The Nome nugget., 1929-10-26
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
 FOR PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1869
 M. A. NO. O872
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE AT NOME, ALASKA.
 Sent 10 1922

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 United States Patent for con solidated placer claim situate on Candle Creek and the benches thereof and extending from the mouth of Candle Creek about ? 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 below Discovery, No. 6 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 tho Ltoi irhn Dro
 Nome Land District, Territory of Alaska, Second Division, and be- ing all the land embraced within Mineral Survey No. 1869 as desig
 hated 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. g deg. E. being as follows: Com
 mencing at Cor. No. 1 of the vir- ginia Bench this survey, whence IT. S. L. M Sur. 1237 bears N. 32 deg. 47 min. W. 1883 it. dis tant, thence along line 1-2 of said Virginia Bench S. 2S deg. A min. E. 5SO fit to Cor. No. , of said Virginia Bench, and Cor. No. 1 of No. 6 Below and Cor. No. i of Number Below Discovery. thence along line 1-2 of No. 6 Below N. 55 deg. 34 min. F. S97.8 it. to Cor. No. of No. 6 Below. thence S. AZ deg 12 min
 E. 124.S fit. to Cor. No. 1 of No. 2 Below Discovery, thence N 61 deg. 05 min. E. 24O fit. to Cor. No. ? of No. below Discovery, thence N 49 deg. 51 min. H 221.9 it. to Cor. No. of No. ' Below Discovery, thence N. 3s deg. 25 min. E. 2644 it. 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. No. 4, s. 29 deg. fl min. E. 751.- 5 1t. 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. 5 S. 7S deg. 54 min. w. 600.7 it to Cor. No. s of No. Below Discovery and Cor. No. 3 of No. Below and Cor. No. of Bench of No. Be- low Dis. on the right limit and Cor. No. 1 Doctor Bench Sur. 1237; thence s. 19 deg. 12 min. E. al- ong line 23 of said Bench off No. Below Dis. 595.5 it. to Cor. No. 3 of said Bench on No. 6 Below Dis thence S. 40 deg. s9 min. W. 71s it. to Cor. No. of said Bench of No. Below Dis, and Cor. No. 2 of Wedge Fraction and Cor. No. 2 of No. l Snowshoe placer survey No. 1237 thence S. 70 deg. 12 min.