The Nome nugget., 1920-10-30
MINERAL APPLICATION
 No. 0383
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
 at Nome. Alaska.
Sepenbe4 IS. 1920

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 pcstoftice address of which is Nome in the Territory of Alaska, has, through O. D. Cochran, its duly authorized agent and attorney in fact, whose postoffice address is Nome. Alaska, made application before the United States Land Office a Nome. Alaska, for q United States patent for placer mining claim known as the PHlLA- DE;LPHIA FRACTION PLACER near the head of Wonder Creek, in 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-h half miles north of inc town of Nome in said territory md precinct and being Mineral Survey No. l264; 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. 1 Survey No. 699, Discovery on Wonder Greek placer, and corner No. Survey No 747 claim No. l above on Wonder Creek placer q fir post inches square. feet long in earth mound IS inches high 30 inches base scribed l-1264-p for this survey, and from whence U. s. l.. NJ. No. II bears $. 22 deg. 01 min. E. 4770.0 feet;
 Thence s. 70 deg. 16 min W. Var. 19 deg. 10 min. F. 2s4,s3 feet to corner No. ?, a fir post inches square. I feet long in earth mound Is inches high 30 inches base scribed 2-I264-P
 Thence N. 4s deg. 12 min. W. Var. 19 deg. 10 min. F.. 2s6. 28 feet 10 cor ner No. 3, identical in position with corner No. l Survey No. 443 Gold Bug Placer.
 Being impossible to set this corner because of it's being in dredging exca- vatlons. witness corner consisting of a fir post inches square. feet long in earth mound IS inches high, 30 inches base, and scriJ>ed wit. cor. ? cor. 8 Sur. 1264. is set N. 56 deg 39 min. w. 70. % feet from true corner.
 A second witness corner to said corner No. of this survey, consisting of quartzite 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. B. l264 is set on Line 3-4 of this survey. and being N. 31 deg. IT min F.. 131 % feet from true corner No. of this Survey;
 Thence from true corner No. 3. this survey. N. 31 deg. 17 min. F. Var. 19 deg. 10 min. E. sos. 80 feet to cor ner No. 1. q fir post inches square. feet long in earth mound IS inches high 30 inches base. scrfbed 4-1264-P:
 Thence $. 14 deg. 04 min. F.. Var ls deg. 10 min E. 6O6.6 feet to cor ner No. 1 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 F.. Survey No. TAT Claim No. above on Wonder Greek Placer, Alaska Mines Corporation, claimant.
 On the s. F. Survey No. G99 Dis covery on Wonder Creek Placer. Alas ka Dredging Company. claimant:
 On the S. w. Survey No. 329 Chestnut Tundra Fraction Placer. Maude F.. 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: [. s. l.. NJ. No. II, fir post inches square. feet above ground in rock mound is situated about 70 feet E. of the Bessie Road and about o.7 miles N. F. of the mouth of Snake River, from whence
 Mouth of Holyoke Creek bears s. o6 deg 30 min. w. 0.5 miles. Mouth of Newton Gulch bears s. 76 deg. Is min. F.. IS miles. Anvil Peak bears N. 13 deg. 15 min. w. 2.1 miles,
 Said Mineral Monument being in Latitude G4 deg. S2 min. N. Longitude 1G5 deg. % min. W.
 THOS. McGANN,
 Register. Publish-Sept IS. 25, Oct. ?. 9. 16. 2s. 30. Nov. C. 13, 1920.