The Nome nugget., 1921-08-20
No. 2 BELOW MERRiTTs
 DISCOVERY PLACER

Cor. 7. Identical with location cor.
 and with Cor. No. 6 Below Mer-
 ritts Discovery, this survey. pre-
 viously described: Thence $. 22
 deg. 6s min. W. 1860. 40 f.. to
 Cor. 3, identical with location cor.
 on schist boulder 6x3x2 it above
 ground. marked 3 7B 2 SB B7,
 with cross at true point a stone
 mound 30 ins. base IS ins. high
 E. side of cor; Thence N. 45 deg.
 IS min. w. 569 .00 1t. to Cor.
 identical with location cor, a
 schkst stone 26xSx3 ins. 14 ins. in
 ground, marked 7B 1 BIB 12S0
 with earth mound 24 ins. base Is
 ins. high N. side of same: Thence
 IN. 15 deg. 05 min. E. 901 .00 it.
 to Cor. and place of beginning;
 containing an area of Is. .302 acres No. 8 BELOW MERRiTTS
 DISCOVERY PLACER
 Beginning at cor. 1, identical
 with location cor. and with Cor
 No. z Below Merritts Discovery
 Placer. of this survey. previously
 described. whence U.S.L.M. No.
 129O bears N. AS deg. 14 min. W.
 215S. 37 it: Thence $. 45 deg. IS
 min. F.. 569. % fl. 70 Cor. ?, iden-
 tical with location Cor. and with
 Cor. 3 No Below Merritts Dis
 covery and Cor. Bench Claim
 No. 2 placers, both of this survey,
 and previously described: Thence
 s 51 deg. 19 min. w. 1908 70 ft.
 to cor. 3, identical with location
 cor. a schist stone 27xSx7 ins. 14
 it.r
 with earth mound 24 ins. base 16
 ins. high $. side of same: Thence
 N B deg. 09 min. w. 520. 70 1t.
 to cor. 1. identical with location
 cor. q schist stane 24XSxS ins. F
 ins. in ground marked sB 1290,
 with eH,-th mound 24 ins. base 16
 ins. high s. side of same: Thence
 N. AS deg. 52 min. E. 1895. % feet
 to cor. l and place of beginning,
 containing an area of 14 329 acres.
 Magnetic variation from 19 deg. 45. min. F. "a 29 deg. 30 min. F. at the different corners of this survey.
 This clann is on unsurveyed ground on kougarok River and left bank of same. distant about 27 miles northerlv from Shelton, the terminus of Seward Peninsula Railroad, and situate in Cape Nome formorly Kougarok) Re- cording Precinc., Territory of Alaska.
 The total area embraced in this Mineral Survey No. 129O is 221 ,573 acres and the total area embraced in this Application is 2O4. BPS acres and there is hereby excluded from this Application Bench Claim No. placer an area of IT, 245 acres.
 The notices of location of said min- ing claims are of record in the office of the Recorder of Cape Nome (form- eriy kougaroD Recording Precinct, Territory of Alaska, as follows:
 No. Below Meriftts Discovery placer recorded in Volume B at page 5s;
 Bench Claim No. Below Merritts Discovery placer recorded in Volume 33 at page 12S;
 No. ? Below Merritts Discovery placer recorded in Volume 32 at paee 120:
 N. Y. Association Bench placer re- corded in Volume s2 at page 2s9.
 Tnlloch Fraction or No. 3A Below Memitts Discovery, recorded in Volume B at page 122:
 Cleanup Fraction Below Merritts Discovery placer, recarded in Volume s2 at page 2s7:
 No. Below Merritts Discovery placer, recorded in Volume 32 a. page 12S;
 Bench Claim No. Below Meritts Discovery placar. Or No. IA, recorded in Volume s2 at page 226:
 No. 5 Below Merritts Discovery ptaper roonrs1ed io X-o1,,,,,o , ~. ..ax.. 124;
 No Below Merritts Discovery placer, recorded in Volume 32 at page 125:
 Louise Bench Association Below Merritts Discovery Placer, recorded in Volume s2 a: page 2ss:
 No. z Below A1ai.ritts Discovery placer. recorded in Volume 3a at page 126:
 No. 8 Below Merritts Discovery placer. recorded in Volume 7S at page
 There are no conflicting claims.
 The adjoining claims are: On the North, Merrdtts Discovery placer; On the West No. Below Me,rri.ts Dis- covery placer and on the South No. 9 Below Merritts Discovery placer, all with claimants unknown.
 The Mineral Monument to which this survey is tied is located and described as follows:
 U. s. L. NJ. No. 12sO a schist stone 3ox20xs ins. IS ins. in ground marked USLM 129O with cross CD on top surface for true point, and earth mound with 6 foot base feet high. west side of same. located on the top of schist bluff about 70 feet above Kougarok River north of the left bank in Latitude 65 deg. 37 min. 30 sec. N, Longitude 164 deg 47 min. w. Cor. No. l Louise Bench. No. Below. No 4 Below and Bench Claim No. bears $. 79 deg. 10 min. E. i6.9 feet. Mouth of Arizona Creek bears s. 42 deg. 5 min. W. 1900 feet. Mouth of Anderson Gulch bears $. 70 leg. F 2475 fset, approximately