The Nome nugget., 1929-10-12
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
 FOR PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1869
 NJ. A. NO. O872
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE AT NOME, ALASKA.
 Sept 10 1O1O

existing under the laws of the State of Washington, and d citi- Zen of the United States, by Ira D. Orton, it's attorney in fact whose residence and post office address is Nome, Alaska, has made appli- cation before the United States Land Office at Nome, Alaska, for a United States Patent for a con solidated placer claim situate on Candle Creek and the benches thereof and extending from the mouth of Candle Creek about 2 miles upstream thereon, compris- ing IS contiguous locations, known as Discovery, Number one below Discovery, Kinney Fraction, No. 3 below Discovery, 212 below Dis covery, Number 3 below Discovery. Fraction between Nos 4 and 5 Creek Claim below Discovery. Number 5 below Discovery, No. below, No. below Discovery, Bench 1st tier R. l.. adj. Discov- cry, Big Bend Fraction. Kentucky Bench Maryland Bench, Virginia Bench Wedge Fraction Bench off No 5 Below Dis. on the right limit, Bench off No below Dis
 on the right limit, all on Candle Creek and the benches thereof in the Fairhaven Recording Precinct, Nome Land District, Territory of Alaska. Second Division. and be- ing all the land embraced within Mineral Survey No. 1869 as desig- mated by the Cadastral Engineer in charge. except the Native Bench placer which is excluded from the application: the exterior boundar- ies of said consolidated placer claim. according to the plat and field notes of said survey now on file with said Nome Land Office with magnetic variation of from N 20, deg. 30 min. E.. to N. 2* deg. E. being as follows: Com mencing at Cor. No. 1 of the Vir- ginia Bench this survey. whence U. S. L. M. Sur. 1237 bears N. S2 deg. 47 min W. 1883. it. dis tant, thence along line 1-2 of said Virginia Bench S. 2s deg. A min. F. 5S0 fit to Cor. No. 2 of said Virginia Bench, and Cor. No. 1 of No 6 Below and Cor No. 1 of Number Below Discovery, thence along line 12 of No. Below N 55 deg. 34 min, E, S97.8 fit. to Cor. No. 2 of No. 6 Below. thence S. AZ deg. 12 min, E. 124S it. to Cor. No. 1 of No. 2 Below Discovery, thence N. 61 deg. 05 min E. 240 fit. to Cor. No. 3 of No below Discovery, thence N. 49 deg. 51 min. E. 221.9 1t. to Cor. No. 3 of No. z Below Discovery, thence N. 38 deg. 2o min. E. 264.4 fit. to true Cor. No 4 of No. Below Discovery, at which point being on the bank of Keewalik River where Cor. not maintainable, witness Cor. bears s. 3S deg. 25 min. w. 94.6 it. distant, thence from true Cor. Mo- 4, S. 29 deg. fl min. E. 751.- fl. to true Cor. No. 5 of No. z Below Discovery and Cor. No. 2 Doctor Bench, Survey 1237, at which point corner being destroyed Dy ice movement, witness Cor. bears S. 7S deg. 54 min. w, 46.5 ft. from true Cor, thence from said true Cor No. s. 7S deg. 54 min W. 600.7 fit to Cor. No. $ of No. Below Discovery and Cor. No. of No. Below and Cor. No. 2 of Bench off No. Be- low Dis. on the right limit and Cor. No. 1 Doctor Bench Sur. 1237; thence S. 19 deg. 12 min. E. all ong line 2-3 of said Bench off No. 6 Below Dis. 595.s it. to Cor. No. 3 of said Bench off No. 6 Below Dis. thence s. 40 deg. 30 min. w. 71s it. to Cor No. of said Bench off No. Below Dis, and Cor. No. 2 of Wedge Fraction and Cor. No. ? of No. l Snowshoe placer survey No. 1237, thence s. 70 deg. 12 min.