The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-24

pHcation 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 num-
Der 027G2, and surveyed and plated
us United States Survey No. 7l2. The
said Kennecott Copper Corporation
has entered upon the said tract Of land
as the assignee of Henry j. EngeIl,
who served I'm the army of the United
States during the Civil War, from Oc-
tober 2, 1861, to October TO-, 1864, in
Company "I," 86th 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 go degrees Oh
minutes north, longitude l47 degrees
"a minutes 30 seconds west, and rs
adjacent to the Town of LatOuche,
Alaska; a more particular description
of which said tract is as follows:
Beginning at Corner No. i, meanCer
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 nOrtheasterly corner of
said Shore Lode mining claim, United
States Survey No. 584; thence south
q degrees 81 minutes west, following
the easterly boundary on line of said
Shore Lode mining claim, patented,
313l2 chains to Corner No. 3; thence
south 81 degrees 81 minutes east along
the nOrtherly boundary on line OF the
Julia Lode mining claim, United States
Survey No 584, patented, 5.42 chains
to Corner No. 4, from which said Cor
ner No. 4 United States location mon
ument No. / bears south rs degrees
30 minutes west, $3.50 chains distant,
thence north u degrees 81 minute
east along the westerly boundary o.
line of Gravina Lode mining claim,
United States Survey No. 762, 2O.5-
chains to Corner No. b; thence norJn
81 degrees p minutes west, 2.ll
chains, following the southerIy end
line of Beach Lode mining claim
United States Survey No. 1872 to Cor
ner No. 6; thence due west 3.2o chains
to Corner No. z, Meander Corner upon
The easterly shore of Latouchc Pas
sage; thence following the meanders
of said shore line as follows:
First course, south e degrees 4h
minutes west, $50 chains; secon
course, south II degrees 40 minutes
west, Ito chains; third course, souJ
DO degrees 10 minutes west, O.6i
chains; fourth course, south % de
grccs 10 minutes west, O.IO chains
fifth course, south 0 degrees 80 min
utes east, O.9O chains; sixth course
south Is degrees 30 minutes west, l.@.
chains; seventh course, south z degree.
10 minutes west, O.6O chains; eighth
course, south 30 degrees 90 minutes
west, 0.70 chains; ninth course, south
30 degrees 90 minutes west, 5JO
chains; tenth course, south 80 degrees
40 minutes west 24O chains; eleventh
course, south % degrees 10 minutes
west, l.6G chains, to the point of be
ginning. Magnetic variation 70 de
grees 40 minutes east.
The foregoing description by metcs
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. 8, 1917.
Last Pub. Oct. S, 1917.