The Nome nugget., 1924-10-25
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
 FOR PATENT Mineral Application No. 0644. UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
 NOME, ALASKA.

Mineral Application No. 0644. UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
 NOME. ALASKA.
 August IS. 1924
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that the Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields, corporation. organ i2ed and existing under the laws of the State of Maine. the postot,ice address of which ia 43s California Street. San Francisco, California, and Nome. in the Territory of AL aska, has. through II. R. Edwards. it's duly authorized agent and at torney in fact. whose postofice ad Q dress is Nome, Alaska, made ap- plication before the United States Land Ofiice 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 1.50o 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 Cape 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 Ale in the office of the Register of the [. : Land Office. at Nome. Alaska. with magnetic variations of from IS deg 40 min. E.. to 1s deg 15 min. E. as follows:
 Beginning at Cor. No. 1, iden- teal with Cor. No. l. Wentland No. Placer. Survey No. 1852. fir post 1 in. square. ft above ground scribed 1R-lSS7 for this survey; from whence USLM No. 13 bears N. 2e neg. 49 min. 30 sec E, and 41+1.1S 1t distant; thence S. 21 deg. 55 min. W. 49s5o fl. to Cor. No. 2, identical with Cor. No. 3, Wentland No. Placer. Survey No. 1859. a fir post f in. square 2 1t above ground. scrihed 2R- 1887 for this survey; thence x so deg 20 min. W, 146soo fl. to Cor No 3. identical with Cor No. :. Rainy Day Association. Survey No. 1867, a fir post in. square. IS in. above ground. scribed sR-13S7 for this sur vey; thence N. 26 deg. r. min. E., 715.o0 ft to Cor. No. 1. identical with Cor. No. ?. Snake River Association Placer. Sur square. ? it. above ground.
 
 thence S. 72 deg es min. E.. 1374.7o fl. 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 14o. at Page AT, and amended loca- ton thereof, in Volume IA. at Page 14e of the records of To- cations of said precinct and dis trict:
 There are no conflicting claims. The adjoining claims are; on the North. Steuben Association Placer. Survey No. 344; on the East, "ent!anu NO. Placer, Survey No. 1859: on the South. Rainy Day Placer Survey No. 1887; 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. 13, is fir post ins. square. it. above ground in earth mound, it. base, and scribed USLM No. 13. and Is situated on the left or north watershed of Snake River and about 500 fl. from left bank of same. and 273 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. o4 min. W.
 JOHN SUNDBACK.
 Register