Douglas Island news., 1899-03-08
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

Notice or the Application Ot Thomas Melh' q citizen of inc United States. for n United States Patent.
 United States Land Office at Sitku. AiuSI". February 20 lN9F.
 Notice k hereby given. that in pursuance of Chapter SiN of titic Ihirty-tw" ot the, RG- viScd Statutc~ Uf thc Jmted Stat@". J. '. CorbtI> the agent and attorney iu iuct oi Thomas Meiu. whose Post OthCe address iS Douglas Alaska and claiming fifteen hum dred G5uO) linear feet of the Mineral Queen vein. lode or mineral deposit. bearing gold with surface sruUud SiN hundred l@Ol feet m width lying and being situated within the NarriS Mining District, District of Alaska, N about 70 make application tO the United States for a patent for thP SUld Mining Claim, which k more fully described aS to meteS and bounds by the official plat herewith posted. and bv the feId-uOrp> of survey thereof. now filed in the office of the Register of the Dis trict of lands subject tO sale at Sltka, AIaS- ka which feld-uOteS of survey describe the boundaries and extent of said claim on the surface with magnetic variation at 2S deg. 2u m. East, jl> follows. tO wit:
 MINERAL SURVEY NO. '3l2'.
 Field Notes Mineral Queen Lode Claim. Survey commenced Nov. 5rh, iN'T; Prior to rummPuCiu- this >urNeN.l set the IStru- mert lit Oumg'> Engineers Transit, having u inch ueeElG) on the eud line of the Ready Bullion lode claim. ,''S. lI@'h between cor nPr> and D. and ascertain the magnetic var intiOu tu be 2g deg. %l m. East of North. the same a> given m the official Survey ot said claim.
 Beginning at corner No. 1 ideuticul with a Cor. of the Location, situate O1 the south cast end line of the Ready Bullion lode claim. (S lpa'. \. 45 deg. F.. and 3l feet distant from post of said Ready Bullion Lode Claim whence L. S Mineral Monument Nu. bears \. 3% deg 5l m.. W i>>5.7 feet distant. Set post tt. long iu>. square. ft. in ground. mound lmpruct- irnblr Scribed "i-S. &I2. Mineral QUecu.' O00 feet Post No. 8. Ready Bullion lode claim, tS. lr"l. 2IoNl feet Cross rail-road tract. course Northwest. &@.0 feet [" Cor No. D. identical with a Cor. ut the location, established uu the shore line of the Ga>ti- uCuuN Channel at Mean high water. Set post { ft. long, iu>. square. tt. iu ground. in mound of stone, Scribed '2-S. "2-Mmer- al Queen. Thence =. 70 de". a m. b.. Var. 70 dPg. 3I m. F. 3OOO feet Cross inclined plat form. feet wide. course \. l.. \ tunnel the trend of which k =. 1915 ". aims x \ r. 65 feet iomg-- bears k ioI5 ". ij feet distant 2OO UU feet TO Cor. No. 8. identical with Cor. of the location. Established 0u the shore of Ga>tineauN Channel ar Mean high water Set post st. long, : tuN. >umare, : IT; m ground in mound of stone. Scribed--"3 S. A2: Mineral Queen.
 F. 635. .OO feet tunnel, the trend of which k \. N5 deg. ". aims. \ l2 for the first M feet. and for 42O feet total length jO feet. Bears N. S5 deg. ". = feet distant. >l0OO feet Center Ut ground aims. Il l2A feet. from which the surface debris has been removed, by >Iuiciug. bears S Gl deg. ia m. W. BIO it. dist. IIl5.W feet Cross Creek feet wide V + identical with a corner of the location es- tahli>hed uu the shore line of GaStineuLN Channel. at Mean high water. Set post | tt long iruS square. ? f. in ground, in mound Thence =. a deg. W. Var. 29 deg M m. E.. 5745D feet To Cor. No. ,. identical with Cor. of the location. Set post f.. long. | i4N. square, tt. in ground. Mound impracticahIe. Scribed ''j--S %l2-AIjueral Queeu.'
 Thence \. 29 deg. 20 m. W. Var. 29 deg. @ m. E. 2jnnu feet Cross small creek, feet wide. course North East EN.N feet Cross Plume lS iu>. wide. course North. used for Sluiciug debris I2g2 9O feet To Cor. No. 6, identical with a Cor. of the location Set post tt. long. ir,S. square. , f. in ground, mound impracti- cable: Scribed .6--S -&i2 Mineral Queen"
 Thence \. 70 deg. %N m. ". Var. 2g deg. N m. F. @OOOO feet To Cor. No. :. ideutical with q Cor. of the location. situated nm the S0uth East end line of the Ready Bullion lode claim IS lO3' whence post No. of said Ready Bull lion lode claim. bears =. l3 deg. w. 31 feet distant. Set post ft. long. im>. square. ft ru ground. mound mpractlcahIe:-SCrlbe '-5 S- &42-Aluerai Queen.
 5000 feer Post No. 1, Ready BulHom lode claim. lS. lU2-) &NND feet To Cor. No. !. the place of begiuHWg. Survey completed Nov. ,. 's. Total Area Acres l9249i.
 This survey of rhe Mineral Queen Lode Claim iSideuticul with the location m"nu- meut> found on the ground
 This survey was made with GOuu%'S En- siueer's transit. having five inch needle. and horizontal vernier reudimg (" >ln%le Thpcour-ps were deHectp,l from the true Rleridi;sIr- a>- determined by retr0cln% the Soufh EaSr end hup of the Ready Bullion lode claim tS. lu%l adjoining she location Oi this survey.
 The distances were measured with u W feet steel tape line.
 The said Mining Claim being eff record in the office of the Recorder of Juneau Record ing District, Book page , ut Juneau. AIaSka: the presumed general course or direction oi the said Mineral Queen vein, lode or mineral deposit being shown upon the plut posted herewith. nS near u> can be determined from present developments. this claim being for fifteen hundred ll5OOl linear feet thereaf to- "ether with the surface ground shown upon rhP Otficsnl plat posted herewith. the said vein. lode and mining premises. hereby sought to be patented, being bounded aS fol- lows tu wit: On the NOrtheriy end by the Ready Bullion lode claim. On the EaSterly ~ide by GitSrineaUN Channel. On the South and Vest by an extension of the Delta lode claim. the said claim being designated as Survey No-%i2 in the official plat posted here with.
 Anyand vlLpey~,,irs, claiming adversely the mining ground. vein. lode. premises or any portion thereof 50 described. surveyed. plat ted and applied for. Gre hereby notified that unless their adverse claims are duly filed us aPcording to law, and che regulations ehereMnder within the time prescribed by Law with the Register of the U- =. Land Office at Sitka in the District Of Alas l&a, they will be barred, III virtue of the provisions ot ''''' S'"'' JOHN " DUDLEY,
 Register.
 Dated ssnd posted on che %r@and- this Eleventh day of February, 1899
 Witnesses,
 RoBT; j. WILLIS