The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-27
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BEFORE THE GENERAL LAND
 0EEINE

S-' H''' "GNi UT I'll IN EHlOR
 BEFORE THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE
 JUNEAU SERIAL o5513 JOHN E. ANDRUS, Applicant.
 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT 1 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, a citizen of the United States, whose post office address is Care of Maurice D. Leehey, 62O 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 or, will apply for patent to the rain- 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. a 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 unon 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. 1 of Placer No. 1 on
 Rex Gulch and Corner No. 1 of
 Placer No. 2 on Rex Gulch, both s in Mineral Survey 1405, from
 which United States Mineral Mon-
 ument No. 27 bears North 27 deg.
 36 min. West 2O4.GO feet dis
 tant; thence from said Corner No. North 2t deg. 5 min.
 E7st 1052 feet to Corner No. 2. Identical With Corner No. 2 of Identical with Corner No 3 of Pla.
 cer No. 9 on Rex Culch and with Corner No Of Placer No.
 on Rex Culch both in
 " s 1A05: thence North 20 deg
 A min. East 974.44 feet to Corner
 No. 3, identical with Corner No.
 ? of Placer No. on Rex Gulch
 and Corner No. of Placer No. 4 v
 D C,,l, 1OS9; thence South 72 deg. 35 min.
 West 1433.30 feet to Corner No.
 whi"N 's identical with Corner
 No. of the lElkins Bench Placer.
 M. s. 1405; thence South deg.
 A7 min. East 1251 95 feet to Cor
 nar No. ,, which is identical with
 Corner No. 1 of the FlIIins Bench
 P'aCer and Corner No of the
 Rambler Bench Placer. both in N
 s. 1403; thnnre South 12 deg. %
 min. Eaet 3G90S feet to Corner
 No. 6, which is identical with Cor
 ror No. of the Rambler Bench
 Placer and Corner No of Placer
 No. 1 on Rex Gulch; thence North
 6S deg 24 min. East 476.S7 feet to
 Corner No. 1. the place of begin
 nirg first herein described United States Mineral Monu- ment No. 27. to which surveys herein are tied by the official sur
 vey. is in Latitude 61 deg. IS min. North and aDnrovmate Lou"itude
 142 deg. 39 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 9 deg. 59 mine. East, and Sheepherder's Mountain bears | North 16 deg 40 min East. This claim is entirely s~'round- l ed on the east, south and west by | r1"cer 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 Ju- neau Alaska. on this 9th day of Au- gust A. D. 1922. for posting in said Land Office, and for publication for neriod of not less than sixty days in ten consecutive and regular issues of the Cordova Daily Times, news rarer of general circulation, prinoT 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. MAURICE D. LEEHEY. l Attorney for Claimant.
 Office and Post Office Address:
 e2o Alaska Building,
 Seattle. Washington. l First publication, Aug. 22, 1922. l Last publication, Nov. 1, 1922.