The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-18
BEFORE THE GENERAL LAND
 OFFICE

NO iSE UT RfPIICRl IOFN FOR PATENT
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That in accordance with the laws of the United States, and especially in pursuance of the Acts of Congress ap
 proved July 9th, 1870, and May 10th. 1872, and amendments thereof, JOHN
 E. ANDRUS, citizen of the United
 States, whose post office address is
 Care of Maurice D. Leehey, 620 Alas ka Building, Seattle, Washington, who has acquired and improved the placer mining claim and premises hereinafter described in accordance with said laws and all local laws, rules and customs of miners, and has per formed labor and made improvements
 on said mining claim of the value
 greater than Five Hundred Dollars, and who at this time is in the sole, actual and peaceful possession there
 of, will apply for patent to the min ing claim known and designated as the REX GULCH BENCH B ASSOCI- ATION PLACER, designated in the official survey thereof as Mineral Sur vey No 1454, containing an area of 35.597 acres of valuable placer deposit
 of gold and other valuable minerals
 situated on west bench of Rex Gulch,
 tributary of Chittitu Creek, in the Nizina (unorganized) Mining District,
 within the Mccarthy Recording Pre- cinct in the Third Judicial Division of the Territory of Alaska. more particu- larly and accurately described upon
 the official plat of the said mineral
 survey, and in the field notes thereof,
 on file in the United States Land Of flee at Juneau, Alaska. as follows: Beginning at Corner No. 1 of \, said claim, which is identical with Corner No. of Placer No. 1 on
 Rex Gulch and Corner No. of Placer No. on Rex Gulch, both in Mineral Survey 1405. from which United States Mineral Mon
 ument No 27 bears North 27 deg. | 36 min. West 20460 feet dis | tant; thence from said Corner No. North 24 deg 55 min. | East 1O52 feet to Corner No. 2, identical with Corner No. 2 of
 identical with Corner No. of Pla-
 cer No. ? on Rex Gulch and with Corner No. 1 of Placer No. 3 on Rex Gulch both in M. s. 1ao5; thence North 20 deg. Al min. East 974.44 feet to Corner 1 No 3, identical with Corner No. of Placer No. 3 on Rex Gulch | and Corner No. 1 of Placer No. | on Rex Gulch, Mineral Survey l 1889; thence South 72 deg. 35 min. West 143330 feet to Corner No. 4. which is identical with Corner No of the Elkins Bench Placer, M. S. 1405; thence South deg. 45 min. East 125195 feet to Cor ner No. 5, which is identical with Corner No. 1 of the Elkins Bench Placer and Corner No. 1 of the | Rambler Bench Placer. both in M. s. 1405: thence South 12 deg. 02 min. East 3690S feet to Corner | No. G. which is identical with Cor ner No. 2 of the Rambler Bench Placer and Corner No. of Placer No. on Rex Gulch; thence North 6S deg 24 min. East 476S7 feet to Corner No. 1, the place of begin l ming first herein described. United States Mineral Monu- ment No. 27, to which surveys herein are tied bv the official sur
 vey, is in Latitude 61 deg. IS min. North and annroximate Longitude
 142 deg 29 min. West. and thence the confluence of Rex Gulch and White Gulch. which forms Chititu Creek, bears South 21 deg. 50 min. West 500 feet, while Andrus Peak bears South deg 59 mine. East,
 and Sheepherder's Mountain bears
 North 16 deg. 40 min. East. This claim is entirely surround ed on the east, south and west by
 placer locations included in Min
 eral Survey 1405, and herein
 mentioned in the description, while | there are no mining claims or To-
 cations bordering on the north, at
 least none officially surveyed. THIS NOTICE dated and issued at
 the United States Land Office at Jul
 neau, Alaska. on this 9th day of Au-
 gust A. D. 1922, for posting in said | Land Office, and for publication for | period of not less than sixty days | in ten cons ecutive and regular issues !
 of the Cordova Daily Times, news.
 paner of general circulation, printed and published weekly at Cordova, Alas ka, within the Juneau Land District, and nearest the land herein described and hereby designated for that pur- pose.
 FRANK A. BOYLE, Register. z.
 MAURICE D. LEEHEY, Y Attornev for Claimant
 Office and Post Office Address: 1 620 Alaska Building,
 | Seattle, Washington.