The Nome nugget., 1927-10-08
MINERAL APPLICATION
 No, O8O7
In the United States Land Office At Nome, Alaska,
 August 20, 192


 NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that the NOME MINES INCORPO- RATED, corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, the post office address of which is Nome ill the Territory of Alaska, has through J. J. Keenan, its duly authorized agent and attorney in fact, whose post office address is Nome, Alas ka. made application before the United States Land Office at Nome, Alaska, for patent from the Gov ernment of the United States for those certain placer mining claims situated in the Cape Nome Mining and Recording District and Pre- cinct, Territory of Alaska, and known as the Fractional Placer Claim. No. 1 Placer and No. Be low on Boulder Creek Placer; said placer mining claims being contig- uous and forming one consolidated or continuous tract of land sit uated on Boulder Creek, tribu- tarv of Snake River, at the Mouth of Twin Mountain Creek. about eleven miles x. 15 degrees w. from he Town of Nome and being Min eral Survey No. 1S41.
 Said mining claims being more particularly described in the plat end feld notes of the official sur- vev th~rapf now on file in the United States Land Office al N"m". Alaska. with ma&neiic variations of from IS deg 15 minutes 'o 10 degrees 15 minutes E, as follows.
 FRACTIONAL PLACER
 MINING CLAIM
 Beginning at Cor. No. 1, d schist stone 24N12X3 inches in ground marked 1-DF 1S41 with cross on top surface for true point with stone mound "A inches base. IS inches high, x. side of same. from whence U.S.L.M. 1159 bears s. 2i degrees 04 minutes E. 110-1 feet: thence $. 54 degrees 0S minutes w. 556.4 feet to Cor. No. 7. a lime stone 2SX12x4 inches , inches in ground marked 2-DF 1S41. With earth mound 24 inches base, IS inches high. on s. side of same: thence N 25 degrees F minutes w. 3956 feet to Cor. No. 3. q schist stone 24x7x3 inches IF inches in the ground marked 3DF 1S41; thence N. 2S degrees IT minutes F. 9655 feet to Cor. No. 1 quartz ile stone 24xSx6 inches 12 inches in ground marked 4-DF 1S41: then ce s. 67 degrees 2S minutes F.. 233 , feet to Cor. No. 5. schist rock feet } feet s inches above the surface. marked 5-DF 1S41; thence & :, degrees 51 minutes w 1853 feet to Cor. No. l and place of beginning. containing an area of 10.715 acres.
 NO. PLACER CLAIM
 Beginning at Cor. No 1. idenai cal with location, this corner being in bottom of deep cut and liablo to destruction, a witness corner is set N. 36 degrees 06 minutes w 351.3 feet distant from true corner, schist stone 26X12xS inches II inches in ground marked VIC. 1-i' 1S4l for this survey, with cross on top surface and stone mound 24 inches base. IS inches high, N. side of same from whence U.S.L.M M. No. 1159 bears s. 29 degrees 56 minutes w. 122 feet from witness corner; thence s. 39 degrees IS minutes w. from true point for Cor. No. l 491.1 feet to Cor. No| ? lime stone 26x7x7 inches II inches in ground marked 2-1B 1S41 for this survey; thence N. 40 degrees II minutes w. 113S.0o feet to Cor. No. 3. identical with Cor No. ? Fractional Placer Claim. this survey previously described; thence N. "A degrees 0S minutes E. 55G.4 feet to Cor No. 4, identi- cal with Cor. No, Fractional Plac CT Claim. this survey, previously described; thence s. 36 degrees DC minutes E. 1O09.0O feet to Cor No. l and place of beginning. con taining an area of 12.751 acres.
 NO. 2 BELOW ON
 BOULDER CREEK PLACER
 Beginning at Cor No. l. indenti cal with Cor. No. of No. l Be low. this survey. previously descrih- ed and witness corner previnusl" described. bears N. 36 degrees ef minutes w. 357.3 feet. U.s.L.M No. 1159 bears N. 56 degrees ot minutes W. 3273 feet from true corner Nb. 1: thence s. 47 deg rees 56 minutes E. 1O73.3 feet to Cor. No. 2, schist stone 12 inches above ground with earth mound along side marked, 2-2B 1S41, for this survey: thence 8. 49 degrees