The Nome nugget., 1924-09-27
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
 FOR PATENT Mineral Application No. 0629. UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE AT NOME. ALASKA

Al NOME, ALASKA.
 July 31. 1924.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields, corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maine. the postofiice ad- dress of which is 433 California Street, San Francisco, California. and Nome. in the Territory of AL askl. has through H. R. Edwards. it's duly authorized agent and at torney in fact, whose postofIice address is Nome. Alaska. made application beSore the United Sta tes Land Office at Nome. Alaska. or behalf of itself and Alfred Carey. co-owner with it for a Unit ed States Patent for that certain placer mining claim known as No. 3 ROCKER CREEK PLACER. sit uated on Rocker Creek or Gulch about 2,S50 it. northerly from the shore of Boring Sea. and about 1900 it. 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 ma gnetic variations of from 19 deg co min. to 19 deg. 10 min F.. as follows:
 Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical with location and with Cor No. ?, Bench No. 3 Third tier, Sur vey No 651: greensboro. ins, above ground. marked l.
 1882 3 RG for this survey; . from whence USLM. No. 40 bears s. 70 deg. 32 min. F. 7679.3 ft.; thence s. IS deg
 40 min. w. 1161 it. to Cor. No. ? identical with Cor No. 1. Bench Claim No. Third Tier. Survey No. 651, a granite stone ins. above ground, marked 9 1882 3 RG. for this survey; thence \. II deg. II min. F.. l09,10 it. to Cor. No. 3, identi
 cal with Cor. No. 1, No. Rocker Gulch placer, Survey No. sol. a fir post I ins. square, ? it. above ground, scribed g. 1882 3RG for this survey: thence N. 76 deg, II min. w, 660.30 it. to Cor. No. 1. iden- tical with Cor. No. I, No. ? Rocker Gulch place.. Su"vcr
 No. JO1. d fir post i ins. square. it. above ground in earth and stone mound, marked 4-13S2 3 RG for this survey; thence N. 12 deg. 04 min. E.. 1229.40 it. to Cor. No. ,. a fir post ft. long. I ins. square. ? it. in the ground. scribed 5-13S2 3 RG; thence & 63 deg, O1 min. E., 754.30 if. to Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning, containing an area of 1S.2S7 acres. The original notice of location of this claim is recorded in Volume 134 at page 25 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. 3 Third Tier Placer. Survey No. 651, and other unknown and unsurveyed claims.
 On the East: Bench No. }, Third Tier Placer, Survey No. G51;
 On the South; No. Rocker Gulch Placer, Survey No. 501;
 On the West: Unsurveyed and unknown claims.
 The Mineral Monument to which this survey is tied is lo- cated and described as follows:
 USLM. No. 40, is fir post 6 ins, square, } it. above ground in earth mound. 6 it. base, scribed USLM No. 44O, and situ- ate about three-quarters of mile northerly from mouth of Nome River. in Cape Nome Re- cording Precinct, of Alaska, in Latitude 64 deg. 295 min. N.. Longitude 165 deg. 1S5 min. W. ]
 JOHN SUNDBACK,
 Register. n