The Nome nugget., 1942-09-21
In the United States Land Office For the Nome Land District
 Nome, Alaska.
Notice of Application for Patent
Mineral Survey No. 1898 Mineral Entry No. 0Q59

Mineral Entry Mo- 0959
 NOTICE Is Hereby Given that the United States Smelling Re fining and Mining Company, a M a n corporation. by and through its attorney-in-fact, A. M. Hartford, whose post office address is Nome, Alaska, has made application for a United States Patent for the Aviation placer mining claim and the Rube placer mining claim, sit uated on the Left Limit, first tier of benches of Bourbon Creek, about two miles northerly from the shore of Boring Sea in the Cape Nome Mining and Record ing District and Precinct, Terri tory of Alaska, and designated as United States Mineral Survey No. 1898 and particularly describ ed in the official plat and field notes now on file in the said Land Office, with magnetic var iation at each corner of the sur vey of mean value of 18 deg, 40 min. E., as follows:
 Aviation Placer Mining Claim
 Beginning at Cor. No. l identi- cal with Cor. No. l, Survey No. 1120, East Bench Placer, from whence U.S.L.M. No. II bears N. 21 deg. 27 min. E., 254l.30 it.; thence s g. deg. 5l min. w., 966.30 it. to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 78 deg. 54 min. w., 356.80 it. to Cor. N. 3, identical with Cor. No. l. Survey No. 691, Bench No. l Placer; thence N. 13 deg. 40 min. E., 1O43.75 fit. to Cor. No. 4, identi cal with Cor. No. 1, Survey No. 639, Northern Queen placer thence s. GA deg. 02 min. E., 298.85 it. to Cor No. l and place of beginning, containing an area of 7.455 acres.
 Rube Placer Mining Claim
 Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identi cal with Cor. No. 2, Survey No. 690, Fraction No, l Mine Placer Claim, from whence U.SL.M. No. II bears N. 22 deg. 28 min w, 1546.70 it; thence s. 30 deg. 34 min. w., 6615O it. to Cor. No. 2, identical with Cor. No. II, Survey No. 746, Gertrude Placer; thence N. 45 deg. l6 min. w, l99.10 fl. to Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor. No. 1, Survey No. l207, Fannie Tract Placer; thence s. 52 deg. 58 min. w., 523.90 fl. to Cor No. 4, identical with Cor. No. II, Survey No. 1907, Fannie Tract placer; thence s. 37 deg. l3 min. w., 456.00 it. to Cor, No. ,; Cor. No. being in the center of the Government road. A witness corner to said Cor. No. 5. bears s. 37 deg, l3 min. w., 43.7 ft.i thence N. 63 deg. 55 min. w., from true Corner No. 5, 389. 50 it. to Cor. No. 6, identical with Cor. No. l, Aviation placer min ing claim, this survey; thence N GA deg. 02 min. w., 298.85 fl. to Cor. No. ', identical with Cor No. 4, Aviation Placer mining claim, this survey; thence N. 52 deg. 05 min. E., 831.40 it. to Cor No. 8, identical with Cor. No. 3 Survey No. 500. Luckey Fraction placer; thence N. 75 deg. 25 min E., 1171.80 it. to Cor. No. 1 and place of beginning, containing an area of 16.776 acres.
 There are no conflicting claims
 The adjoining claims are:
 On the N, Survey No. 690 Luckey Fraction Placer and Sur vey No. 690, Fraction No. 1 Mine Placer Claim.
 On the E., Survey No. 746, Ger trude Placer, Survey No. 1207 Fannie Tract and Survey No 1120, East Bench Placer
 On the S., Survey No. 69l, Bench No. l Placer,
 On the w. Survey No. 689 Northern Queen Placer.
 The original and amended To- cation certificates for said placer mining claims are recorded in the office of the Recorder of the Cape Nome Mining District Territory of Alaska as follows:
 Aviation Placer Mining Claim in Vol. PA, at Page PA and Vol 220 at Page 89.
 Rube Placer Mining Claim in Vol. PA, at Page 124 and Vol 220 at Page 90.
 The mineral monument to which these claims are tied is de scribed as follows;
 U.S.L,M. No. II to which these claims are tied is situated on the divide between Holyoke and Bourbon Creeks about TO it. east of the Government road in said mining district and is in Lat. GA deg. 32 min. % sec. N., and Long 165 deg. 21 min 54 sec. w.
 Dated the Is day of Sept. 1922
 Amer Rydeen, Register
 First publication Sept. l6, l94-