The Nome nugget., 1925-10-24
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
 FOR PATENT
Mineral App
Mineral Appl1ration No. DN1S UNITED STATES LAND OPTIC E
 AT NOME, ALASKA

AT NOME. ALASKA
 August 70 1925.
 Notice is hereby given that Clinton Ruch. citizen Sf the United States. whose post oifrs address is 165 Broadway. Hax i York City. N Y. has made ap- plication through J. ], Keenau. his attorney-in-fac whose post office address is Nome Alaska. foc United states patent to the fol- lowing described placer mining claim situated in the Cape Nome Mining and Recording Precinct. Territory of Alaska, towit
 SOPHIA PLACER MINING CLAIM.
 Said mining 'claim is situated on the left limit of Snake River adjacent to Nome Townsite Tract on its northwest corner. and i'll 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 the Register of the |. s. Land Offlcs at Nome. Alaska. with magnetic variations of from r deg 45 min. F. to 19 deg 10 min F. as follows:
 Beginning at Cor. No. L a schist stone chiseled 1-1s06-S: ! whence USLM No 1 C bears N 73 deg. 54 min. w. 1596.3o ft. distant; thence N. 10 deg. 1s min. E. 801.00 ft to Cor. No. ,, schist stone chseled 2-1S06-S: thence N. 66 deg. 10 min w. 10000 ft to Cor. No. ,. not set on account of being in bed of Snake River, from which Wit. Cor, limestone chiseled w c 3-1SO6-S. bears & 6s deg 10 min F. 1925 it. distant; thence from true point for Cor. No. 3. N. 10 deg. IS min F, 500 ca ft- to Cor. No 4. a schist stone chis- eled 4-1sO6-S: thence g 66 deg 10 min. E. 1O00 ft to Cor No. 5. fir post ? 1t. above ground scribed 5-1s06-S for this survey. thence N 36 deg. 43 min F. 15o.3O it. to Cor No (. d fir post fl. above ground scribed 6-1sO6-S: thence s. 56 deg 36 min F. 470.70 it. to Cor, No. ', fir post fl. above ground scribed 7-1SO6S: thence s 24 deg. % min W. 554 70 if to Cor. No &. fir post fl above ground scribed S-1s06-S for this survey: thence g. 57 deg 2a min. E. 61i3o ft to Cor No ? fir post it. above ground scribed a-lS06-S thence s. 50 deg. 5 min W. 1o2 20 1t to Cor No. 10. a fir post ? fl. above ground scribed 1O-1S06-S for this survey: thence N 73 deg 96 min W. 4S020 ft to Cor No. 1 and place of beginning; containing 10 3s7 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. 1194. and Blizzard Fraction. Sur 1925: on the South. Sur 45l, Nome Townsite in con fiict with this survey to the ex- tent of 13.7O2 acres. which con fiict Is not excluded from -this ap- plication on the West, Annis Claim. unsurveyed. Also in con- fiict with tracts shown on official plat as Nome City Cemetary" (also 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 ot cemeteTles, eScIuueu, 4.-oV ecIeo, net area applied for. 15.1sT acres
 The location notice is recorded in the records of the Recorder of Cape Nome Mining and Recording Precinct, Alaska. in Vol. 1o5. P. 453. with amended notices in Vol, 176. D. 274, and Vol. 20s, ?. 240.
 USLM No. l c, to which this survey is tied, is fir post it. above ground. in earth mound, chiseled USLM No. C. with nail in top for true point, and IS sit uated on high point on right lim- it, and above. bend of Snake Riv- CT. in said Precinct. Latitude, 64 deg 3O5 min. N; Longitude, 166 deg. 253 min. W.
 A. N. kITTILSfN
 Register. Publish Aug. 22, 20. Sept. ,. 12. l9, 26. Oct. 3. 10, IT, 1925