Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-21
United States Land Office. Lewiston,
Idaho, October IL, 1908.

United States Land Office. Lewiston,
Idaho, October IL, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Sameul
W. Smith, a citizen of the United
states, whose postoffice address is Elk
City, idaho,, is making application for
patent for the Congress No. 1 group of
lode mining claims, comprising the Con-
gress No. l, Congress No. 3, Congress
NO. 4, and Congress No. 5 lode 1oca-
tlons, situated in Elk City Mining Dis
trlct, Idaho county, state of Idaho, in
Section "a, Township 20 North Range 8
East, b: M, and designated as Mineral
survey No. 23l1, Serial No. 0798, and
described as follows: variation 21' 90
e.
Congress No. Location.
Beginning at corner number l a pine
post set in ground with mound of earth
and scribed 1871, whence the Ia sec
ton corner between Sections % and "a
L 20 N, r E B M bears S 69a co. w
1887 fit distant, and corner number 2
crescent lode, Survey number 2175,
bears north So So west 49, SO feet dist,
ant, thence south 81 g. east 1900 feet
to corner number 2 identical with
corner number l of Congress lode Sur
vey number 2l00), thence south T. A.
east 600 feet to corner number (identi-
cal with corner number of Congress
lode); thence north 81 49, west 1899. SO
teet to corner number a. thence north
Al west 6O4. so feet to place of begin
nng, containing net area of 49, 1893
acres after excluding conflict with
Crescent and Century Lodes Survey
number 2175.
Congress No. Location.
Beginning at corner number 1, pine
post scribed 1-2311 identical with
corner number 2 Century lode Survey
number 2l75), whence the IA section
corner between sections % and "a, T
~ X 8 +, B M bears north 49, So
west 1884 feet distant, thence south
81 ID east 1143 feet along southerly
line of Congress number l location to
corner number 2; thence south T al
east 6O5.4 feet to corner number 8;
thence north 81 - west 1143 feet to
corner number identical with corner
number 3 of Century lode); thence
north z d. west sos. 40 feet to place of
beginning, containing 1851 acres.
congress NO. q LOCQuOn.
Beginning at corner number l, pine
post set in the ground with mound of
earth and scribed 1-2-2311 identical
with corner number 2 of Congress num-
Der location), whence the IA section
corner between Secs % and "a, T 20 N
R 8 K B M, bears north To- AZ west
l77l.8 feet distant; thence south 81 l3'
east 239.73 feet to corner number 2
| identical with corner number 3 OF
Congress number ! location and corner
number 6 of Congress lode survey num-
Der 2l00); thence north 49, 40 east
1876. so feet to corner number 3 (identi-
cal with corner number of Congress
lOde); thence north 49, 40' east 268. &C
feet to corner number 4; thence south
Z Al east 605.4 feet to corner number
5; thence south 49, 40' west 268.60 feet
to corner number 6; thence south 1874
west l0728 SO feet to corner number T
identical with corner number 3 of Con.
gress number 3 location thence north
z Al west 605.1 feet to place of begin
ming, containing 1929 acres.
Congress No. s Location.
Beginning at corner number 1, a pine
post set in ground with mound Of eartf
and scribed l-23ll, whence the IA sec
ton corner between Sections % and q
T 29 N R 8 Il, b M bears north 81 -
west 1871. l8 feel distant, thence north
8 49, west 600 feet 10 corner number 2
thence north 80 43' east 1900 feet {,
corner number 3, thence south s. g.
east 600 feet to corner number 4ldenti
cal with corner number 2 Congress lode
survey number 2l00) thence south 80
43' west 1885, feet TO corner number
? of Congress number ] location ans
a total OF 1900 feet to place Of begin
ming, containing a net area Of la. s3'
acres, O.S22 of AN acre being 10 conllc
with Congress number ! location
The total net area of the entire groul
claimed Is 73.574 acres.
The conflict of Congress number I 10
cation with the Century and Crescen
lOdes Amounting 10 O.Ols and O.416 acre.
respectively as indicated by the ofieia
plat, IS not claimed.
Adjoining claims as shown by th0
plat of survey are the Cenpy nal
Crescent lodes, Survey number 2il5 IA
The west and the Congress lode fpat
ented) Survey number 200 lying bo
tween Congress locations numbers
and q and east Of Congress number
location The Major lode lun.liYeyed
Joins Congress number . on the l0rth
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