Douglas Island news., 1899-03-22
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

Notice of the Application OS Thomas Metll. citizen of the United States. for United States Patent.
 United States Land Office at Sitka. Alaska, February 70. 1899.
 Notice is hereby given, that m pursuance of Chapter six of Title (hirty-two of the kS- NiSed Statutes of the United States J. P. CorbuS the agent and attorney in fact of Thomas Meiu. whose Post Office address Is Douglas, Alaska. and claiming fifteen hun dred n5tO) linear feet of the Mineral Queen vein. lode or mineral deposit. bearing gold with surface ground six hundred l6OOl feet in width, lying ausl being situated within the Harris Mining District. District of Alaska. k about tu make application to the United States for a patent for the said Mining Claim which k more fully described as to meteS and bounds by the official plat herewith posted and by the tield-uOteS of survey thereof, now filed in the office of the Register of the Dis trict of lands subject to sale at Sitka. Alas ka. which feld-nOteS of survey describe the boundaries and extent of said claim Ou the surface. with magnetic variation at 29 deg. 3O m. East. aS follows. tO wit;
 MINERAL SURVEY No. '-&I2".
 Field Notes Mineral Queen Lode Claim. Survey commenced Nov. 9th, IS96- Prior tU commencing thfS SuryCy, set the imStru- mcut. Ca Ouug'S Engineers Transit, having inch ueedle) on the end line of the Ready Bullion lode claim. ("S. 1CS''), between cor nerS and l. and ascertain the magnetic var iatiOn to be % deg. 3O m. East of North, the same aS given in the official Survey of said claim.
 Beginning at corner No. 1 identical with a Cor. of the Location. situate on the South east end line of the Ready Bullion lode claim, tS. lG3l. \. +5 deg. E. and A0 feet distant from post of said Ready Bullion Lode Claim, whence t. =. Mineral Monument No bears \. 53 deg. 5t m. " 5SS5.i feet distant Set post ft. long { iuS. square, tin ground. mound impract- cable Scribed IS. 342. Mineral Queen 2j0.OO feet Post No g. Ready Bullion lode claim, (S. lJ:9. 2i0NO feet Cross railroad No. :, identical with a Cor. of the location, established Ou the shore line of the GaSti- ne0UN Channel. at Mean high water. Set post 1t. long. | iII>- square. ft. in ground, in mound of stone, ScrIbed ''2-S. &2--Miuer- al Queen. Thence S 70 deg. 0 m E. Var. g deg. 3D m. E. 3D.OO feet Cross inclined plat form, feet wide, course \. E. 4 tunnel. the trend of which S =. 1915 ". aims x r.. 6I feet loug-- bears =. 1915 w, 45 feet distant. 30O.OU feet To Cor. NO. @ identical with a Cor. of the location. Established the shore of Ga>tineauN Channel, at Mean high water. Set post 1t. long, iu>. square, f.. in ground, in mound of stone. SCribed--"3-S. &2: Mineral Queen"
 Thence =. 2S deg. l5 m. E. Var. 29 deg. @ m. F.. 635.OO feet 4 tunnel, the trend of which k \. S deg. ". dimS. \ x i2 for the first 9 feet and \ : for t2O feet total length jNO feet. Bears N. S5 deg. ". 72 feet distant. 5000 feet Center of ground aims. jo l25 feet from which the SWrfpce debris has been removed by SuiCiu%. bears =. 6l deg. ij m. W. BIO it. dist ll4j.UO feet Cross Creek , feet wide
 
 f. 4identicaf with a corner of the location eS- rabliShed Ou the shore line of GaStineauN Channel at Mean high water. Set post it. long iIS. square. tt. in ground, in mound of stone. SCribed ''t-S. 342--Aiineral Queen" Thence =. + deg. W. Var. 29 deg. 3O m. E. sI+.50 feet To Cor. No. ,. identical with Cor. of the location. Set post ft. long, ins. square, ft. m ground, Mound impractiCable, Scribed "5--S 3i2--Aliueral Queen"
 Thence N- 29 deg. 2O m. W. Var 29 deg %0 m. E. 250.O0 feet Cross small creek, ; feet wide course North East. 4uO.DO feet Cross Plume IS inS. wide, course North used for Shlicing debris. l292 .9O feet To Cor. No. 6, identical with aCOr. of the location Set post fl. long, fins. square. . tt ln ground: mound impracti- cable; Scribed '6--S.-342 Mineral Queen
 Thence \. 70 deg. go m W. Var. @ deg. 30 m. F.. 2OO.OO feer To Cor. No. :. identical with a Cor. of the location, situated on the South East end line of the Ready Bullion lode claim Is. lO3l whence post No. of said Ready Bull lion lode claim, bears S- +5 deg. W. 3O feet distant Set post | ft. long, inS. square: f.. in ground. mound impractiCable: :-SCribed- - .. :42- Mineral Queen
 Thence \. 45 deg. E.. Var. 29 deg 3O m. F.. ZjO.OO feet Post No. 1. Ready Bullion lode claim, (S. lO3. @OO.O0 feet To Cor No. IT, the place of beginning. Survey completed Nov. :, 9S Total Area Acres l92494.
 EhiS survey of the Mineral Queen Lode Claim, k identical with the location monu- mentS found on the grOuud-
 This survey was made with NOungS Eu- sineerS transit, having five inch needle. and a horizontal vernier reading to single minutes.
 The courses were det1PCted from the true meridian. aS determined by retracing the South East end line of the Ready Bullion lode claim (S. lG5). adjoining the location of this survey.
 The distances were measured with 100 feet steel tape line.
 The said Mining Claim beiug of record iu the office of the Recorder of Juneau Record eng District. Book page at Juneau, Alaska, che presumed general course or direction of the said Mineral Queen vein, lode or mineral deposit being shown upon the plat posted present developments. this cLEIm being for fifteen hundred (SOOl lineUr feet thereaf. to- gether with the surface ground shown upOn the official plat posted herewith the said vein. lode an6 mining premises, hereby sought to be parented. being bounded aS fol- lows, to wit: On the NOrtherly end by the Ready Bullion iUCle claim. On the EaSteriy side by GaStineauN Channel On the South and West by uu extension of the DeltU lode claim. the said claim being designated as Survey No $f2 in she official plat posted here with.
 Any and all persons claiming adversely the mining grOand. yein, lode, premises any portiOn thereof so described surveyed plat red and applied for, are hereby notified that anIeSS their adverse claims are duly filed lS according to law. and tlIe regulations Law, with the Register of the U- :. Land Office at Sitka in rhe District of Alaska, they will be barred, Tn virtue of she provisions of ''''" '''''"'' JOHN ". DUDLEY
 Register, Dated and posted on the ground, this Eleventh day of February, 1899.
 ROBT. J.-WILLrs,
 F. F. REgTRAN