The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-20

pGcaton for patent to a tract Of land
situated upon the westerly shore OF
LatOuche Island in the Territory of
Alaska, containing 1885 acres entered
i'm the United States Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, under the serial num-
Der O27G2, 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 De-
tober 2, 1861, TO October 10, 1864, i'm
Company 81" seth Regiment of New
York Volunteers, and who received am
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 O3
minutes north, longitude lat degrees
"a minutes 30 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. 1, 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, 2.34
chains to Corner No. 2, being idcn-
ticaI with the nOrtheasterIy corner of
said Shore Lode mining claim, United
States Survey No. 5S4; thence south
.27 degrees 5l minutes west, following
the easterly boundary or line OF sand
Shore Lode mining claim, patented,
.313l& 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 70 degrees
80 minutes west, $3.50 chains distant;
thence north p degrees 81 minutes
east along the westerly boundary OF
line of Gravina Lode mining claim
United States Survey No. 1872, 2O.52
chains to Corner No. 5; thence nOru
81 degrees p minutes west, 81,
chains, following the southerly END
line of Beach Lode mining claim
United States Survey No. 1872, to Cor
ncr No. 6; thence due west 3.2o chains
to Corner No. T, Meander Corner, upon
the easterIy shore of LatOuchc Pas
sage; thence following the meanders
of said shore line as follows:
ia
minutes west, $50 chains; second
course, south II degrees 40 minute
west, Ito chains; third course, souJt
56 degrees Is minutes west, O.ot
chains; fourth course, south % de-
grees 10 minutes west OIO chains.
/ fifth course, south 0 degrees 80 min
utes east, 0.9O chains; sixth cours.
south Is degrees 80 minutes west, l.@.
chains; seventh course, south degrees
10 minutes west, O.GO chains; eighth
course, south 30 degrees 90 minutes
west, 0.70 chains; ninth course, south
50 degrees 90 minutes west, DO
chains; tenth course, south 36 degrees
40 minutes west, 24O chains; eleventh
course, south % degrees 10 minutes
west, l66 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 oficia.
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.