Douglas Island news., 1899-04-05
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

n citizen or the ONlteu StnteSt TOT U OhAISN States Patent.
 United States Land Office at Sitka, Alaska, February 20, 1899.
 Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of Chapter six of Title Thirty-twO of the ke- vised Statutes of the United States" J. r: Corbus, the agent and attorney in fact ot Thomas Mein, whose Post Office address IS Douglas, Alaska, and claiming fifteen nun dred n5OO) linear feet of the Mineral Queen vein, lode or mineral deposit, bearing gold with surface ground six hundred (6OOl feet m width, lying and being situated within the Harris Mining District District ol AlaSka, iS about to make application to. the United States for patent for the said Mining Claim; which is more fully described as to metes and bounds by the official plat herewith posted, and by' the field-notes of survey thereof, now filed in the office of the Register or the DlS- trict, of lands subject to sale at SltKa, AlGS- ka, which teld-notes of survey describe me boundaries and extent of said claim on the surface with magnetic variation nt 29 deg. 30 m. East, aS follows, to wit:
 MINERAL SURVEY NO. ''3l2".
 Field Notes Mineral Queen Lode Claim. Survey commenced Nov. 9th, 1896; Prior to commencing this survey, set the inStru- ment Ca YOung's Engineers Transit, having u 5 inch needle) on the end line of the Ready Bullion lode claim, C'S. 1OS'O, between cor ners and 5 and ascertain the magnetic var iation to be 29 deg; SO m; East or NortR' tne same us given in the official Survey of said claim. =
 Beginning at corner No. l identical with q Cor. of the Location, situate on the south east end line of the Ready Bullion lode claim, (S. lOS), x. 45 deg. R. and 30 feet distant from post of said Ready Bullion Lode Claim, whence U. s. Mineral Monument No. bears N: :5S deg 54 m., W 5SS5.7 feet distant. SetpoStt t.long, ins. square, it. in ground, mound impract- icable Scribed "l-S. 3l2, Mineral Queen" Thence x. 45 deg, k. Var. 20 deg; SO m. E. 25O,OO feet Post No. 3, Ready Bullion lode claim, (S 1O3). 270.0O feet Cross rRil-rOad NnptbwpSf No ,, identical with Cor. of the location, established on the shore line of the GaStl- neauX Channel, at Mean high water. Set R0S5 @ad iT I0s of stone iS; ScriBed 2S. a2Mmer al Queen. Thence $. 70 deg. 30 III. E. Var. 20 deg. 3O m. k. 5000 feet Cross inclined plat trend of which is s. 1915 w. aims X F, 65 feet long, bears S 1915 w. 45 feet distant. 10000 feet To Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor: of the location, Established on the shore of Set post it. long, 4 ins. square, 1t; in ground in mound of stone. Scribed--"3-S. 3l2: Mineral Queen"
 Thence $. 2S deg. l5 m, E. Var 29 deg; '0 m. E. 6S5.O feet A tunnel, the trend of which is N. 85 deg W. aims. 8 x l2 for the first 80 feet, and , for 420 feet total length 5OO feet. Bears x. S5 deg. ". 72 feet distant. 5000 feet Center of ground aims. 30 x l25 feet, from which the surface debris has been removed, by sluicing, bears s. 6l deg, 45 m. W. BIO it. dist. 1145.OO feet Cross Creek , feet wide course North East. lSO.W feet To Cor No. l. identical with a corner of the location es- tablished on the shore line of GastineauX Channel, at Mean high water. Set post 1t: long inS. square, 1t. in ground, in mound of stone. Scribed '4-S. Sl2--Mineral Queen"
 Thence s. a deg. ". Var. 29 deg. go m: E. 574 30 feet To Cor. No. ,. identical with Cor. of the location. Set post 1t. long, ins square it. in ground, Mound impraCtiCable, scribed "5--S 342-- Mineral Queen."
 Thence \. % deg. 20 m. W. Var. go deg. 30 m. E. 25O.OO feet Cross small creek, : feet wide, course North East. 4OO.OO feet Cross Plume IS ins wide, course North, used for sluicing debris l292 go feet To Cor. No. G. identical with Cor. of the location: Set post 1t. long 4 ins. square, it in ground, mound impr9cti- cable; Scribed "6--S.-42 Mineral Queen"
 Thence \. 70 deg. 30 m. w: Var 29deg SC m. E. 2OO.OO feet To Cor. No. T. identical with a Cor. of the location, situated on the South East end line of the Ready Bullion lode claim IS. lOSl whence post No. of said Ready Bull lion lode claim, bears s. 45 deg. w. 50 feet distant. Set post 1 ft. long, inS. square, 1t. in ground, mound impracticable:-Scribe IFS. 3i2Mineral Queen:
 25O.OO feet Post No. {, Ready Bullion lode claim, (S. 1O3. ] 3OO.OO feet To Cor. No. l, the place of beginning. Survey completed Nov. ,, $; Total Area Acres & ;;:9 i9.S4gi o,,oo,, rodo Claim, is identical with the location mouu- meuts found on the ground.
 This survey was made with 4OungS En- riueer'S transit having five inch needle,
 
 The courses were deHected from the true meridian, us determined by retracing the South East end line of the Ready Bullion lode claim (S. 1O3). adjoining the location ot this survey. zoo,
 The distances were measured with 100 feet steel tape line.
 The said Mining Claim being of record in the office of the Recorder of Juneau Record ing District, Book page at Juneau, A AlaSka, the presumed general course or direction or or the said Mineral Queen vein, lode or mineral deposit being shown upon the plat posted herewith, us near as can be determined from present developments, this claim being for fifteen hundred [15OOl linear feet thereaf, to- gether with the surface ground shown upon the official plat posted herewith, the said vein, lode aud mining premises, hereby sought to be patented, being bounded nS fol- lows, to wit: On the NOrtherly end by the Ready Bullion lode claim. On the EaSterly side by GastineRuX Channel. On the south and West by an extension of the Delta lode claim, the said claim being designated as Survey No. Si2 in the official plat posted here with.
 kmy and all persons claiming adversely the i mining ground, vein, lode, premises or any portion thereof so described, surveyed, plat 1 ted and applied for, are hereby notified that 1 unless their adverse claims are duly filed 1 hereunder, within the time prescribed by Law, with the Register of the U. ;. Land ! Office at Sitka in the District of Alaska they will be barred, in virtue of the provisions of ''''" ''"''''' JOHN ". DUDLEY, { Register. l Dated and posted on the ground, this | Eleventh day of February, 1S99
 Witnesses,
 RoBT. J. WILLIS, E. K. BERTRAM. i First publication March 1, 1899.
 ! bIicatiOn May g. 1899.