Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-11-09
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Lewiston, Idaho, Sept. 10, 1907.


Lewiston, Idaho, Sept. 10, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that S. w.
SMITH. citizen of the United States,
whose postoffice address is Elk City,
Idaho county, state of Idaho, is making
application for patent for the Crescent
group of lode claim comprising the con-
tiguous Crescent. Century and Alex
That's All lodes on surveyed land in Sec
tons % and "a, township 20 north, range
8 east B. M. in THO Elk City Mining
District, Idaho county, state of Idaho,
and designated as Mineral Survey No.
2175 and described by the official plat
and field notes of said survey, as fol-
lows:
Magnetic variation being 81 deg o. e)
CRESCENT LODE
Beginning at corner No. identical
with corner No. A of Alex That's All
lode M. S. No. 2175 and corner No. of
Buster lode M. S. No. 1895. fir post
6x6 inches, feet above ground with
mound of earth scribed '6-1O95p
and "4-1-2175' whence u, S. M.
M. No. 2 Elk City Mining Dis
trict, bears SO degrees 49, W 1775.6
feet distant; thence 83 degrees 27' e
1476. 60 feet to corner No. 2, Identical
with corner No. of Alex That's All
lode M. S. No. 2175; thence 18 degrees
81 664. 60 feet to corner No. 3; thence
n 80 degrees 43' w 1912. 81 feet to corner
No. Identical with corner No.. l of
Buster lode. M. S. No. 1895; thence n
IS degrees,57' W 585 feet to corner No.
and place of beginning, containing
10. lis acres less conflict with Protec-
ton lode, M. S. No. 1895, 1889 acres,
the net area being Is. 176 acres.
CENTURY LODE .
Beginning at corner No. l, a pine post
AKA inches by a # set 18 inches in ground
with mound of earth scribed '1-2175"
whence U. S. M. M. No. 2, Elk City
Mining District, bears 81 degrees %
W 2231 feet distant; thence 80 degrees
49, 1900 feet to corner No. q; thence
s degrees Al 605. 40 feet to corner
No. 3; thence n 80 degrees 49, 1890
feet to corner No. a; thence n degrees
Al w COS. 40 feet to corner No. I, the
place of beginning, containing 1899
acres less conflict with Protection lode,
M. S. No. 1895, 1924 acres, net area
being 16. 315 acres.
ALEX THAT'S ALL LODE
Beginning at corner No. l, identical
with corner No. IL of Golden Rule lode,
M. S. No. 1895, fir post 6x6 inches x
4 feet with mound of earth scribed oil
1O95'' and '1-2175" whence u. S. M .
No. 2, Elk City Mining. District bears
n 70 degrees o. W 1927 feet distant;
thence n 88 degrees as e 1884. OIL feet to
corner No. 2; thence s As degrees o. e
$50 feet to corner No. 3; thence 80
degrees 27' W 1476.60 feet to corner No.
Identical with corner No. l, Crescent
lode M. S. No. 2175 and corner No. 6,
Buster lode M. S. No, 1895; thence s
76 degrees S. w along line 81 Buster
lode NJ S. No. 1895, Sc feet to corner
No. 5 Identical with corner No. 7 Golden
Rule lode M. S. No. 1895; thence, n 45
degrees o. W 600 feet to corner No. l,
and place of beginning containing
| 16 092 acres.
The conflict of Crescent lode of this
survey with the Protection lode, M. S.
No. 1895, amounting to 1899 acres is
excluded from this application and is
described as follows: Beginning at
corner No. of Crescent lode, identical
with corner No. II, Buster lode, NJ S.
No. 1895, running thence 80 degrees
43 on line As Crescent lode 697 70
feet; thence degrees So e on line
1920 of Protection lode, M. S. No. 1895;
1888. 6 feet to corner No. 20 of Protec-
ton lode, M. S. No. 1895; thence 83
degrees "a w~758 feet to the point of
intersection of the northerly side line of
Protection lode, M. S. No. 1895 with
the westerly end line of the Crescent
lode; thence S 18 degrees 81 e 146.5
| feet to place of beginning.
| The conflict of the Century lode of
this survey and the Protection lode M.
S. No. 1905 amounting to 1924 acres is
excluded from this application and is
described as follows: Beginning at
corner No. l of Century lode; thence S
80 degrees 49, e 662.89 feet to the point
of intersection. of the northerly side line
of Century lode with the easterly end
line of the Protection lode, M. S. No.
1895; thence s 2 degrees So w 1884,
feet to corner Is of Protection lode, M
S. 1895; thence s SO degrees "a W SOB.
| feet to point of intersection of southerly
side line of Protection lode M. S. No.
! 1895 with the westerly end line of Pro-
lection lode NJ S. No. 1895 with the
westerly end line of the Century lode,
thence n degrees Al W 302s7 feet to
place of beginning.
The total area of the consolidated
group claimed in this application, is
At. 583 acres.
Adjoining and conflicting claims as
shown by tie plat of survey are as fol-
lows: Golden Rule, Buster and Protec-
ton lodes M. S. No. 1895 adjodn on the
west, the Protection lode conflicting as
noted Herein. The Congress No. l and
Congress No. 8, unsurveyed, adjoin the
Crescent and the Century lodes, re-
spectively on the east.
The notices of location of these claims
are of record in the Office of the county
! 4 \ L :
in Book 81, 81 and 43 Of Mining Claims
| at 1aapesl 614 621 and 2Qq resnectivelv