The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-17

plcation for a patent to a tract of land
situated upon the westerly shore OF
LatOuche Island, in the Territory OF
Alaska, containing 1886 acres entered
in the United States Land Office at
juneau, Alaska under the serial num-
Der 02762, and surveyed and plated
as United States Survey No. 7l2. The
said Kennecott Copper Corporation
has entered upon the said tract of land
as the assignee of Henry j. Engell,
who served in the army of the United
States during the Civil War, from Oc-
tober 2, 1861, to October 10, 1864, IN
Company a." 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 O3
minutes north, longitude 147 degrees
54 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. 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
GO degrees "a minutes east, PA
chains to Corner No. 2, being iden-
tical with the nOrtheasterly corner or
said Shore Lode mining claim, United
States Survey No. 5S4; thence south
q degrees 81 minutes west, following
the easterly boundary or line of sand
Shore Lode mining claim, patented,
.3.13l2 chains to Corner No. 3; thence
south G1 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. United States location mon
ument No. 1 bears south rs degrees
80 minutes west, 23.G0 chains Distant
thence north q degrees 81 minute
east along the westerly boundary O,
I lire of Gravina Lode mining claim
. United States Survey No. 1872, 2O.3z
chains to Corner No. b; thence norCl
/ 81 degrees p minutes west, 81,
chains, following the southerly enc
| line of Beach Lode mining claim,
| United States Survey No. 1872, to Cor
ner No. 6; thence due west 3.2S 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 II degrees q.
minutes west, $50 chains; second
course, south II degrees 45 minute
west, 10 chains; third course, south
/ 56 degrees 10 minutes west, O.Su
chains; fourth course, south % de
grees 10 minutes west, O.IO chains;
| fifth course, south 0 degrees 80 mln
utes east, O.9O chains; sixth course
south Is degrees 80 minutes west, L..
/ chains; seventh course, south Z degrees
/ ID minutes west, 060 chains; eighth
/ course, south 80 degrees 90 minutes
west, 0.70 chains; ninth course, south
/ 80 degrees 90 minutes west, 90
chains; tenth course, south 36 degrees
/ 45 minutes west, 2.40 chains; eleventh
/ course, south % degrees 10 minutes
west, 1.66 chains, to the point of be
ginning. Magnetic variation 20 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 ii, 1917,
G. b. WALKER,
Register.
First Pub. Aug. 8, 1917.
Last Pub. Oct s, 1917.