The Nome nugget., 1921-09-10

Sc' ht sHuc IkOInI a StOnP mound "o ins. basa IS dns. high
 E. side of cor; Thence N. 45 deg. = is man. W. 5Ss.00 1t. to Cor.
 1oentlcal with location cor, a
 schsst stone 26xsx3 ins. II ins. in
 ground. marked 7B 1 SB 12s0
 With ear:h mound 24 ins. base Is
 ins. high N. side of same: Thence
 N. Ia deg. 05 min. E. SOI. .o0 it.
 10 Cor. l and place of beginning.
 containing an area of IS. 302 acres. No. BELOW MERRITTs
 DISCOVERY PLACER
 Beginning at cor. 1, identical
 With location cor. and with Cor.
 No ' Below Merritts Discovery
 Placer. of this survey, previously
 described. whence U.SL.M, No.
 l2SO bears N. IS deg 14 min. W.
 215s.37 it: Thence s. 45 deg. IS
 min. E. 56s % fl. 90 Cor. 2. iden-
 tical with location Cor. and with
 Cor. B No Below Merritts Dis
 covery and Cor. Bench Claim
 No. placers, both of this survey.
 and previously described: Thence
 51 deg. 19 min. w. 1909 70 ft.
 to cor. 3. identical with location
 
 ins. in ground, marked sB 1290.
 with earth mound 24 ins. base 16
 ins. high S. side of same; Thence
 N B deg. 09 min. W. 52O. 70 1t.
 to cor. I, identical with location
 cor. schist stane 24xsxS ins. 12
 ins. in ground marked sB 12a0.
 with earth mound 24 ins. base 16
 ins. high s. side of same; Thsnce
 Inrr
 to cor. and place of beginning,
 containing an area of IA 329 acres.
 Magnetic variation from 19 deg. 45 min. E 10 29 deg. 30 min E.. at the different corners of this survey.
 This claim is on unsurveyed ground on kougarok River and left bank of same, distant about ? miles northerlv from shelton. the terminus of Seward Peninsula Railroad. and situate in Cape Nome foimerly Kougarok) Re- cording Precinc.. Territory of Alaska.
 The total area embraced in this Mineral Survey No. 129O is 221 .57s acres and the total area embraced in this Application is 204 BPS acres and there is hereby excluded from this Application Bench Claim No. :, placer containing an area of 17.245 acres.
 The notices of location of said min- ing claims are of record in the office of the Recorder of Cape Nome tform- erly Kougmrok) Recording Precinct, Territory of Alaska, as follows:
 No. 1 Below Merritts Discovery placer recorded in Volume 33 at page 5s:
 Bench Claim No. Below Merritts Discovery placer recorded in Volume 3s at page 12s:
 No. Below Merritts Discovery placer recorded in Volume g at page 120;
 N. Y. Association Bench placer re- corded in Volume s2 at page 2s9.
 Tulloch Fraction or No. 3A Below Menritts 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 s2 a. page 127;
 Bench Claim No. Below Merr'tts Discovery placer. or No. A, recorded in Volume s2 at page 226: No. , Below Merritts Discovery placer, recorded in Volume 32 at page 124:
 No 6 Below Merritts Discovery placer. recorded in Volume 32 at page 125:
 Louise Bench Association Below Merritts Discovery Placer, recorded in Volume S2< a. page 2S8;
 No. Below Agarritts Discovery placer recorded in Volume 32 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 Menri.ts Dis covery placer and on the South No. g 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.. M. No. 1290, a schist stone 30xk0xs fns. IS ins. in ground marked fUSIlM 1290 with cross CD on top surface for true point. and earth mound with foot base 4 feet high. west side of same, located on the top of a 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. 5 Below. No Below and Bench Claim No. bears s. 79 deg. 10 min. F.. 46.9 feet. Mouth or Arizona Creek bears S. F deg Is min. w. 12OO feet