The Nome nugget., 1924-08-09
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT.
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OFFICE AT NOME. ALASKA
August 9. 1924.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.
that F. S. POWELL and GEORGE
w. BUTTON. Trustees OF the
NOME DREDGING TRUST. a COM
mon law trust. created in the State
OF Washington. the residence and
post Office address of each of
whom is Seattle, Washington. have
through Z. j. German the duly
authorized agent and attorney in
fact OF said trustees of said Nome
Dredging Trust. and of said Nome
Dredging Trust. made application
before the United States Land Of
fee at Nome, Alaska. for a United
States Patent for those certain
placer mining claims situated in
the Cape Nome Mining and Re-
cording District and Precinct. Ter
ritory of Alaska. known as the
GOLD DUST BENCH. LUCKY
TWO BENCH and JUANITA
BENCH PLACERS. Said placer
mining claims being situated on
the Northerly end of the Nome
Townsite, about 400 feet easterly
north of Boring Sea. and being
designated by the United States
Surveyor General of Alaska, as
Mineral Survey No. 1928, said
mining claims being more particu
larly described in the plat and field
notes of the official survey thereof.
new on file in the United States
Land Office at Nome. Alaska. with
magnetic variations of from is
deg. So min f. to 10 deg. Is min
f as follows:
GOLD DUST BENCH PLACER
Beginning at corner No. /, iden-
teal with Cor. No. 2. Survey No
11O4. No. 10 Below Discovery
Dry Creek Placer. schist stone
ms. wide. S ms thick, II ms.
above ground, chiseled 1-129S
CD for this survey, from whence
U. S. l.. NJ. No II. bears n. II
deg. "a min. f. 9155.S IT.;
thence s. 80 deg. "a min. f.
$3.50 it. to Cor. No. 2. iden-
teal with Cor No. a, Survey No.
1868, Montana Fraction Placer,
fir post 4 it. long. ms. So.
set 2 it. in ground, scribed 2
1898 CD for this survey: thence
5. Al deg. OF min. W. HALO
it to Cor No. 3, identical with
Cor. No 5. Survey No. 496 Jew
ell Placer, a fir post 4 TT. long,
ms. So. set 2 it. in ground.
scribed 3-129S CD for this sur
yey; thence N ~ deg.09 min. w
1870 it to Cor. No. a, identi-
cal with Cor. No. 3. Survey No.
11O3, Commerce Bench Placer,
fir post 4 it. long, ms. So.
2 it. above ground scribed A.
1898 CD for this survey; thence
N. IL deg. 36 min. w. 25o.2o
it. to Cor. No. 8, identical with
Cor. No. A. Survey No. 1903
Commerce Bench Placer, fir
post it. long, ms. So. it.
above ground scribed 5-129S CD
for this survey; thence N. 80
deg. Sc min. w. 271.40 it. to
Cor. No. 6, identical with Cor.
No. /, Survey No. 1l04, No. IL
Below Discovery Dry Creek
Placer. a granite stone SKA ms.
u ms. above ground, chiseled
6-129S CD for this survey;
thence N 81 deg. 81 min. f.
1245.OO IT. to Cor, No. /. and
place of beginning, containing
an area of 1946S acres.
LUCKY TWO BENCH PALCER
Beginning at Cor No. |. iden-
teal with Cor. No 2. Gold Dust
Bench Placer. this survey, pre-
viously described, a fir post pre-
viously described, scribed 1-129S
LIZ for this survey, from whence
u S. l.. NJ. No. II bears N. 9
deg. 81 min. 10 sec. F.. 9742.71
it. Thence s. SIS deg. 4s min.
E. 621.6O it. to Cor. No. 2.
fir post 1T. long, 4 ms. 50. set
It. in ground. scribed 2-129S
LIZ; thence S. 3s deg. SO min.
w. 1335.60 IT. to Cor. No. 3.
identical with Cor. No. II. Sur
vey No. 496. Bonanza Associa-
ton Placer. fir post IT, long,
scribed 3-129S LIZ for this sur
vey; thence S. II deg. As min.
W. 22910 IT. to Cor. No. 4.
identical with Cor. No. 4. Sur
vey No. 496. Jewel Placer, fir
post it. long. 4 ms. SO. set
2 IT, in ground, scribed 4-129s
LIZ for this survey: thence N.
81 deg. % min. W. S06.20 #.
to Cor. No. S, identical with
Cor. No. 3, Gold Dust Bench
Placer, this survey. previously
described, fir post. previously
described, scribed 5-129S LIZ for
this survey; thence N. Al deg.
OF min. E. 1144.10 it. to Cor.
No. 1, and place of beginning.
containing an area of 1850
acres.
JUANITA BENCH PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. l. iden-
tical with Cor. No. 2. Lucky Two
Bench Placer. This survey pre-
viously described. fir post pre-
viously described, scribed l.
1898 for this survey. from
whence U. s. L. NJ. No. II bears
N. deg. 08 min. 81 sec. e.
1896 IT, Thence S. IS deg. As
min. E. 647.20 IT. to Cor. No. 2.
identical with Cor. No. 3. Sur
vey No. 1868. Montana Fraction
Placer, a fir post It.. long
ms So # above ground scribed
2-12s8 J for this survey; thence
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