Douglas Island news., 1899-09-06
No. 79. APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
U. s. Land Office, Sitka, Alaska.
 July 21, 1899.

Notice is hereby given that W. A. Sanders, for himself and his co-claimauts, w. A. Thompson and Minnie Ross Holman, whose Post Office address is Juneau, Alaska, has this day filed his application for patent for fifteen hundred O5OO) linear feet of, each, the Great Eastern lode, mine or vein, and the Pioneer lode, mine or vein, Dcarlng gold with surface ground six hundred feet for each of said lode claims, in width situated in Harris Mining District, and District of Alaska, and designated by the field notes and official plat on file in this office as U. ;: sur vey, Lot No $4O, said U. s. survey lot No S4O being described as follows, to-wlt:
 GREAT EASTERN LODE.
 Beginning at corner No. 1, identical with a location corner on north end line of survey III, whence Min. Mon. No bears south 6O deg. 5l' E. 639I feet, distant: set post TOUT feet. long, urinches square, 2feet in ground in mound of stone. Scrlbed 1-3iv-It. E9S- term" thence S. 45 deg. w, Var. 29 deg %O E., 1SO feet, n tunnel, 5OO feet long, the trend of feet to post No 3. Survey No III, and post Survey No. BIO, Hatea, of this survey, 300 feet to corner No:2, identical with q corner of location with corner No. 6, Hatea lode claim of this survey: set post four feet long, four inches square, , feet in ground, mound nm, practicable, scribed "2-S.-&iO-Gt: Eastern Thence north 45 deg. w., Var. 2J aeg. "O h, liS feet cross small creek , feet wide, course N. 5j3 feet cross Bear Creek 25 feet wide, course \. E., 753 feet cross small creek i' leet wide, course E., lO36.6i feet posts No. ana .. O.. survey, l50O feet to corner No. 5, identical with a location corner; set post four feet long, foUr inches square, , feet m ground mound imPracticablei SieriDed I DO deg. 3O' E., 500 feet to corner No. 4 ldenticai with a location corner. set post four rect long, four inches square, feet III grouHd' mound impracticable, scribed 'S-S-3iO-Gto; Eastern:" thence south i5 deg east, Var. 29 deg 3O' E. 6 feet corner Enterprise and lhde- pendence lode claims of Survey No. Sll-A, 3z' T .t.,y,EF FN,gI foo the trend of which is N. 45 deg. w., bears :; 45 deg W. l90 feet distant 9OS feet a tunnel ITO feet long, dimensions 5X1 feet, the trend of which is S 39 deg 30 w., bears 45 deg E., 90 feet wide, course N. E., l59O feet to corner No 5 identical with corner of location on the north end line of Survey No, III, EN- tension Douglas Island; set post four rect mound of stone Scribed, "5-34O-Gt. Eastern; thence s. B w., Var. 29 deg, SO E:, AI;5O feet to post No. 4, Survey Ill, Extension Douglas Island, 300 feet to corner No. l, the place or beginning Containing 2O.662o acres
 PIONEER LODE.
 Beginning at corner No. 1, identical with corner of location, impossible to set post on south end line, perpendicular blum set post four feet long, four inches square, 4iegC si in ground, mound impracticable Scrlbed i io 34O-Pioneer," Min. Mon. No. bears SoMth 2S deg. 51' E. 11S49 feet; thence Ni 4' deg. E., 300 feet, Var: 29 deg. $o' East to corner NO. z, luent ICul "lVh ipNtN'O :S ", ner; set post four feet long, four inches suuare 2 feet in ground, mound lmpractlc- able, scribed, '2-34O-P Pioneer thence > 70 deg' w. Var. 29 deg. SO E, 566 feet to locatl9n cor Creek 30 feet wide, course N. E. l5OO teet to corner No. 3, identical with corner ot loca- tion and with post No. of the Xmas lode claim of this survey; set post feet long, 4 inches square, feet in ground, mound I'm. nracticabIe, scribed "S-S-34O- Pioneer;" thence $. 45 deg. w., Var. 29 deg, 3O' E., GOO feet to corner No. f. identical with corner ol iTcd, pea tion and with post No. of the Xmas lode claim of this survey; set post feet long, inches square, ? feet in ground, mound i'm, nm, practice bIs Scrj39d VST deg 30 80 ff cross Lawson Creek, 30 feet wide, course N. h. 4766T feet to post No. of Extension Section of this survey, i500 feet to corner No. 3, lGen- tical with a location corner, corner set post SnS i1eI imDracticable Scribed S-340-Ploneer: thence North 45 deg. E., ar. 29 deg: SO E.' SOO feet to corner Mo- 1, the place of begin ming.
 Containing 2O.662S acres.
 Magnetic Variation 49 deg. 30 east. Con- taining l3256 acres. j, The locations of these mines are recorded in the Recorders office of Juneau Recording District Alaska in book "B-I" on pages 40 and 57, respectively:
 The adjoining claims to said Great Eastern lode are, on the north east the enterprise lode, on the south eaet the extension of Douglas Island lode, on the south west, the Hatea lode and Section lode, on the north west the Great Western lode. The adjoining claims to said Pioneer lode are, on the north east the Bullion lode and unknown claim on the south east the Xmas lode, on the south west the EXtension-Section lode and unknown claim, and on the north west unknown claim.
 Any and all persons claiming adversely any portion of said Great Eastern lode or mine and said Pioneer lode or mine, or surface ground, are required to file their adverse claims with the Register of the United states Land Office at SitSa, in the District or AiaSka, hereof, or they will be barred by virtue Of the provisions of the Statute.
 JOHN w. DUDLEY,
 Register. It is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice of application for patent be publlshed foy the period of ten consecutive weeks, Tn the Douglas Island News weekly newspaper published at Douglas City, Alaska
 JOHN w. DUDLEY,
 Register First publication July 26th lS99
 Last publication Sept 2Ith, 1899.