Douglas Island news., 1899-03-15
PUBLICATION NOTICE.


 Notice of the Application of Thomns Meiu. n citizen of the United States. for II United States Patent
 United States Land Office ut Sitku, Alaska, February 70. lSS9.
 Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance uf Chapter siX of Title Thirty-two of the Re N.iSed StntutPs of the United States" J. P. CorbuS. the agent and attorney In fact of Thomas Meiu whose Post Office address ls Douglas, Alaska. and claiming hiteen nun Gred G5UO) linear feet of the Mineral Queen vein. lode or mineral deposit, bearing gold with surface ground SiN hundred (bOOl feet m width lying and being situated within the Harris Mining District. District of AlaSlla. iS gbOut to make application to the United States for a patent for the said Mining Claim, which k more fully described aS to meteN nnd bounds by the official plat herewith posted, and by the tield-uOteS of survey thereof, now filed in the office of the Register ot the Dis sricr of lands subject to sale at Sitka, Alas ka which held-nOtes of survey describe the boundaries and extent of said claim on the surface with magnetic variation at 70 deg. 3O m. East, u> follows. to wit:
 MINERAL SURVEY NO. '$l2'.
 Field Notes Mineral Queen Lode, Claim. Survey commenced Nov. 5th, 1886: Prior to commencing this survey, set the luStru- meut. Ia NOUug'N Engineers Transit. having a inch ueedlel on the end line ot the Ready Bullion lode claim, l''S. lU3D. between cor nerS and 5 and ascertain the magnetic var iation 70 be 2q deg. go m. East of North, the same a> given in the official Survey of said claim.
 Begiuriur at corner No. 1 identical with a Cor. of the Location, situate on the south east end line of the Ready Bullion lode claim, (S lO3). \. 4j deg. E. and jO feet distant from post of said Ready Bullion Lode Claim, whence L. S Mineral Monument No. bears \: B deg. j4 m., " 5SS5.I feet distant. Set post ft. long, iu>. square, tt. lu ground mound Inpract- icable Scribed "I-S. $i2, Mineral Queen. Thence N. t5 deg. l.. Var. 29 deg. @J m. E. 25DOO feet Post No. g. Ready Bullion lode i1.,sf,s q tract. course Northwest. %@.OO feet to Cor. No ? identical with Cor. of the location, established on the shore line of the GaStl- ueauN Channel ut Mean high water. Set post | ft. long, ius. square, D ft. in ground. in mound of stone. Scrlbed '2-S. A2--Mlmer- al Queen. Thence =. 70 deg. @ m: E. Var. 70 deg. 3D m. E. 5000 feet Cross inclined plat form, feet wide. course \; l.. tunnel, the trend of which i> =. 1915 W. aims l2. 65 feet long bears =. 1915 W. +5 feet distant. 9OO OJ feet To Cor. No. 8. identical with u Cor. of the location, Established on the shore of GaStiueauN Channel at Mean high water. Set post ft. long. iu> square, tt. m ground. in mound of stone. Scribed--''-S. Thence <. 2S deg. I5 m. E. Var. 29 deg @O m. F.. 635. .OO feet 4 tunnel the trend of which lS N. S5 deg w. aims. x X l2 for the first 50 feet, Bears \. S5 deg. ". 72 feet distant. 5000 feet Center of ground aims 5O X l2J feet, from which the surface debris has been removed. by AUicjug, bears =. 6l deg, 43 m. W. BIO It. Aisr IiG!D feet Cross Creek feet wide course North East l3JO.OO feet To Cor. No. f. identical with corner of the location eS- tabliShed on the shore line or GaStiueauN Channel. at Mean high water. Set post ft. long iAS. square. tt. in ground. m mound If stone. Scribed "+-S. A2--Mineral Queen. Thence =. l5 deg. W. Var. 2S deg. @ m. l.. 5T4JO feet To Cor No. ,. identical with a Cor. of the location. Set post f.. long. inS. square. ? fl. in ground Mound impracticable. SCribed "5--S 42Miueral Queen.'
 Thence \. 29 deg. 20 m. W. Var. % deg. 3O m. F. 25ODO feet Cross small creek, ; feet wide, course North East. +OOUO feet Cross Plume rSiuS wide. course North, used for Sluicing with Cor. of the location. Set post ft. long, ins. square. ft in ground: mound impracti- cable: Scribed "6--S.-%R Mineral Queen
 Thence \. 70 deg. O m. W. Var. 29 deg. @l m. E. 2UOOO feet To Cor. No, :. identical with Cor of the location, situated on the south East end line of the Ready Bullion lOde claim GOm lode claim. bears S. c deg. W. 90 feet djStaut. Set post ft. long, inS: square tt in ground. mound imPracticable:-Scrib Thence Y. 5 deS. E. Var. 20 deg. B m E.. 2jO.OO feet Post No. |. Ready Bullion lode claim. (S. lO3. 3OOOO feet To Cor. No. 1; ' the place of beginning. Survey completed Nov. This survey of the Mineral Queen Lode Claim, k identical with the location monu- meutS found on the ground. r
 This survey was made with HOuugS En- giuePr'> transit. having five inch needle. and horizontal veruier reading to single minutes.
 The courses were defected from the true meridian. aS determined by retracing the SOush East end liHe of the Ready Bullion lode claim (S. luA). adjoining the location Ot this survey
 The distances were measured with 1OO feet steel tape Hne-
 The said Mining Claim being of record in the office of the Recorder of Juneau Record ing District, Book page at Juneau, Alaska, the presumed general course or direction of the said Mineral Queen vein lode mineral ha1T Sh herewith. uS near aS can be determined from present developments. this claim being for fifteen hundred [l5OOl Linear feet thereaf, to- erether with the surface ground shown upon the official plat posted herewith, the said vein. lode and mining premises hereby sought to be patented being bounded as fol- lows to wit: On the NOrtherly end by the Ready Bullion lode claim. On the EaSterly side by GaStineauN Channel. On the South claim the said claim being designated as Survey No. $f2 in the official plat posted here with
 Any and all persons claiming adversely the mining ground. vein, lode, premises any uortiOn thereof SO described, surveyed. plat ted and applied for, are hereby notified that unless their adverse claims are duly filed nS according to law. and the regulations hereunder within the time prescribed by Law. with the Register of the U. :. Land Office at Sitka in rhe District of Alaska. they will be barred in virtue of the provisions of S'''N JOHN ". DUDLEY.
 Register.
 Dated and posted on the ground, this Eleventh day of February, 1899.
 Witnesses,