Is deg. - min.
W. 1910 feet 10 cor. No. 2; thence $. ~ deg. SO
nm W. 1886. 80 feet 10 cor. No 3; thence n. ~
deg. IL min. e. SGS so feet 10 cor. No. 4, whence
U y. Loc. Mon. No. 75 bears 5. n deg. So min. w.
200 feet; thence u. SO deg. 20 min w. 94S teet to
cor N. 8; thence n. AZ deg. 10 min ". 673 feet To
cor No. 6; thence II. 81 deg. 27 min. W. 2095 feet
To cor. No. z: thence u. AZ deg. 20 min. W. 1873
feet to cor No. 8; thence n. GO deg. 80 min. W.
1886 feet to cor. No 8; thence n. deg. II min. W.
1926. 60 feet TO cor No. 10; thence II. S5 deg. &c
min e. 1881 feet to cor. No. IL thence S. 81 deg.
W min. Si2 feet to cor. No. ~ thence 5. II deg
"A min e. 1863 feet to cor. No. 10; thence y. 81
deg 50 min. c. 1870 feet to cor. No. Ia thence n.
81 deg. OF min. @. 1882. 10 feet to cor. No. Is;
thence II. 25 deg "a min. G. l402 feet to cor. No.
~ .
No IL; thence $. 80 deg. ~ min. G. 1Sil7O feet to
cor. No. IS; thence S. 70 deg. 26 min c. 40j feet
to cor. No.. 49, thence s. "a deg 02 min. w 1865. 80
feet to cor. No. 1, the place OF beginning, con-
tanning an area OF l39923 acres.
Magnetic variation II deg. 10 min. to 10 deg.
10 min. east.
Area In conflict with Placer Survey No. 755,
Eldorado Placer, is 1873 239 acres, all claimed.
Said EldoradO Placer Lot No. 1927, is situated
In no organized mining district, in Custer Coun-
~, South Dakota, in the n. 4. d Of Section 33,
81 and s. w. u of Section 80, Township s. South
of Range East B. ii. NJ, on Lightning Creek,
not bounded by any other known mining claims.
The North Pole group OF lode claims is distant
about a mile northeaSterly from this claim.
The location OF this mine Is recorded In the
Register OF Deeds Office OF Custer County, y. d..
in Book 8, Placer, at page 46l. The adjoining
claimants are unknown, nearest system Of lode
claims is North Pole group, abont mile north
eaSterly
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion OF said IldOradO Placer Mining CLAIM or
surface ground are required to file their adverse
CLAIMS with the Register of the United States
Land Office at Rapid City, In the County Of Pea
dayS period OF publication hereof or they viii
be barred by virtue OF the provisions OF the
statute. -
A. X. GARDNER, Register.
II is hereby ordered, that the foregoing Notice
of Application for Patent be published for Che
period of 90 days (ten consecutive weeks in the
CUSTER CHRONICLE, a weekly newspaper pub
lished at Custer City, South Dakota.
A. X. GARDNER. Register.
First publication, December 2, 1899.