The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-05-14
OF APPLICATION FOR
UNITED STATES PATENT.
United states Land ONCE, 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 g. 1891, (26 statute l095), Porter j. 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 TOWNSHIP OF Nome. Alaska for
the benefit OF the occupants thereof, and de
scribed by the official plat and by the field notes
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. !. y Il :. from, which L s
l. NJ No. lib bears north 40 degrees 40 minutes
east, Il. IS chains and Z s l. NJ No. bears south
70 degrees ~ minutes east 80 % chains
Thence north % degrees u minutes east 400
chains to corner No. 3, an iron post feet high
by inches in diameter, marked corner No. "
Il 5, from which Anvil Rock bears north 20 de-
grees IL minutes east and Glacier Rock bears
north 90 degrees SO minutes west;
Thence south " 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 N Il s;
Thence south 81 degrees 55 minutes east
1850 chains to corner No. 4, an iron post feet
high by inches in diameter set in ground,
marked corner No 1 n Il s, and from which An
VII Rock bears north 10 degrees 81 minutes west;
Thence south - degrees % minutes west 25.4l
chains TO corner No. ;. an iron post feet high
STs i"'"'' III ''""io'e'' "''fNeo CORNER NO
Thence north n degrees 30 minutes west,
along the coast of Boring sea at high water line,
63.22 chains, to NJ l. "a stone l8X2x2 inches
set In ground and marked NJ G n II s; contnu
ing north "A degrees 05 minutes west 1873 chains
to M C No. ., IA quartz rock 1Sxl2xl2 inches; con
tinuing north ~ degrees 30 minutes west across
the river, 4.sl chains TO NJ c 3, Il stone lsxl2xl2
inches, marked G. n Il 5, and continuing
north % degrees - minutes west 500 chains to
corner No. L. the place of beginning containing
5253l4 acres, permanently excluding therefrom
the L. S. Military Reservation, 1.704 acres, and
the area OF the river basin, "a $50 acres, making
total permanent exclusion of 26.454 acres and
temporarily excluding the area in u. :. mineral
surveys Nos. 40 and $50 and L. 5. survey No
400, being 35i4 acres. the total exclusions being
6l.92S acres leaving q 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 >, 1904, and the names of the wit
nesSeS by whom it is proposed to establish the
right OF entry are w. H. Bard, Samuel Archer,
Edwin f.. 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 | hereby designate
as the newspaper published nearest to the land
above described
JOHN w. DUDLEY,
o-14-1t Register.