The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1919-1934, 1924-08-16
MINERAL. .lPPiit ALTON
No, n6ID
NITED STATES LAND OFFICE
NOME, ALASKA

Hdl iHt IA ia l''ill bilNt4'l u Gu
old Fields, corDwa'ioN existing
nder the laws Of the SAL # Maine
he postotlice address Of which is
81 California Street. san Francis
O. california. and Nome. liz the
erritory of Alaska. has, through H
dwardS. its duly authorized ag-
n. and torney in "a = W. Sc post
,ffice address is Nome. Alaska
made application bet )rH the United
;tates Land Office at Noue, Alaska,
or a United states oai,u; i,r that
ertain place. mining Gia'Ui situate d
the Cape Nome MinnS and Re
ordinr DiS,tict and py,c net. IN the
Territory CT Alaska. known as the
RAJ PLACE L CLAIM,
Said placer mininc claim being
situated on tie left uaI'; t Dtyt".'
-reek. near the head oi -aiI creel
md about six miles y. E. from the
.own of Nome. and being Mineral
survey No 1857; said claim being
more particularly described in the
plat and field notes OF the official
survey thereof, now on file in the
Office of the Register Of the L. S.
Land Office, at Nome. Alaska, with
magnetic variations of from s deg.
as min. to 10 deg. 80 min E. as
follows:
BEGINNING at Cor. No. /,
identical with Cor. No .. Survey
No. 476, No. 1 Grouse Gulch
placer. and on line Is. Survey
No. 331, No. . Dexter Placer, a
limestone. IL ms. above ground,
marked 1-1357 o for this survey,
with stone alongside, from which
U. s. l.. NJ No. bears n. Sc deg
10 min. F.. 1S0450 it.. thence S
Ga deg. 3e min w. 5000 #, to
Cor. No. ., identical with Cor
No. 3. Survey No @31, No. .
Dexter Placer, granite stone ~
ms. above ground. marked g
1857 o. for this survey. with
earth mourd alongside; thence
s. Is deg OF min. w. GS430 #.
to Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor.
No. |, Survey No. 4S7. No.
Right Fork Dexter Greek placer.
this corner not set rs true point
falls in deep pit. from which
point witness corner to Cor. No.
bears n. SIS deg. SO min. w.
along line Is survey No. 4S7
3710 IT. a schist stone. 26x12x4
ms. IA ms. in ground. marked
VIC 3-1357 o: thence from true
corner n. f5 deg. SO min. W.
312.10 TT. to Cor. No. 4. on line
1-2. Survey No. 1916. No. II Dex-
ter Creek Placer, a scfist stone.
24x12x3 ms. IL ms in ground,
marked 4-1357 o; thence Mo deg
40 min E. 1890 it. 10 Cor. No.
:. identical with Cor No. 1, Sur
vey No. 1916. No. II Dexter
Creek Placer, Il fir post. 4 ms So,
. IT. above ground, in stone
mound marked 5-1S57 o; thence
n. 81 deg. 80 min. W. 241.40 fl.
to Cor. No. s. identical with Cor.
No. 5. Survey No. 1916. No. II
Dexter Creek Placer schist
stone | 3 ms above ground mark
ed 6-1357 o; thence n % deg
40 min. W. $4,000 fl to Cor. No
:. identical with Cor No. .. Sur
vey No. 1179. Moiasses Placer. a
fir post ms. square, #. above
ground, in earth mound, marked
TIBET o; thence n. f6 deg. 0S
min F., 662 GO # to Cor. No s.
identical with Cor. No. /, Survey
No. 1179, Molasses Placer. a fir
post ms. square. it. above
ground. in earth mound, scribed
S-1357 o. thence N 6S deg 80
min. E.. $3.50 IT. to Cor. No Q,
identical with Cor No. 3. Survey
No. 476. No 1 Grouse Gulch Pia-
Ger, limestone IL ms above
thence S.44 deg. 33 min. E. 1885,
40 fit. to Cor. No 1, and place of
beginning; excepting that portion
of said Opal Bench Claim. Survey
No. 1857. in conflict with No. 10
Dexter Creek Placer" Survey
No. 1862. and described as fol-
lows;
Commencing at Cor. No. 2. Sur
vey No. 1857, Onal Bench Placer.
identical with Cor No. 3. Survey
No. 331. No. . Dexter Placer:
thence s. rs deg. OF min. w,
6S43 IT, to Cor. No. 3. this Sur
vey. No. 1857: thence N SIS deg.
IS min. w 1920 TT. to Cor. No.
4. this Survey No. 1857: thence
y. 10 deg. 40 min E.. 1890 IT. to
thence MSS deg. II min. f. 939.3
TT. to place of beginning, contain
ing an area in said conflict of LIS
acres. total area of said Opal
Placer Claim as applied for be-
ing 3O035 acres.
The notice of amended location
of said placer mining claim is of
record in the office of the Record
er of the Cape Nome Mining and
Recording District and Precinct.
in Volume POS, at Page 96 of the
records of said precinct.
The conflicting claims are No.
10 Dexter Creek, Survey No.
1862, l.. A. Dufresne, Claimant.
The adjoining claims are:
On the North. Molasses Placer.
Survey No. 1179, and Snowbird
Placer, unsurveyed: on the East,
No. Grouse Gulch Placer. Sur
vey No. 476: on the South, No. 9
Dexter Creek Placer. SURVEY No.
331. and No. 10 Dexter Creek
Placer, Survey No. 1862; and on
the West, No. 1 Right Fork Of
Dexter Creek Placer. Survey No.
437. No. II Dexter Creek Placer,