The Nome nugget., 1921-09-24

with cross at :r1Ie point a stone
 Inouhd 3O ms. haSe IS ins. high
 E side of cor. Thence N, AS deg
 ls mn. w. 569. % 1t. to Cor,
 identical with location cor.
 schfst stone 26xSx3 ins. 14 ins. dn
 ground, marked 7B 1 SB 1os0
 with earth mound 24 ins. base 16
 ins. high N. side of same; Thence
 N. To deg. 05 min. E. 9O1 .00 1t.
 to Cor. and place of beginning.
 containing an area of 15. 3O2 acres. No. 8 BELOW MERRITTs
 DISCOVERY PLACER
 Beginning at cor. l, identical
 with loca tion cor. and with Cor
 1 No. Below Merritts Discoycry
 Placer, of this survey, previously
 described. whence U.S.L.M. No.
 12S0 bears N. AS deg. 14 min. w.
 2l5s.a7 1t: Thence s. 45 deg. IS
 nm F.. 56s. % ft. 70 Cor. ?, iden-
 tical with location Cor. and with
 Cor. , No. Below Merritts Dis
 covery and Cor. Bench Claim
 No. placers. both of this survey.
 and previously described: Thence
 \ 5l deg. 19 min. w. 1909. 70 1t.
 to cor. 3. identical with location cor. schist stone 27xsx7 ins. 1T
 ms. In ground, marked SB 129O.
 With earth mound 24 ins. base 1S
 ms. high $. side of same: Thence
 N. 33 deg. 09 min. W. 52O. 70 1t.
 to cor. A. identical with location
 cor, schist stane 24xSxS ins. 12
 ins. in ground marked 4 sB 1o90
 with eacth mound 24 ins base Is
 ins. high s. side of same: I'm nee
 N. 4s deg. 52 min. F.. 1895. % feet
 to cor. l and place of beginning,
 containing an area of 14. S29 acres.
 Magnetic variation from 19 deg. 45 min. F. .o % deg. 30 min. F. at the different corners of this survey.
 This claim is on unsurveyed ground on kouearok River and left bank of same. distant about 27 miles northerIv rom Shelton, the terminus of Seward Peninsula Railroad. and situate in Cape Nome tfoimerly Kougarok) Re cordlng Precinc.. Territory of Alaska
 The total area embraced in this Mineral Survey No. 129O is e21 57s acres and the total area embraced in this Application is 2O4. BPS acres and there is hereby excluded from this Bench Claim No. placer containing an area of 7.245 acres.
 The notices of location of said min.- Ing claims are of record in the office of the Recorder of Cape Nome (form- erly Kougarok) Recording Precinct. Territory of Alaska. as follows:
 No. l Below Merritts Discovery placer recorded in Volume B at page 5S:
 Bench Claim No. Below Merritts Discovery placer recorded in Volume B at page 12s;
 No. Below Merr;tts Discovery placer recorded in Volume 32 at page. loO:
 N. Y. Association Bench placer re- corded in Volume S2 at pas> 2S9.
 Tulloch Fraction or No. 3A Below Memitts Discovery, recorded in Volume B at page 122:
 Cleanup Fraction Below Merritts Discovery placer, recarded in Volume g at page 2S7:
 No. Below Merritts Discovery placer. recorded in Volume 32 a. page l27:
 Bench Claim No. Below Merrsts Discovery placer. or No. A. recorded n Volume s2 at page 226:
 No. Below Merritts Discovery placer, recorded in Volume g at page PA:
 No 6 Below Mcrritts Discovery placer. recorded in Volume 32 at page l25:
 Louise Bench Association Below Merritts Discovery Placer. recorded in Volume s2 a: page 2ss;
 No. ' Below Nlsrritts Discovery placer. recorded in Volume g at page l26:
 No. Below Mcrritts Discovery placer, recorded in Volume 7s at page There are no conflicting claSms.
 The adjoining claims are: On the North. Mer1dtts Discovery rlacer: On he West No. 3 Below Meulf.ts Dis ,overy placer and on the South No. 2 Below Merritts Discovery placer, all with claimants unknown.
 The Mineral Monument to which this survey is tied Is located and described IS follows:
 U. s. L.. M. Mo- 12s0, a schist 'tone 3oxeoxS ins. IS ins. in ground narlQed USLM 1es0 with cross (-t, ,n top surface for true point, and sarth mound with 6 foot base 1 feet nigh. west side of s;lme, located on he top of q schist bluff about 70 feet lbove Kougarok River north of the, eft bank in Latitude S5 deg. 37 min.