The Nome nugget., 1920-11-06
MINERAL APPLICATION No. 03S3
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
 at Nome, Alaska.

September IS. 1920
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ALASKA DREDGING COMPANY. a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington. and the postoffice address of which is Nome in the Territory of Alaska, has, through o. D. Cochran, it's duly authorized agent and attorney in fact, whose postoffice address is Nome. Alaska, made application before the United States Land Office at Nome. Alaska, for q United States patent for placer mining claim known as the PHlLA- DELPHIA FRACTION PLACER near the head of Wonder Creek, ill the Cape Nome Mining and Recording Dis trict and Precinct, Territory of Alaska; said placer mining claim being situated near the head of Wonder Creen about three and one-half miles north of the town of Nome in said territory and precinct and being Mineral Survey No. 1264; and being described in the plat and field notes of the official survey thereof now on file in the United States Land Office at Nome, Alaska. as follows, to-wit:
 Beginning at corner No. of this survey and with corner No. Survey No. 699, Discovery on Wonder Creek placer, and corner No. Survey No. 747 claim No. 1 above on Wonder Creek placer. q fir post inches square. feet long in earth mound Is inches high 30 inches base scribed 1-1264-P for this survey, and from whence U. $. l.. NJ No. II bears 5. 22 deg 01 min. F.. 4770.0 feet:
 Thence s. 70 deg. 16 min. W. Var. 19 deg. 10 min. E. 294.s feet to corner No. ?, a fir post inches square. feet long in earth mound IS inches h hfe1, ohas, hsnS thA<l ID
 Thence N. 4S deg. 12 min. W. Var. 1s deg. 10 min. F.. 250. 28 feet to cor ner No. B. identical in position with corner No. ] Survey No. AS Gold Hug Placer.
 Being impossible to set this corner because 0 it's being in dredging exca- vations, witness corner consisting of fir post 1 inches square. 1 feet long in earth mound IS inches high. 30 inches base, and scribed wit. cor ? cor. 3 Sur. 12SA. is set N. 56 deg. ss min. W. % feet from true corner.
 A second witness corner to said corner No. 3 of this survey. consisting of quartzfte stone 24 inches long. inches wide and inches thick, F inches in ground with stone mound IS inches high 30 inches base on F. side of same. and chiseled W. C. a. 1264 Is set on line 3-4 of this survey. and being N. 31 deg. IT min. E. 13l .0O feet from true corner No. 3 of this Survey:
 Thence from true corner No. 3. this 19 deg. 10 min. E. eos. 80 feet to cor ner No. 1, a fir post inches square, feet long in earth mound IS inches high 30 inches base. scrfbed 4-1264-P.:
 Thence s. If deg. 04 min. E. Var 19 deg. 10 min E. 606.6 feet to cor ner No. and place of beginning. containing an area of 3.765 acres.
 The certificate of location of said placer mining claim is recorded in Volume 14S at Page 75 of the records of locations of said Cape Nome Mining District and Precinct.
 There are no conflicting claims.
 The adjoining claims are: On the E, Survey No. 747 Claim No. 1 above on Wonder Creek Placer, Alaska Mines Corporation. claimant.
 On the s. F.. Survey No. 699 Dis covery' on Wonder Creek Placer. Alas ka Dredging Company. claimant:
 On the $. w. Survey No. 329 Chestnut Tundra Fraction Placer, Maude E. Johnston, claimant.
 On the N. W. Survey No. 443 Gold Bug Placer. Pioneer Mining Company. claimant.
 The Mineral Monument to which this survey Is tied Is located as follows: U. s. L.. M. No. II, fir post inches square. 5 feet above ground in rock mound Is situated about 70 feet E. of the Bessie Road and about 2.1 miles N. E. of the mouth of Snake River, from whence
 Mouth of Holyoke Creek bears s. os deg 30 min. w. O.5 miles Mouth of Newton Gulch bears S. 76 deg. IS min. E. Ills miles. Anvil Peak bears N. Is deg. 15 min. w. 2.1 miles.
 Said Mineral Monument being in l65 deg. g min. W.
 THOS. McGANN. publish-sept. IS. 25. Oct. ,, 3. 1s. 2a 30. Nov. 6. 1s. 1920.