The Alaska prospector., 1903-06-11
Mining Application No. 23.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

STATES LAND
 Juneau, Alaska, Apr. 29, 1903. Notice is hereby given that the Alaska Cop per Company. corporation, by stephen Birch, Its agent, whose postoffice address is Valdez, Alaska, has this day filed its application for d patent for l50O linear feet upon each of the Excelsior Lode, National Lode, Independence Lode, Mammoth Lode, Azure Lode. and Native Lode, and lO77 linear feet on the Contact Lode, with surface ground 6o0 feet in width on each of said lodes, veins or deposits, bearing copper and gold. Also for twenty acres each on the Blue Placer claim and the Green placer claim, bearing gold and copper; said nine Lode claims and two Placer claims being known as the Kennikatt Group of mining claims. and desig- mated by the L. $. SurveyorGeneral of Alaska as Mineral Survey No. 56s. situate in Valdez mining district, District of Alaska, and desig- mated in the field notes and official plat on file in this office Lot Numbered 563 said Lot Numbered 56s being described as follows. to-wit:
 MAMMOTH LODE.
 Beginning at cor No. from which [. s. loca- tiOn monument No. ] bears 70 deg B min W :s5.o fl dist; thence i9 deg l5 min " l5oo it No 2; thence J9 deg Ia min l5O0 1t to cor No i; thence s a~ deg a min 6oO 1t to cor No. l, the place of beginning
 Variation at all corners 20 deg OO min E.
 BONANZA LODE.
 Beginning at cor No from which | s loca- ton monument No bears 10 deg 35 min W 365.o 1t dist; thence 90 deg 45 min E 600 1t to cor NO2; thence $ 8 deg E min E l.OO it to cor Nos; thenee 3o deg i5 min W con fl to cor No to place of beginning.
 Variation st all corners 30 deg % min E. CONTACT LODE.
 Beginning at cor No l, identical with cor No 1 Bonapza Lode of this survey; thence x 30 deg ,% 10 min ie7a sS 1, i, , to Cor ihense i deg 2 600 1t 10 cor No 1; thence N I5 deg 45 min W lO7!0 1t to cor No l. the place of beginning. Variation at all corners go deg % min E.
 NATIONAL LODE. Beginning at cor No identical with NV cor lode of this survey; thence 6l deg h min F. 6OO 1t to cor No ,; thence S 30 deg 45 min W 1900 ft to cor No3; thence 6l deg 15 min W GOO it to cor No 1; thence \ :D deg i5 min E lJ0O 1t to cor No and place of beginning. Variation at all corners 30 deg % min E.
 EXCELSIOR LODE. Beginning at cor No l. identical with cor No National lode of this survey; thence $ 6l deg l5 min 6.O 1t to cor No 2; thence S 30 deg i5 min l50O fl 10 cor No 3. thence 6l deg l5 min W 6oO it to cor No 1; thence 3O deg 45 min llOO 1t to cor No l and place of beginning Variation at all corners 30 deg OO min E. INDEPENDENCE No LODE
 Beginning at cor No I. identical with cor No l Natlonal lode of this survey; thence 2s deg min 600 1t to cor No 3; thence 2sdeg n min " l5Oo it to cor No |; thence 6l deg 15 min W 6oo 1t to cor No and place of beginning.
 
 deg OO min E.
 INDEPENDENCE No. ? LODE.
 Beginning at cor No 1, identical with cor No Independence No lode of this survey; thence 3l deg D min E llO0 1t to cor No 2. thence $ 6l deg h min E 600 fl to cor No ,; thence s 3l deg 30 min W l5oO it to cor No 1; thence x 6l deg lo min w 600 it to cor No and place of be- ginning.
 Variation at all corners 2s deg 20 min E. NATIVE LODE. Beginning at cor No from which ' s loca tion monument No bears deg F min 30 sec 43l.07 1t dist; thence 59 deg h min GOO 1t | to cor NO2 thence P deg i5 min W lJOO it to cor No 3; thence 59 deg 15 min w 600 1t to cor No 1; thence P deg D min E ljOO it to cor No and place of beginning Variation at all corners 30 deg OO min E. AZURE LODE. Beginning at cor No from which ' s Ioca- tiOn monument No bears 33 deg O3 min l9 sec " 9oO. .il IL dist. thence \ 2S deg 56 min E l0O fl to cor No ?; thence 8 deg l5 min 6OO 1t to cor No3; thence $ 2s deg 56 min W lJO0 1t to cor No I. thence 59 deg n min W 6OO 1t to cor No and place of beginning. Variations at all corners 30 deg % min E. Area Mammoth lode ..... ...... 2OG61 acres Area ,ohahza iode 2D66l acres
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