Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-02-07

said Registers office at Lewiston, Idaho
and which field notes are dated Septem-
Der %, 1922, and in the official plat OF
said survey copy of which has been
posted conspicuously, together with no
tlee OF the impending filing Of said ap,
another copy of which plat has been filed
| ana Dy reference made part OF said APP
plieation In said Registers Office at Lew
| iston, Idaho; and that the following is a
sufficient description of said Idaho Com
stock Group to be inserted In a patent
thereof, including an Identification OF the
position OF United States Mineral Monu-
ment No. 5000, Lewiston Land District, to
which the official survey thereof is re-
\ ferred, the bearings and distances there
| from of Corner No. of each one of the
thirteen contiguous claims composing said
group, and tracing by courses and dis
tances of the exterior boundary line of
said whole group, to-wit:
United States Mineral Monument No. 3000
Dixie Mining District, Idaho County.
Idaho
Established July 2O-26, 1922, in connec-
ton with Mineral Surveys Nos. 2999 and
5000, by Gordon c. Smith, u S. Mineral
Surveyor.
There being no corner of the public sur
vey or other established monument withiR
two miles of the ground embraced in
said surveys, he established as follows:
A granite stone, 30x14xS ms, set IT.
In ground, chiseled U. S. NJ. NJ. 5000, with
CROSS iA) at Ine exact point, with q
mound of stone, A it. base, 4 it. high. n
Of stone. This monument is situated up
IN the divide between Crooked Creek and
Rhett Creek, about 80 feet westerly of
Mine, in T. 20 N, R. s B., B. NJ, unsnr
yeyed, In lat 40 deg. "a min. 80 sec. north.
long. 115 deg: q sec. 30 min. west of
Greenwich, and about two miles southerly
of Dixie. the nearest postoffice, Idaho
County, Idaho. From this monument. q.
s. L. M. No. !; Dixie Mining, District.
bears N. deg. min. W. 10000 feet
From said U. S. NJ. NJ. No. 5000, Lewis
ton Land District. corner No. 1 of each
of the thirteen lode mining claims en-
braced in Mineral Survey No. 5000, Lewis
ton Land District, Of the Idaho -Comstock
group, has bearing and distance as fol-
lows:
Corner No. Of Comstock e lode claim,
s. 3 deg. Al min. E., 2976.6 feet;
Corner No: Of Comstock K lode claim, |
s. 1 deg. OF min. W., 35131 feet;
Corner No of Comstock 1 lode claim,
S. 20 deg. AZ min. e., 3724s feet;
: Corner No; 1 of Comstock lode claim,
s. 10 deg. 80 min. E., 41343 feet;
Corner No. of Comstock D lode claim,
S. IA deg. 2S min. e., 1912 feet;
Corner No. Of Comstock II lode claim,
Corner No. 1 of Comstock B lode claim.
Corner No of Monroe lode claim,
Corner No. Of Comstock G lode claim,
s. 36 deg. 80 min. E.. 6597.1 feet;
Corner No. of Independence lode claim,
Corner No. Of Comstock c lode claim,
S. % deg. SO min. E., 725S1 feet;
Corner No of Comstock f lode claim,
S. 80 deg. Os min. E., sO674 feet; and
Corner No. Of Comstock lode claim,
5. 35 deg. IS min. E. S353.S feet
And a description of said whole Idaho
Group by tracing of the cour-
;es and distances of the exterior boun-
larry line of said whole group is as fol-
All that n mineral
and. embracing thirteen lode mining
claims contiguous one to. another, aud
which together compose the Idaho. Com
'tock. group, situated in the Dixie Mining
District of Idaho County, in the County of
IDAHO, State of Idaho. and I'm the Lewiston
Land District Of United States public
which group is traced and described as
ollows:
Beginning at corner 1 of the Comstock
lode mining claim (which is s. 3 deg. {
'tates Mineral Monument No. 5000, Lew
ston Land DISTRICT. and running thence
. % deg. % min. W. 900 feet along the {
orthwesterly end line Of said Comstock
ical with corner 1 of the Comstock K
ode claim. which is s 1 deg. OF min. w. '
51S;1 feet from said U. s. N. NJ No;
ain. w. 600 feet along the northwesterly {
nd line of said Comstock K lode claim Z
o corner 4 thereof. thence S. 6N deg 40 q
lin. H. 1OUU rect along Ine SOuInWeSterlN q
ide line of said Comstock K lode claim :
D corner 3 thereof. thence s.. % deg. % S
lin. W. 4s0 feet along part Of the north q
'esterly end line Of the Comstock D lode +
lain to corner thereof. thence s. 40
eg. 20 min. E. 1900 feet along the south b
'esterly side line of said Comstock d
aim. to corner 3 thereof, thence contin-
ing s. 40 deg. 90 min. e. 1900 feet along {
le sOuthwesterly side line of the Monroe T.
de claim to corner 3 thereof. thence con- 7
nuing S. 40 deg. 20 min. T. 1900 feet .
ong the southwesterly side line of the
omstock lode claim to corner 3 there
= thence N. 25 deg. % min. r. 800 feet 8,
ong the southeasterly end line of said :;
omstocl G claim to corner 2 thereof. II
fence s. 40 deg. % min. r. 1900 feet n
ong the southwesterly side line Of the d
Dmstock lode claim to corner 2 there -
:. thence n. 25 deg. % min. 70. 500 feet -
ong the southeasterly end line Of said ri
Dmstock J lode claim TO corner . thereof, II
ence continuing N % deg. % min u. n,
o feet along the southeasterly end line a.
the Comstock F lode. claim to cor, -
in. W. 1900 feet along the northeasterly ,-a
de line of said Comstock claim to
rner 1 thereof (Which is S. 80 deg 0S
In. T.. 3067S feet from said u. s. NJ
No. 3000l. thence continuing ~ ~
q. 20 min. W. 1900 feet along the north
sterly side line of the Comstock q
de claim to corner thereof (which IS
90 deg. 20 min. r. 6597.1 feet from said
s. NJ NJ No. 3000). thence continuing
40 deg. 20 min. W. 1900 feet along the
rtheasterly side line of the Comstock Fl
10 claim TO corner I thereof (which IS
80 deg 10 min. Il. 5142.0 feet from said