The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-06-11
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
UNITED STATES PATENT.
United States Land Office, juneau, Alaska,

United States Land Office Juneau Alaska,
January 2S 1904
Section 1887 of the Revised Statutes of the Unit
ed States, as amended by Section II, of the act
of March 3, 1891, (26 statute 1885, Porter D. Cos
ton duly appointed and qualified trustee for
townSite entries of lands, whose post Office ad
dress Is Nome, Alaska, has made application
for entry OF the towRSite 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. |. 4 S. from, which q S
l. M No lib bears north 40 degrees 40 minutes
east, 1896 chains and U S l. M No. bears south
~ degrees 30 minutes east 80 25 chains;
Thence north % degrees Us minutes east 1000
chains to corner No. ., an iron post feet high
by inches in diameter, marked corner No. 2 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 SS degrees 90 minutes east 1898
chains, to corner No. 3, an iron post feet high
by inches in diameter set in ground, marked
corner No. 3NTS;
Thence south 81 degrees S. minutes east
high by inches in diameter set in ground
marked corner No N Il S, and from which An.
VII Rock bears north 10 degrees 81 minutes west;
Thence south 25 degrees O5 minutes west 25.4l
chains to corner No. 5, an iron post feet high
S y in'neS !" diameter marked corner NO.
lneHCc HOTun u ueRFetS 0U minutes west,
along the coast of Boring sea at high water line,
6322 chains, to M C l. stone 18xl2xl2 inches
set in ground and marked M G N II S; continu
ing north "A degrees 05 minutes west 80. 80 chains
to M No. g a quartz rock lSxl2x12 inches; con-
tinuing north ~ degrees 35 minutes west across
the river, 48l chains to M c 3, q stone 18xl2xl2
inches, marked M 3 N Il S, and continuing
north 73 degrees % minutes west 50.00 chains to
corner No. L. the place of beginning, containing
525.3l4 acres, permanently excluding therefrom
the U. s. Military Reservation, l704 acres and
the area OF the river basin, "a. $50 acres making
a total permanent exclusion OF 90 454 acres, and
temporarily excluding the area in U. S. mineral
surveys Nos. 40 and 500, and U. s. survey No.
45O, being 35.44 acres the total exclusions being
6l 1913 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 it is proposed to establish the
right of entry are w. II. Bard, Samuel Archer
Edwin f. Hill and Charles E. Hoxsie, all OF
Nome, Alaska and will be taken before the
U. 5. 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,
5-14-7tS Register.