The Nome nugget., 1925-10-17
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT
Mineral Application No. 067s UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
 AT NOME, ALASKA

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 AT NOME, ALASKA
 ! August 20, 1925. i. Notice is hereby given that Clinton J Ruch. a citizen of the United States. whose post otfics address is 165 Broadway. New York City. N. r. has made ap- plication through j. J. Keenan. his attorney-in-fact whose post office address is Nome. Alaska, for United States patent to the fol lowing described placer mining claim situated in the Cape Nome Mining and Recording Precinct. Territory of Alaska. to-wit:
 SOPHIA PLACER MINING CLAIM.
 Said mining claim is situated on the left limit of Snake River adjacent to Nome Townsite Tract on it's northwest corner, and t1 conflict herewith, and is embraced in Mineral Survey No. 1s06: said placer claim being more particular ly described in the plat and field notes of the official survey there of, now on file in the office of ths Register of the r. & Land Office at Nome. Alaska, with magnetic variations of from IT deg 45 min. E. to 1a deg. 1o min. E. as lOllO"S
 Beginning at Cor: No. l. a whence USLM No 1 C bears N B deg. 54 min W l5ssso 1t distant: thence N. 10 deg. ls min. F. s01.oo 1t. to Cor. No ,. schist stone chiseled 2-1soS-s: thence N. 66 deg. 10 min W. 10000 it. to Cor No 3. not set on account of being in bed oc Snake River. from which Wit. Cor, limestone chiseled " c 3-1SO6-S. bears s. 6s deg. 10 min. F. 1925 it. distant; thence from true point for Cor. No. }. x. 10 deg. IS min E 5ooeo 1t. to Cor. No schist stone chis- eled 41S06-S: thence s 6s deg, 10 min. F.. 10000 if to Cor No ,. fir post ? f. above ground scribed 5-1sOs-s for this survey; thence x. 3s deg. 43 min E. 1523O fit. to Cor. No. $. fir post ? 1t. above ground scribed min F. 470.1o 1t. to Cor. No. :. scribed 7-lSO6-S; thence 24 deg. % min. W. 5547o fl to Cor No. S. fir post f above, ground scribed S-1So6-S for this survey: thence s 5- deg 70 min E. 6143o fl. to Cor. No Q d fir post 1t. above ground scribed 9-1so6-S: thence s. 50 deg 52 min. W, 7oo2O 1t to Cor No. 10. a fir post 2 it. above ground scribed 10-1So6-S for this s4rvey: thence N 73 deg 3s min W. iSO.2O ft to Cor. No I and placs of beginning: containing la3s7 acres.
 Adjoining and conflicting claims are: On the North. Allie Claim. Sur. 1873. and Black Cat. unsur- veyed; on the East, New Zealand Placer. Sur. 1l94, and Blizzard Fraction, Sur, 1925; on the south. Sur. 451. Nome Townsite, in con- tent of 13.7O2 acres. which con fict is not excluded from thls ap- plication; on the West, Annis Claim. unsurveyed Also in con- fiict with tracts shown on official plat as Nome City Cemetary'' (aiso called Masonic Ceneteryl and "Catholic Cemetary." the former being almost entirely. the latter wholly. within this survey. Both cemetery tracts are excluded from this application. Area of cemeteries. excluded. 4.200 acres: net area applied for. 15.1s1 acres The location notice is recorded in the records of the Recorder of Cape Nome Mining and Recording Precinct. Alaska. in Vol. lo5. P. 453. with amended notices in Vol, l76. D. PA. and Vol. POS. p 240
 USLM No l C. to which this survey is tied is fir post , it. above ground. in earth mound. chiseled USLM No. 1 C. with natl in top for true point. and is sit uated on high point on right linn it. and above. bend of Snake RlI- CT, in said Precinct. Latitude, 6t deg. 3O5 min. N: Longitude l6l deg. 25.3 min. W.
 4. N. KITTILSEN
 Register. Publish Aug. 22, 2s. Sept, ;, l2. 10 IT 1Q95