Douglas Island news., 1899-05-03
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

PUBLICATION NOTICE.
 Notice of the Application of Thomas Mein, a citizen of the United States, for United States Patent.
 United States Land Office at Sitta, Alaska, February 20, 1899.
 Notice is hereby given, that in pursunmce of Chapter six of Title Ihirty-two ot the kG- viSed Statutes of the United States" J. r: CorbuS, the agent and attorney i'll fact ot Thomas Mein, whose Post Office address IS Douglas, Alaska, and claiming fifteen hun dred 15OO) linear feet of the Mineral queen vein, lode or mineral deposit, bearing gold with surface ground six hundred (6OO) feet in width, lying and being situated within the Harris Mining District, District of Alaska, IS about to make application to the Snlteu 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 tield-nOtcS of survey thereof, now filed in the office of the Register of the Dis trict, of lands subject to sale at SitlIa, Alas Ia which field-noteS of survey describe the boundaries and extent of said claim on the surface, with magnetic variation at " deg. 30 m. East, as follows to wit:
 MINERAL SURVEY NO. "$l2".
 Field Notes Mineral Queen Lode Claim. Survey commenced Nov. 5th, 1896: Prior to commencing this SurYey,I set the lnstru- ment, Ca YOuugs Engineers Transit, having Il , inch needle) on the end line of the Ready BmIli0n lode claim, C'S. l0SD between cor ners and 2, and ascertain the magnetic var iation to be 29 deg. 30 m. East of North, the same Us given in the official Survey of said claim.
 Beginning at corner No. identical with a Cor. of the Location, situate on the south east end line of the Ready Bullion lode claim, ! (S 103), N 45 deg. E. and 90 feet distant from post of said Ready Bullion Lode Claim, whence U. s. Mineral Monument No. bears N. 53 deg. 54 m. " 5SS5.7 feet distant. Set post fl. long, ips square, ft.in ground mound immpract55 m, 5 Thence x. 45 deg, E. Var. 29 deg: 30 m. E.. 25O.OO feet Post No. 3, Ready Bullion lode claim, (S. 1O3). 27O.OO feet Cross rail-road tract, course Northwest. SOO:OO feet to Cor. No. ,, identical with a Cor: of the location, established on the shore line of the Gasti- neuuX Channel, at Mean high water. Set post iS l0FfS of tabe HS ScrbaS sfb%rS gS IS yfmeT al Queen. Thence <. 70 deg. 3O m. l.. Var. go deg. 3O m. E. 5000 feet Cross inclined plat form, 6 feet wide, course \: E. A tunnel, the feet long, bears $. 1915 w. 45 feet distant. 2OO.OO feet To Cor. No. 3, identical with q Cor. of the location, Established on the shore of GastineauN Channel, ,at Mean high water. Set post fit. long, inS. square, 2 if. in ground, i'll mound of stone. Scribed--"3-S. 3i2; Mineral Queen"
 Thence s. 2S deg. 15 m, E. Var. 20 deg; 30 m. E. 635.OO feet A tunnel, the trend of which is N. S5 deg. w. aims. s x 12 for the first 80 feet, and x for 42O feet total length 5OO feet. Bears N. S5 deg. W. 72 feet distant. S4O.GO feet . O. IU which the surface debris has been removed, by Sluciug, bears S. 6l deg, 45 m. w. BIO it.. dist. lli5.OO feet Cross Creek feet wide course North East. l%)O.OO feet To Cor. No. 4 identical with d corner of the location eS- tabliShed on the shore line of GnStineauX Channel, at Mean high water. Set post ft. long ius. square, , it. in ground, in mound of stone Scribed AS. 342--Mincral Quecn." Thence & 4j deg. ". Var. 29 deg. go m. E.. 574.5O feet To Cor. No. ,. identical with Cor. of the location. Set post 1t. long, 4 ins. square, it. in ground, Mound impracticable, scribed "5--S 342-Miueral Queen"
 Thence x. 29 deg. 20 m. W. Var. % deg. 30 m. E. 25O.O0 feet Cross small creek, , feet wide, course North East. 4OO.OO feet Cross Plume IS inS. wide, course North, used for Slulcing debris. l292.9O feet To Cor. No. 6, identical with q Cor. of the location; Set post 1t. long, inS. square, ft in ground, mound impracti- cable; Scribed ''G-S.-3l2 Mineral Queen" E. 200.OO feet To Cor No. :, identical with n Cor of the location, situated on the South East end line of the Ready Bullion lode claim IS. IO3l whence post No. of said Ready Bull lion lode claim, bears $. D deg. W. 90 feet distant. Set post it. long, iuS. square, 2 ft. in ground, mound impracticable:-Scribe IFS. 3l2-Miueral Queen"
 Thence \; 45 deg. E. Var. 29 deg. go m; E. 25OO0 feet Post No. 1, Ready Bullion lode claim, (S. 103. $OO.OO feet To Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning. Survey completed Nov. ,, 9S Total Area Acres 19.24M.
 This survey of the Mineral Queen Lode 1 Claim, is identical with the location mOnu- mentS found on the ground.
 This survey was made with a Young's En- giueers transit, having five inch needle, and horizontal yernier reading to single minutes.
 The courses were defiected from the true meridian as determined by retracing the i South East end line of the Ready Bullion lode claim S. 10S), adjoining the location Of ! this survey.
 | 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 1 ing District, Book page at Juneau, Alaska, the presumed general course or dlrection or 1 the said Mineral Queen vein, lode or mineral deposit being shown upon the D lat posted herewith, as near as can be determined from present developments, this claim being for l fifteen hundred [1500] linear feet thereRf, to- gether with the surface ground shown upon 1 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 GaStineauX Channel. On the South and West by an extension of the Delta lode claim, the said claim being designnted as Survey No. 3i2 i'll the official plat posted here with.
 Any and all persons claiming adversely the mining ground, vein, lode, premises or any portion thereof so described, surveyed, plat ted and applied for, arc hereby notified that unless their adverse claims are duly filed as according to law, and the regulations Law with the Register of the U. s. Land Office at Sitka in the District of Alaska they will be barred, in virtue of the provisions ot S''" S''''''o' JOHN ". DUDLEY,
 Dated and posted on the ground, this Eleventh day of February, 1899.
 "I'"e''o"' RoBT. J. WILLIS,
 k. E. BERTRAM.
 First publication March l, 1899.