The Nome nugget., 1921-08-13
To. ' BELOW MERRlTTs
 DISCOVERY PLACER

and with Cor. 3 No. 6 Below Mer-
 ritts Discovery. this survey. pre-
 viously described: Thence s. 22
 deg. 5s min. W. 1860. 40 fl. to
 Cor. 3. identical with location cor
 on schist boulder 6x3x2 1t above
 ground. marked 7B sB 1 B7,
 with cross at nrue point Q stone
 mound 30 ins. basta IS dns. high
 F.. side of cor: Thence N. 45 deg.
 1S min. w. 569. .0O 1t. to Cor.
 identical with location cor, Il
 schist stone 26xsxs ins, II ins. in
 ground. marked 7B 1 SB 1290
 with earth mound 24 ins. base 16
 ins. high N. side of same: Thence IN. 15 deg. 05 min. E. 901 .00 1t.
 to 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.
 1 No. ' Below Merritts Discovery
 Placer. of this survey, previously
 described. whence U. L.M. No.
 1290 hears N. 4S deg. IA min. W.
 215S. 37 fl: Thence s. 45 deg. IS
 min. E. 569 % ft. % Cor. 2, 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 dsscribed; Thence
 S 51 deg. 19 min. w. 1909 70 it.
 to cor. 3, identical with location
 cor q schist stone 27xsx7 ins. If
 ins. in ground, marked 3 SB 1290,
 |,
 ils. high s. side of same: Thence
 IN. B deg. 09 min. W. 520. 70 it.
 to cor. I. identical with location
 cor, schist stane 24xsxS ins. 12
 ins in ground marked 1 SB 129O.
 with earth mound 24 ins. base 16
 ins. high $. side of same; Thence
 N. 4S deg. 52 min. F. 1895. % feet
 to cor. 1 and place of beginning,
 containing an area of 14 329 acres.
 Magnetic variation from 19 deg. 45 min. E 70 20 deg. 30 min. E. at the different corners of this survey.
 This claan is on unsurveyed ground on kougarok Rivec' and left bank of same, distant about P miles northerly from shelton, the terminus of Seward Peninsula Railroad, and situate in Cape Nome (formerly Kougarok) Re- cordlng Precinc., Te,iftory of Alaska.
 The total area embraced in this Mineral Survey No. 1290 is 221 .573 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 IT. .245 acres.
 The notices of location of said min- ing rI1fYn'G nf ;,, Of the Recorder of Cape Nome (form- eriy kougarokl Recording Precinct, Territory of Alaska, as follows:
 No. Below Merrtts 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 Merritts Discovery placer recorded in Volume 32 at page 120;
 N. Y. Association Bench placer re- corded in Volume s2 at page 2ss.
 Tulloch Fraction or No. 3A Below Memitts Discovery. recorded in Volume B at page 122:
 Cleanup Fraction Below Me,.ritts Discovery placer. recarded in Volume s2 at page 287;
 No. Below Merritts Discovery placer. recorded in Volume 32 a. page 127;
 Bench Claim No. Below Merritts Discovery placsr. or No. A. recorded in Volume S2 at page 226:
 No. 5 Below Merritts Discovery placer, recorded in Volume 32 at page 124;
 No Below Merritts Discovery placer. recorded in Volume g at page 125:
 Louise Bench Association Below Merritts Discovery Placer. recorded in Volume s2 a. page 2ss:
 No. Below AGnritts Discovery placer. recorded in Volume 32 at page 126:
 No. 8 Below Memritts Discovery placer. recorded in Volume 7S at page
 There are no conflicting claims.
 The adjoining claims are: On the North. Mer1itts Discovery placer; On the West No. Below Men1i.ts Dig covery placer and on the South No. 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. 12so. a schist stone '30x20xs ins. IS ins. in ground marlasd USLM 12s0 with cross CD on top surface for true point. and earth mound with foot base feet high. west side of same. located on the top of a ,schist bluff about 70 feet above Kougarok River north of the left hank in Latitude 65 deg. s7 min. 30 sec. N. Longituda 164 deg. 47 min. w. Cor. No. 1 Louise Bench, No. 5 Below. No. Below and Bench Claim No. bears $. 7s deg. 10 min. E. 4S.s feet. Mouth of Arizona Creek bears g. 42 deg. IS min. w. 1900 feet. Mouth of Anderson Gulch bearn s. 7N.