Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-09-25
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR UNITED
STATES PATENT

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR UNITED
STATES PATENT.
q. s. Land Office, Occur d'Aiene. Idaho. July
n, 1909.
an Act of Congress approved Msy 10. 1872, Hugh
+. Sinclair, whose postOtfice is Standpoint, Bon
ner County, Idaho, Chas. l.. Hoffman, whose
postoffce is Rathdrum, kootenai County, Ida
no. John f. Yost, whose postofilce is Moscow,
Latah County, Idaho, James r. Eckert, whose
pos'o'"ee William Ashley. Jr.. whose post,
Office is Occur d'Alene, kootenai County, Ida
no, Edwin Doust, whose posloiiice is sand
point. Bonner County, Idaho. Frank Wenz,
~, Idaho, Andrew A. Merritt, as administrator
of George II. Ross. deceased, whose postofice
is Standpoint, Bonner County, Idaho, have
made application for prtent for and TO that
certain property known as "Comet Placer" sit
uated in Port Hill Mining District, Bonner
plat herewith posted and by the feld notes on
HE in the Office Of the Register of said Occur
dAlene, Land ono, Occur d'Alene, Idaho, as
Known as the Comet Placer Claim.
Begin at corner No. l, which is stone l0''x
l2"xS6'', Is ms. in the ground with conical
mound O, stone II. base and Ia high, along
SIDE, chiscled 222l with X on top Tor the exact
point
From this corner, International Boundary
Monument on the east side of the Moyea River
which Is a conical metal post five feet high set
in concrete it. at the base and six inches at
the top with sharp point marked United states
on the sonth, Canada on the north and the No.
2lS on the west bears n. n degrees IL W. ll2.2
feet. The northeast corner of location bears
north 25 #. A post 4"Xi'x4." The "A corner
between Secs 10 and II. T. 65 n, r. ? K. b. NJ,
bears s. 80 degrees ~ + % feet from corner No.
1. Said a corner is fir tree y ms. diam.
marked "a S. IL on the east face and a S. 10 on
the west face Government Survey unap-
proved Thence run West. 10000 East bank
of the Moyea River. River in high water 100
feet wide. 10000 Cross Spokane International
Railroad, course n. f. and s. W. 26SS3O Cor
ner No. which is IA stone 30'xo'' NlO' 2i in the
ground with conical mound OF stone II base
and ~ IT, high alongsi lie, chiseled 2-222l with
on top for the exact point The N. w. corner
of location which is a post 4x4x4 bears n. % f.
Thence ! run south 262700 Corner No. B.
Identical with 5. W. corner of location, stone
6'x5" x24', Is in, in the ground with conical
mound of stone II. base and ll9it, high, CHS
Thence / run East. $500 spokane lnterna-
tional Railway. 5000 West Bans of the Moy.
ca River river 1907 (high water.) 26SS.s0 Corner
No. stone SKIP x2S', Is ins. in the ground
! with conical mound of stone It. base IA IT,
! high alongside chiseled 4-222l with on top
/ for exact point. s. e. Corner OF location bears
East TO- A tamarack tree 20 ms. diam. bears
! n. 35 degrees 80 W. lac #. marked 4-222l b. Il.
Thence run north. 2627 90 Corner No l, place
of beginning. Variation NJ all corners % degrees
| So h. Area: Total area of Comet Placer sur
vey No 2221 is l59.l09 Acs. Location: The
claim is located in S. 10, I. 65 n, X. f. b. Nj.
Survey not approved. There are no adjoining
claims and no conflicts Said location being
recorded in Book 'p' of Quartz Locations, on
page 101 of the Records OF kootenai County,
! Idaho, and in Book "p' of................ page
. OF the Records of Bonner County Idaho.
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