The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1919-1934, 1924-08-16
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICH
AT NOME, ALASKA.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICB
AT NOME, ALASKA.
July 81; 1924.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Harmon Consolidated Gold
Fields. a corporation. organized
and existing under the laws of the
State OF Maine, the postofice ad-
dress of which is 433 California
Street. San Francisco, California.
and Nome. in the Territory of AL
aska. has through II. r. Edwards,
its duly authorized agent and at
torney in fact. whose postoffice
address is Nome. Alaska. made
application before the United Sta
ties Land Office at Nome. Alaska.
| OF behalf OF itself and Alfred
Carey. co-owner with it for Unit
ed States Patent for that certain
placer mining claim known as No.
8 ROCKER CREEK PLACER. sit
uated on Rocker Creek or Gulch
about 1850 IT. northerly from the
shore of Boring Sea. and about
1900 fit. northeasterly of the
town of Nome. in the Cape Nome
Mining and Recording District. and
| Precinct. Territory of Alaska. and
designated by the United States
Surveyor General for Alaska as
Mineral Survey No. 1882. Said
placer mining claim being more
particularly described in the plat
and field notes Of the official sur
vey thereof, now on file in the
office of the Register of the US.
Land Office. at Nome, Alaska, with
magnetic variations of from 10
deg. 90 min. to 10 deg. 10 min
F., as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. /, identical
with location and with Cor. No.
.. Bench No. 3 Third tier. Sur
vey No. ISL; greensboro.
ms. above ground, marked l.
1882 8 RIG for this survey;
from whence USLM. No. 44O
bears S. 70 deg. 80 min. f.
1913 TT: thence S. Is deg.
40 min. W. 1l6l IT. to Cor. No.
2. identical with Cor. No. /.
Bench Claim No. 2 Third Tier.
Survey No. 651. a granite stone
ms. above ground, marked 2
1882 3 RG. for this survey;
thence n. IA deg. IA min. E.,
1870 it. to Cor. No. 8. identi
cal with Cor. No. /. No.
Rocker Gulch placer, Survey
No. sol. fir post ms. square,
# above ground. scribed g.
1882 3RG for this survey;
thence n. &c deg, Al min. w.
5000 tt to Cor. No. 4. den-
teal with Cor. No. 4. No. ?
Rocker Gulch placer, Survey
No. sol. a fir post ins. square,
TT. above ground in earth and
stone mound. marked 1882 3
re for this survey: thence n.
IL deg. 04 min. E.. 1229.40 it.
to Cor. No. s, fir post 1T.
long. 4 ms. square, 2 IT. in the
ground, scribed 5-13S2 3 RG:
thence S. 6% deg. OF min. E..
754.3O fl to Cor. No. /. the
place of beginning. containing
an area Of 1S.2S7 acres. The
original notice of location OF
this claim is recorded in Volume
1874 at page Is of the records
of the said Cape Nome Mining
and Recording District. and
Precinct, Territory of Alaska.
There are no conflicting
claims.
The adjoining claims are:
On the North, Bench No.
Third Tier Placer. Survey No.
651, and other unknown and
unsurveyed claims.
On the East: Bench No. 2,
Third Tier Placer. Survey No.
651;
On the South: No. 2 Rocker
Gulch Placer. Survey No. sol:
On the West: Unsurveyed
and unknown claims.
The Mineral Monument to
which this survey is tied is lo-
Gated and described as follows:
USLM. No. 44O, is fir post
ms. square. 5 fl. above ground
in earth mound. 6 TT. base.
scribed USLM No. 440, and stu
ate about three-quarters of a
mile northerly from mouth of
Nome River, in Cape Nome Re-
cordng Precinct, of Alaska, in
Latitude "a deg. 29.5 min. N.
Longitude 1855 deg. 1875 min. w.
JOHN SUNDBACK,