The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-18
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
UNITED STATES PATENT.

CDlIPu states Lana tIIlct, Juneau. Alaska,
January % 1904
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of
Section 1887 of the Revised Statutes of the Unit
ed States as amended by Section II. of the act
of March B. 1891, (26 statute l095) Porter j. Cos
ton duly appointed and qualified trustee for
TOWNSHIP entries of lands whose post Office ad.
dress is Nome, Alaska has made application
for entry of the townSite of Nome. Alaska, for
the benefit of the occupants thereof, and de-
scribed by the official plat and by the field notes
on file in the office of the register of Juneau land
district, Alaska, as follows, viz:
Beginning at corner No |, an iron post feet
long, inches In diameter, set feet in ground,
marked corner No |. N 7 S from which S
l. M No. lib bears north 40 degrees 40 minutes
east Il. So chains and L S l. NJ No. bears south
7s degrees 20 minutes east SO % chains;
Thence north % degrees % minutes east 1000
chains to corner No. 2, an iron post feet high
by inches in diameter, marked corner No. N
II S, from which Anvil Rock bears north 20 de-
greeS Al minutes east and Glacier Rock bears
north 90 degrees SO minutes west;
Thence south SO degrees on minutes east 1898
chains, to corner No 3, an iron post feet high
by inches in diameter, set in ground, marked
Thence south 81 degrees 80 minutes east
1850 chains to corner No. 4, an iron post feet
high by inches in diameter set in ground,
marked corner No 4 N Il S, and from which An
vii Rock bears north 10 degrees 81 minutes west ;
Thence south % degrees 05 minutes west 254i
chains to corner No. >, an iron post feet high
NTs; ~ ~ " '' ''' N'''''' -'O'
Thence north a degrees 50 minutes west.
along the coast OF Boring sea at high water line,
1922 chains, to NJ c !, a stone lSxl2xl2 inches
set in ground and marked NJ G N T S; continu
ing por,h "A degrees 05 minutes west 80. 80 chains
to M No. quartz rock lSxl2xl2 inches; con
tinu;ug north ~ degrees IS minutes west across
the river, 4Sl chains to M G 3, a stone lSxl2xl2
iucbes.' marked M c 3 Il S, and continuing
lor,J 20 degrees % minutes west 5000 chains to
co"rer No. l. the place of beginning, containing
5Io.3t acres, permanently excluding therefrom
the U. 5. Military Reservation, l7O4 acres, and
the area Of the river basin, 2750 acres, making
q toll permanent exclusion of 20. 454 acres, and
temporarily excluding the area in U. S. mineral
surveys Nos. 40 and 500, and u $. survey No.
49, being 5:74 acres, the total exclusions being
81 1928 acres, leaving net area of 1853 1856 acres.
The place OF making final proof is Nome,
Alaska. and the date when the same will be
made is July 2, 1904, and the names OF the wit
nesses by whom 1t is proposed to establish the
right OF entry are w. II. Bard, Samuel Archer,
Edwin E. Hill and Charles +. Hoxsie, all OF
Nome Alaska. and will be taken before the
U. S. Commissioner for Nome precinct at his
office.
JOHN W. DUDLEY,
Register.
The above notice will be published for the
statutory period in THE NOME NUGGET, print
ed at Nome, Alaska, which l hereby designate
as the newspaper published nearest to the land
above described
JOHN W. DUDLEY,
STATS Register.