The Nome nugget., 1925-10-31
NOTICE. OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
 AT NOME, ALASKA

AT NOME, ALASKA
 August 20 1925.
 Notice is hereby given that Clinton J .Ruch. citizen of the United States. whose post ofiica address is 165 Broadway. New York City, N, Y. has made ap- plication through J. J. Keenan. his attorneyin fact, whose post office address is Nome, Alaska, for United States patent 10 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 it's northwest corner. and in conflict herewith and is embraced in Mineral Survey No. lso6; 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 ofics at Nome. Alaska. with magnetic min. F to 1a deg 10 min F. as follows:
 Beginning at Cor No. l. a schist stone chiseled 1-1306-S; 7s deg. 54 min. W. 15ss.so 1t. distant thence N. 10 deg. IS min. E. sO1.oO 1t. to Cor No, ?. schist stone chiseled 21so6-S: thence N. 6s deg. 10 min W. 10000 it. to Cor. No. 3. not set on account of being in bed of Snake River. from which Wit. Cor. a limestone chiseled " c 3-1S06-S. bears s. 66 deg. 10 min E. 1925 it. distant; thence from true point for Cor. No 3. N. 10 deg. IS min E. 500.oo ft. to Cor. No. 4. schist stone chis- eled 4-1SO6-S; thence s. 6s deg. 10 min. E. 10000 it to Cor. No. 5, fir post ft above ground scribed 5-1S06-S for this survey. thence N. 36 deg. 43 min. F. 152.3o 1t. to Cor. No. 5, fir post ? ft. above ground scrtbed 6-1S06-S: thence s. 56 deg. 36 min F. i7o.7o ft. to Cor No :. a fir post ? fl, above ground scribed 7-1So6-s: thence s q No. s. a fir post , fl above
 
 survey: thence s. 57 deg % min. E 614,So ft. to Cor. No 9 a fir post 1t. above ground scribed 9-1SO6-S: thence s. 50 deg 52 min. w 7o220 1t. to Cor. No 10. a fir post ft. above ground scribed 1o-1SO6-S for this survey: thence x. 73 deg 36 min W. 4SO2O 1t. to Cor No. l and place of beginning: containing 193S7 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. 451. Nome Townsite. in con- fiict with this survey to the ex- tent of 13.7O2 acres, which con- nict Is not excluded from this ap- plication on the West. Annte Claim, unsurveyed. Also in con- fict with tracts shown on official plat as Nome City Cemetary" (also called Masonic Cenetery) former being almost entirely. the latter wholly, within this survey. Both cemetery tracts are excluded from this application. Area of excluded. 420O acres: net area applied for, 15.1s7 acres.
 The location notice is recorded in the records of the Recorder of Cape Nome Mining and Recording Precinct, Alaska. in Vol. 105. P. 453. with amended notices in Vol, l16. D. 274. and Vol. POS, p. 2t0.
 USLM No. l C, to which this survey is tied, is g fir post 5 ft, above ground. in earth mound. chiseled t1SLM No. C, with nail in top for true point, and is sit uated on high point on right linn it, and above. bend of Snake Riv- CT, in said Precinct Latitude. 64 deg 3O5 min. N.: Longitude, lS5 deg 253 min. W.
 A. N kITTILSEN
 Register. Publish Aug. 22, 29. Sept. 5, f2. 19, 26. Oct. 3. 10, IT, 1925.