The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-19

pGcation 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 02762, and surveyed and plated
rs United States Survey No. 7l2. The
said Kennecott Copper Corporation
has entered upon the said tract Of land
as the assignee of Henry j. EngeII,
who served in the army OF the United
States during the Civil War, from De-
tober 2, 1861, to October 10, 1864, in
Company "I," Seth Regiment of New
York Volunteers, and who received an
honorable discharge from said Sc
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 O3
minutes north, longitude 147 degrees
"a minutes 90 seconds west, and is
adjacent to the Town Of LatOuche,
Alaska; a more particular description
of which said tract is as follows:
Beginning at Corner No. /, 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
60 degrees "a minutes east, pa
chains to Corner No. 2, being iden-
tical with the northeasterIy 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,
1882 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 40. / bears south rs degrees
50 minutes west, $3.50 chains distant;
thence north p degrees 81 minutes
east along the westerly boundary or
line of Graviua Lode mining claim
United States Survey No. 7o2, 2O.@2
chains to Corner No. D; thence nor,u
81 degrees 81 minutes west, 81.
chains, following the southerly euu
line of Beach Lode mining claim.
United States Survey No. 1872, to Cor
ner No. g; thence due west 3.2o chmn
to Corner No. Z, Meander Corner upon
the easterly shore of Latouchc Pas
sage; thence following the mcandcrs
of said shore line rs follows:
First course, south q degrees a..
minutes west, $50 chains; second
course, south II degrees 40 minute.
west, ITO chains; third course, souti
56 degrees Is minutes west, O.SO
chains; fourth course, south % de-
grees 10 minutes west O.IO chains:
fifth course, south 0 degrees 30 min
utes east, 600 chains; sixth course,
south q degrees 30 minutes west, 100
chains; seventh course, south Z degrees
10 minutes west, 0.GO chains; eighth
course, south 80 degrees 90 minutes
west, O.70 chains; ninth course, south
80 degrees 90 minutes west, $40
chains; tenth course, south 36 degrees
40 minutes west, 24O chains; eleventh
course, south % degrees 10 minutes
west, 1.66 chains, to the point of be-
ginning. Magnetic variation 20 dc.
grees 40 minutes east.
The foregoing description by metes
and bounds is according to the official
plat and field notes on file i'm 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.
G. B. WALKER,
Register.
First Pub. Aug. s, 1917.
Inst pmh Oct s 1917