The Nome nugget., 1924-10-11
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
 FOR PATIENT
Mineral Application No. o644.

August 1s. 1924
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that the Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields, a corporation. organ ized and existing under the laws of tie State of Maine, the postoflice address of which Is i33 California Street. San Francisco. California, and Nome, in the Territory of AL aska. has. through H. F. Edwards. it's duly authorized agent and at torney in fact, whose postofYice ad dress is Nome, AtasFa. made ap- plication before the United States Land Office at Nome, Alaska. for a United States Patent for that certain placer mining claim known as the RIDGE ASSOCIATION PLACER MINING CLAIM, situat- ed about 1.5OO feet north of the shore of Boring Sea. and about three miles N 70 deg. w. from the mouth of Snake River and the town of Nome. in the Cane Nome Mining and Recording District. and Precinct. Territory of Alaska. and designated by the United States Surveyor General for the Territory of Alaska. as Mineral Survey No. 1887: said placer mining claim be- ing more particularly described in the plat and field notes of the off cial survey thereof. now on file in the office of the Register of the [. s Land Office. at Nome. Alaska. with magnetic variations of from IS deg. 40 min. E.. to 19 deg Is min. E., as follows:
 Beginnine at Cor. No. i, iden- tical with Cor. No. I. Wentland No. 2 Placer. Survey No. 1859. fir post in. square, fit. above ground, scribed 1R-13S7 for this survey; from whence USLM No. 13 bears N. 2e neg. 49 min. 30 sec. E.. and 4141.1S it distant: thence 6. 21 deg. 35 min. w, 49S50 fl. to Cor. No. 2. identical with Cor. No 3. Wentland No. Placer. Survey No. 1859, a fir post in. square ? 1t. above ground. scrihed PR 1887 for this survey; thence N 80 deg. 20 min W. 1463O0 ft. to Cor. No. 5. identical with Cor. No. ', Rainy Day Association. Survey No. 1867. a fir post 4 in. square. IS in. above ground, scribed 3R-1ss7 for this sur vey; thence N. 26 deg. IT min, E.. 715.00 it. to Cor. No. I. identical with Cor. No. 2. Snake River Association Placer. Sur vey No. 1867. a fir post in. square. 2 it. above ground. scribed 4R-13S7 for this survey: thence S. 72 deg. os min. E.. 1374.70 it. to Cor. No. and place of beginning. containing an area of 19.352 acres
 The notice of location of said placer mining claim is of record in the office of the Recorder of said Cape Nome District and Precinct. in Volume 140. at Page AT, and amended loca- ton thereof, in Volume IA, at Page 146 of the records of To- cations of said precinct and dis trict:
 claims.
 The adjoining claims are: on the North, Steuben Association Placer. Survey No. 344 on the East, Wentland No. 2 Placer. Survey No. 1859; on the South, Rainy Day Placer, Survey No, l5bI, on the west, snake River Association Placer. Survey No. 1867, Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields, claimant. excepting Survey No. 344 on the North, to which the claimant is unknown.
 The Mineral Monument to which this survey is tied. is To- cated and described as follows:
 USLM No. IS. is fir post 6 ins. square, 5 it. above ground in earth mound. 6 it. base. and scribed USLM No. 13. and Is situated on the left or north watershed of Snake River and about 800 1t. from left bank of same. and 2.73 miles northwest erly from mouth of said river and the town of Nome. Alaska. and is in Latitude 64 deg. 32 min. N.. Longitude 165 deg 24 min. W.
 JOHN SUNDBACK,
 Register