Douglas Island news., 1899-08-30
No. 79.
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
U. s. Land Office, Sitka, Alaska.
 July 2l, 1899.

U. s. Land Office Sitka, Alaska.
 July 21, 1899.
 Notice is hereby given that W. A. Sanders, for himself and his cO-claimants, 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 Q5OO) linear feet of, each, the Great Eastern lode, mine or vein. and the Pioneer lode, mine or Yein 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 U. ;. Sur vey, Lot No $40, said U. s. survey lot No. S4O being described as follows, to-wit:
 GREAT EASTERN LODE.
 Beginning at corner No 1, identical with q location corner on north end line of Survey III, whence Min. Mon. No. bears south 60 deg. 51' E. 6S97 feet distant: set post four feet long, four inches square, feet in ground, in mound of stone, scribed "l-S4O-Gt. EGs- 13O feet, tunnel 800 feet long, the trend of which is S. 45 deg. w. 20 feet distant, 24I.50 feet to post No 3. Survey No. III, and post Survey No $40, Hatea, of this survey, 300 feet to corner No:2, identical with a corner of location with corner No. 6, Hatea lode claim of this survey; set post four feet long, four inches square, feet, i'll ground, mound i'm; practicable, scribed '2-S.-SiO-Gt: Eastern" 44S 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 E.. 1O36.67 feet posts No. and s. No. $40, Hatea and Section lode claims of this survey, 1900 feet to corner No. 5, identical with a location corner; set post four feet long, four inches square, feet m ground, mound impracticable, sCribed "3-S-&O-Gt. Eastcrn;" thence north 45 deg. east Va: 29 deg. 30' E., 600 feet to corner No. I, identical with a location corner, set post four feet long, four inches square, Z feet m m ground mound impracticable, scribed "3-S-&O-Gt. Eastern;" thence south i5 deg. cast, Var. 29 deg. 3O' E., 6 feet corner Enterprise and lnde- pendence lode claims of Survey No. @l A 525 feet a tunnel 60 feet long, dimensions 5X7f feet, the trend of which is N. 45 deg. w., bears $; 45 deg. w. l9O feet distant, 9O3 feet tunnel TO feet long, dimensions 5X7 feet, the trend of which is s. S9 deg. 3O' w., bears 45 deg E., 30 feet wide. course x. E., 1900 feet to corner No ,, identical with corner of location on the north end line of Survey No.. III, EX- tension Douglas Island; set post four feet mound of stone ScribCd, "j-3i0-Gt. Eastern" thence $. 45 w., Var. 20 deg, 3O E., 247.5O feet to post No. i, Survey III, Extension Douglas Island, 300 feet to corner No. 1, the place of beginning Containing 2O.G62S acres.
 PIONEER LODE.
 Reginniug at corner No l. identical with corner of location, impossible to set post on south end line, perpendicula bluff; set post four feet long, four inches square, fleet in ground. mound impracticable, scribed "1- 34O- Pioneer" Min. Mon. No bears South 53 deg 51' E. 113i9 feet: thence N. 45 deg E., ROO feet Var. 20 deg. S East, to corner No. ,, identical with n location cor ner; set post four feet long, four inches square, 2 feet in ground, mound impractic- able scribed, ''2-Si0-Pioneer;" thence 5. 45 deg. w. Var. 29 deg. 3O' E, 566 feet to location cor ner Bullion lode claim, TS1O feet cross Lawson Creek, 30 feet wide, course N. E l5OO feet to corner No. g. identical with corner of loca- tion and with post No. of the Xmas lode claim of this survey; set post feet long, | Zoo md nH m practicable, scribed "3-S-340 Pioneer" thence & 45 deg w, Var. % deg. 3O' E., 500 feet to corner No. f. identical with corner of loca- tion and with post No. 3 of the Xmas lode claim of this survey; set post feet long inches square, 2 feet in ground, mound i'm, practica be, scribed, "4-S-4O- Pioneer" thence N. 45 d. w., Var. 9deg; 30 E., 80 it. cross Lawson Creek, 30 feet wide, course N. E. 47667 feet to post No. 1 of Extension Section of this survey, I5GO feet to corner No. ,, iden- tical with location corner set post feet long inches squ9rGb teetiR Sr9i@EHPG mound thence North 45 deg. E., Var. 29 deg, SU E., 300 feet to corner No. l, the place ot begin ming.
 Magnetic Variation 70 deg. SO east. Con- taiuimg n l.3256 acres.
 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 Sitka, 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 published at Douglas City, Alaska.
 JOHN w. DUDLEY,
 Register. First publication July 26th, 1899.
 Last publication Sept 2fth, 1899.