The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-15
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR


NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
That under and in pursuance of the
Act of Congress of May IA, 1898, as
amended by the Act of Congress of
March 8. 1903, granting additional
land to soldiers and sailors who served
i'm the army and navy of the United
States during the Civil War, the un-
dersigned, Kennecott Copper COrpOr-
alton, a corporation, the post Office ad-
dress and place Of business of which
said corporation is at the Town of
Latouche, upon LatOuche Island, in
the Territory of Alaska, has made APP
DlicatiOn for a patent to a tract of land
situated upon the westerly shore of
LatOuche Island, in the Territory of
Alaska, containing 1885 acres entered
in the United States Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, under the serial mum
Der O2762, and surveyed and plated
as United States Survey No. Gl2. The
said Kennecott Copper Corporation
has entered upon the said tract of land
as the assignee of Henry j. Engell,
who served i'm the army Of the United
States during the Civil War, from Oc-
tober 2, 1861, to October 10, 1864, In
Company "I," seth Regiment of New
York Volunteers, and who received an
honorable discharge from said ser
vice.
The said tract of land lies upon the
easterly shore of Latouche Passage
upon said Latouche Island, Territory
of Alaska, at Latitude 60 degrees %
minutes north, longitude LAT degrees
"a minutes 90 seconds west, and IS
adjacent to the Town of Latouche,
Alaska; q more particular description
of which said tract is as follows:
Beginning at Corner No. i, meander
corner, upon the easterly shore of La
touche Passage at the point where said
shore line is intersected by the north
erly end line of Shore Lode mining
claim, known as United States Sur
vey No. 5S4, patented; thence south
90 degrees "a minutes east, 2.34
chains to Corner No. 2, being lden-
.ical with the northeasterly corner OF
said Shore Lode mining claim, United
States Survey No. 5S4; thence south
81 degrees 81 minutes west, following
the easterly boundary or line OF said
Shore Lode mining claim, patented,
313la chains to Corner No. 3; thence
south 81 degrees 81 minutes east along
the nOrtherly boundary or line of the
Julia Lode mining claim, United States
Survey No. 5S4, patented, 5.42 chains
to Corner No. 4, from which said Cor
ner No. 4 United States location mon
ument No. 1 bears south rs degrees
80 minutes west, 23.6O chains distant;
thence north p degrees 81 minutes
east along the westerly boundary or
line of Gravina Lode mining claim,
United States Survey No. 762, 2O.32
chains to Corner No. b; thence north
81 degrees q minutes west, 2.18
chains, following the sOutherly end
line of Beach Lode mining claim,
United States Survey No. 7S2, to Cor
ner No. 6; thence due west 3.2S chains
to Corner No. z, Meander Corner, upon
the easterly shore of LatOuche Pas
sage; thence following the meanders
of said shore line as follows:
First course, south II degrees 40
minutes west, $50 chains; second
course, south II degrees As minutes
west, Ito chains; third course, south
56 degrees 10 minutes west, 0.8O
chains; fourth course, south % de-
grees Is minutes west, 0.70 chains;
fifth course, south 0 degrees 80 min
utes east, O.90 chains; sixth course,
south Is degrees 80 minutes west, 100
chains; seventh course, south Z degrees
10 minutes west, 0.G0 chains; eighth
course, south 80 degrees 90 minutes
west, O.7O chains; ninth course, south
30 degrees 90 minutes west, $40
chains; tenth course, south 36 degrees
40 minutes west, 2.40 chains; eleventh
course, south % degrees 10 minutes
west, 1.66 chains, to the point of be-
ginning. Magnetic variation &c de-
grees 40 minutes east.
The foregoing description by metes
and bounds is according to the official
plat and field notes on file in the Office
of the Register of the Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, a copy of which said
official plat is posted upon the land
with this notice of application for pat
ent.
Date Of posting this notice on the
land, June Ia, 1917.
c. B. WALKER,
Register.
First Pub. Aug. s, 1917.
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