Douglas Island news., 1899-09-20
NO. I0. IMPLICATION FOR PATENT.

No. 79.
 APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
 U. S. Land Office, Sitka, Alaska.
 July 2l, 1S99
 Notice is hereby given that w. A. Sanders, Thompson and Minnie Ross Holman, whose Post Office address is Juneau, Alaska, has this day filed his application for patent for fifteen hundred Q500) 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, sltutated 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. $40, said U. s. survey lot No. 3iO being described as follows, to-wit:
 GREAT EASTERN LODE.
 Beginning at corner No. l, identical with location corner on north end line of Survey Ill., whence Min. Mon. No. bears south 6O deg 5l' E. 6397 feet, distant: set post four feet long, four inches square, feet in ground, term" thence s. 45 deg. w., Var. 29 deg. S0' E., 13O feet, a tunnel, 800 feet long, the trend of which is s. 45 deg. w. 20 feet distant, 24i.5O feet to post No. B. Survey No. III, and post to corner No:2, identical with 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,
  Thence north 45 deg. w. Var. 29 deg. 3O' E., 44S feet cross small creek feet wide, course N., 553 feet cross Bear Creek 25 feet wide, course x. E., 75S feet cross small creek l5 feet wide course E.. 667 feet posts No. , and 5. No S4O Hatea and Section lode claims of this survey, 1900 feet to corner No. g. identical with location corner; set, post four feet long, four inches square, feet in ground, mound impracticable, scribed 3-S-5iO-Gt, Eastern;" thence north 45 deg east, Va: 29 deg. 3O' E., eco feet to corner No. 1, identical ( EnN fAn long, four inches square, feet in ground, mound impracticable, scribed "3-S-340-Gt. EaStern;" thence south 45 deg. east, Var. 29 deg S0' E., feet corner Enterprise and Inde- feet q tunnel 50 feet long, dimensions SKI feet, the trend of which is N. 45 deg. w., bears $. 45 deg w. l9O feet distant, 9OS feet a tunnel ITO feet long, dimensions 5X7 feet, the trend of which is $. 39 deg. 90' w., bears i5 deg E., 1929 feet distant, 1ll5 feet cross Bear Creek, 30 feet wide, course N. E., l5OO feet to corner No. ,, identical with corner of location on the north end line of Survey Mo-. III, Ex- tension Douglas Island; set post four feet long, four inches square, feet in ground, in mound of stone scribed "5-3i0-Gt Eastern" to post No. 1, Survey III, Extension Douglas Island, 300 feet to corner No. l. the place of beginning. Containing 2O.6628 acres.
 PIONEER LODE.
 Beginning at corner No. l, identical with corner of location, impossible to set post on  post four feet long, four inches square, fleet in ground, mound impracticable, Scribed IT. 34O-Pioneer," Min. Mon. No. bears South 5S deg. 5r E.. l1S49 feet; thence N. 45 to corner No. ?, identical with location cor nor; set post four feet long, four inches square, feet in ground, mound impractic- able, scrbed, "2-34O- Pioneer" thence $. 45 deg. w. Var 20 deg. 3O' E, 5G5 feet to location cor ner Bullion lode claim 1910 feet cross Lawson Creek, 30 feet wide, course N. E. 1900 feet to corner No. 3, identical with corner of loca- tion and with post No. of the Xmas lode practicable, scribed "S,S-SlO Pioneer" thence corner No 1, identical with corner of locq- tion and with post No. of the, Xmas lode claim of this survey; set post feet long, inches square, 2 feet in ground, mound inn thence x. 45 d. w., Var 9deg 3O' E., SO it. cross Lawson Creek, 30 feet wide, course N. E. 4766T feet to post No of ENtenSion-Section of this survey, i500 feet to corner No B. iden- ticaI with a location corner, set post feet long, 1 inches square, f feet in ground, mound impracticable, scribed "5-S-a0- Pioneers" thence North 45 deg. R., Var. 29 deg, SO' E., 800 feet to corner No. l, the place of begin ming.
 Containing 2O.6628 acres.
 Magnetic Variation 49 deg. SO' east. Con- taiuing tI.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:
 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 Sitlxa 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, First publication July 26th, 1899.