Douglas Island news., 1899-09-27

this day filed his application for patent for fifteen hundred Q5OO linear feet of, each, the Great Eastern lode mine or vein, and the Pioneer lode, mine or vein, bearing gold, with surface ground six hundred feet, for each of said lode claims, in width, situtated in Harris Mining District, and District of Alaska, and designated by the field notes and official plat on file in this office as U. 5. Sur vey, Lot No. 940, said U S. survey lot No. SO being described as follows, to-wit:
 GREAT EASTERN LODE.
 Beginning at corner No. 1, identical with q location corner on north end line ot survey III whence Min Mon. No. 4 bears south so deg. 51' E. 6397 feet, distant: set post four feet long, four inches square, feet in ground, in mound of stone, scribed 'l-34O-Gt. Eas- term" thence $. 45 deg. w., Var. 29 deg. SO' E., 130 feet, tunnel, 300 feet long, the trend of which is $. 45 deg. w. 20 feet distant, 247.5O | feet to post No. 3. Survey No. III, and post Survey No 340 Hatea of this survey, 300 feet ! to corner No: 2, identical with a corner of 1 location with corner No. 6, Hatea lode claim of this survey; set post four feet long, four inches square, feet in ground, mound i'm. practicable Scrbed "2-S.-Si0-Gt. Eastern" AIS feet cross small creek feet wide, course N., 553 feet cross Bear Creek 25 feet wide, course N. E., 75S feet cross small creek l5 feet wide, course L., lOS6.67 feet posts No. 5and S ! No. 340, Hatea and SectiCs lode claims of this survey, l5O0 feet to corner No. g. identical ! with Q location corner; set post four feet | E. mound impractcable, scribed "S-S-&O-Gt. 1 EaStern;" thence north 45 deg. east, Va. 29 deg. 3O' E. 600 feet to corner No. 4, Identical with a location corner, set post four feet ! long, four inches square, feet in ground, mound impracticable, Scribed "S-S-SO-Gt: Eastern;" thence south 45 deg. east, Var. 29 l deg. S0' E., 6 feet corner Enterprise and lnde- pendence lode claims of Survey No. @l- 525 ! feet tunnel so feet long, dimensions fleet, the trend of which is N. A deg. w., bears s. 45 deg. W. l90 feet distant, 9OS feet a tunnel | -.s- f11 of which is z. 39 deg 9O w., bears 45 deg. E., ! 1929 feet distant, lll5 feet cross Bear Creek, ! 30 feet wide, course N. E., l5JO feet to corner No. ,, identical with a corner of location on the north end line of Survey No. Ill, EX- tension Douglas Island; set post four feet ! long, four inches square, feet in ground, in thence s. 45 w., Var. 20 deg, SO' R.: 247.5O feet ! to post Mo- i, Survey Ill., Extension Douglas Island, 300 feet to corner No. 1, the place of beginning Containing 20G628 acres.
 PIONEER LODE.
 Beginning at corner No. l, identical with corner of location, impossible to set post on south end line, perpendicular bluff; set q post four feet long, four inches square, fleet in ground, mound impracticable, scribed IL 340-Pioneer," Min. Mon. No. bears South 53 deg. 51' E. 1lSl9 feet; thence N. 45 deg E., 300 feet Var: 29 deg. SC' East, | to corner No. ?, identical with a location cor ner: set post four feet long, four inches | square, feet in ground, mound impractic- able scribed '2-84O-P Pioncer;" thence $. 45 deg. l W. Var 29 deg. 3O' E. 566 feet to location cor ner Bullion lode claim, 1910 feet cross Lawson Creek, 30 feet wide, course N. E. l500 feet to corner No. 8, identical with a corner of loca- tion and with post No. of the Xmas lode claim of this survey; set post feet long, inches square, feet in ground, mound inn practicable scribed "S.S-SIO- Pioneer" thence S. 45 deg w. Var 29 deg $V E, 6Go # feet 1toa to | tion and with post No. of the Xmas lode claim of this survey; set post feet long, inches square, feet in ground s,d m9und T i'm; thence N 45 d. w, Var. g deg, SO E., soft. cross Lawson Creek 30 feet wide course N. E. | 476.6T feet to post No. of Extension Section l tical with a location corner, set post I feet | long, inches square, 1 feet in ground, mound | impracticable, scribed "5-S-S4O- Pioneer" thence North 45 deg. E., Var. 29 deg, SO' E., ming.
 Containing 2O.6628 acres.
 Magnetic Variation 49 deg. SO' east. Con- taiuing 4, ,3256 acres.
 The locations of these mines are recorded in the Recorders office of Juneau Recording District, Alaska, in book "B-I" on pages 46 and 57, respectively.
 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 SitlSa, in the District of Alaska, during the sixty days period of publication 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 published foy the period of ten consecutive weeks, in the Douglas Island News, weekly newspaper publishedat Douglas City, Alaska;
 JOHN w. DUDLEY,
 Register First publication July 26th, 1899.
 Last publication Sept Eth, lSss