The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-05
Chauncey l. Wood, Attorney.
NJ, a. No, 1902.
United States Land Office, Rapid
City, =. ID.

UnltcO states Lana ONCE, Rapid
City, s. ID,
January 9th 1904,
Notice of Application for a Patent
Notice is hereby given that James
McCurdy, whose postofflce address is
Pactola, south Dakota, has this day
filed his application for a patent for one
hundred and ten (ll0) acres of the
McCurdy Placer. Mining Claim, or
mineral deposit bearing placer gold.
situated in no organized mining
district bennington County, south
Dakota and more particularly described
as folio VS. to-Wlt:
The west half OF the west hall SOUTH
west quarter Of the northwest quarter,
of section one H. and the west half Of
the northwest quarter of the southwest
quarter OF section one d. and the
South half OF the southeast quarter of
the northeast quarter of section two (2)
and the south half of the southwest
quarter of the northeast quarter of
section two I'D ard the north half of
the northwest quarter of the south
east quarter of section two e., and the
north half of the northeast quarter of
the southeast quarter of section two (2)
all in township q ~ northo of range
five east Of the Black Hills Meridian in
Pennington County, south Dakota.
Said McCurdy placer, M n q
Claim, is bounded on the east by the
Orange Placer Mining Claim, claimed
by L. A. Richards and others and on
the south by Government land, and on
the west by the Duncan Placer Mining
Claim, belonging to Arthur Harvey,
and on the north by the Uranium gruup
of quartz mining claims, and unoccu-
pied government LAND. That no min
ing claims whatever conflict with thu
said McCuady PlacerMining Claim.
That the said McCurdy placer min
ing claim, was located many years ago.
to-wit, March 21st 1877, by James
McCurdy Anthony Armstrong, George
Buckingham John P. McEIroy, ST.,
Archy McCurdy, and James Quirpel,
the original location certificate thereof
having been lost before being recorded,
in the office of the Register of Deeds Of
said County: That al of the interests
Of the said Anthony Armstrong, George
Buckingham, John P. McElroy sr.,
Archie McCurdy, and James Quirpel,
were soon after the said location trans
ferred by q%uit-claim deed by each
OF said locators to this applicant James
McCurdy, all of which said deeds,
were mislaid and lost many years ago.
without having been recorded.
That this applicant, James McCurdy,
and his said associates, to-wit, his pre-
decessor in interest, have held and
worked said McCurdy placer mining
claim, for period equal to the time.
prescribed by the statute of limitations
for mining claims, in the State of south
Dakota, and former territory of Dakota.
That there is a vein or lode, includ-
ed within the boundaries of said Nc
Curdy placer mining claim, to-wit.
twenty rods square in the southwest
corner OF the said north half of the
northeast quarter of the southeast
quarter if said section two T. and more
particularly described as followg to-wit.
Beginning a the southwest corner. Of
said north half of the northeast olar-
OF the southeast quarter of said sec
tlon two ~ thence north on the vast
line thereof twenty rods, thence east,
tWentyrods, thence south twenty RODS
west twenty rods to place Of
beginning, containing two acres and
fifty one-hundredths acres.
Any and all persons claiming advers-
ely any portion of said McCurdv nlacer
mining claim, are required to file their
adverse claims with the Register of the
United states Land Office, at Ran;d
City, South Dakota, during the sixtv
days period of publication hereof ~
they will be barred by virtue Of the
provisions of the statutes in snch oasas
made and provided.
GEORGE 2. BENNETT Rar;s.on
!. u is hereby ordered, that the fore
gong notice, OF application for patent
oe puollshed for nine consecutive
In the Black Hill's Union. a
newspaper, printed and pub
llshed at Rapid City, Pennington
County, South Dakota, being the paner
published nearest theclaim. p
GEORGE P. BENNETT Registrar