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Saturday, July 24, 1926
IN THE UNITED STATES LANCI
OFFICE AT ANCHORAGE,
ALASKA.
IN THE MATTER OF APPLICA
TION OF
JAMES McGAVOCK,
PETER S. ER1CHSEN,
MARJORY E. HALL, and
M. GILBERT RIEMAN,
for United States Patent for the
IOWA and CHIT1 lode claims.
Serial No. 06647.
Mineral Survey No. 1466.
- NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that in pursuance of Chapter 6, Title
32, of the Revised Statutes of the
United Statts, JAMES McGAVOCK,
PETER S. ERICHSEN, MARJORY
E. HALL and M. GILBERT RIE
MAN, the post office address of each
of whom is in care of Donohoe &
Dimond, at Valdez, Alaska, their
attorneys in this matter, have made
application for a patent for 1043.30
linear feet on the IOWA lode, and
for 1500.00 linear feet on the CHITI
lode, with surface ground 300 feet in
width on each side of each of said lodes,
making a total width of 600 feet on
each of said lodes, and a total length
linear measurement on the lode lines
of 2543.30 feet, the same comprising
Mineral Survey No. 1466, situated
in the McCarthy Recording Precinct,
Third Division, Territory of Alaska,
and fully described as to metes and
bounds on the official plat and by
the field notes of said survey on file
in the office of the Register of the
Anchorage Land Office, at Anchorage,
Alaska, as follows, to-wit:
IOWA LODE
Beginning at corner No. 1, a
greenstone 24 x 8 x 0 inches, set 12
inches in the ground, with mound of
stone, chiseled cross at corner point
and marked “1 1 1466’’, whence U*
S. M. M. No. 14(30 bears N. 29°
2(5’ W. 76.17 teet distant; thence S
7(L 18’ E. 6C0 feet to Corner No 2:
thence S. 25° 12’ W. 1043.30 feet
to Corner No. 3; thence N. 70° 18*
vV. 600 feet to Corner No. 4, lio
set as it falls on marginal moraine
of glacier where permanent cornel
could not be established; thence, from
position for true corner, N. 25 12
E. 28.70 feet to witness corner for
said Corner No. 4, and, same course,
1043.30 feet to Corner No. 1, the
place of beginning; and containing
14.304 acres.
CH1TI LODE.
Beginning at Corner No. 1, ident
ical with Corner Nc\ 1 of the said
Iowa lode, above described, of said
Survey No. 1460; thence N. 19 4o’
E. feet to curlier Iso. 2;
thence S. 70c 18’ E. 441.80 ieet to
witness corner for coiner No. d, and,
same course, 598.60 feet to Corner
No. 3, not set as it falls in gulch
swept by snowslides; thence, from
position for true Corner No. 3, S. 19^
42’ W. 1500 feet to Corner No. 4,
identical with Corner No. 2 of the
said Iowa lode above described; thence
N. 70 18’ W. 600 feet to Corner
No. 1, the olace of beginning; and
containing 20.637 acres. The said
Chiti lode is sometimes called the
Chitti or Chitty lode.
Both of the lodes above-described
are located on unsurveyed public dom
ain, about one mile above the foot of
the glacier at the head ef Glacier Cieek,
a tributary of the Chitistone River, in
the Precinct, Division and Territory
aforesaid, in approximate latitude 61°
26’ North, and approximate longitude
142° 20’ West.
There are no claims or lodes, or
claim or lode, adjoining either of the
1odes above-described, nor is either of
said lodes in conflict with any other
claim or lode whatsoever, or any tur
vey thereof.
United States Mineral Monu
ment, to which reference is herein
made, is located at an elevation of
about 4500 feet, on a prominent ridge
on the north side of the Glacier Creek
valley, and about one mile east of the
foot of the glacier at the head of said
valley, said monument, which is in
approximate latitude 61° 20’ N. and
pproximate longitude 142° 20’ W.,
is marked with a cross at the center
point and “USMM 1400” chiseled
on a greenstone rock in place, 2x3
feet and 5 feet high, with mound of
stone alongside 0 feet base and 4 feet
high.
Said IOWA lode is based on a
valid location made on May *>, 1000,
and duly recorded July 19, 1900
Said CH IT I lode is based on a valid
location made on April 21, 1900, and
duly recorded on July 19, 1900. The
location notices or certificates of each .
of said claims are duly of record in i
the office of the United States Com
missioner and ex officio Recorder of
the said McCarthy Recording Precin
ct, at McCarthy, Alaska.
Any and all persons claiming
adversely the mining ground, lodes,
veins, premises, or any part or por
tion thereof, so surveyed, platted and
applied for. are hereby notified that,
unless their adverse claims are duly:
filed according to law and the regula- ;
tions thereunder in the United States
Land Office, at Anchorage, Alaska, j
within the time prescribed by law,!
their claims will be barred by virtue i
of the provisions of the laws applic
able thereto.
This notice is dated and issued
at the Anchorage Land Office, at
Anchorage, Alaska, on this 21st day
of May, 1926, and for publication
for a period of not less than lixty
days in consecutive and regular issues
of the McCarthy weekly
NEWS, a newspaper of general cir
culation printed and published week
ly at McCarthy, Alaska, in the said
Anchorage Land District, nearest to
the land herein described, and here
by designated for that purpose.
J. Lindley Green
Register.
DONOHOE & DIMOND,
Attorneys for applicants,
Office and postoffice address,
Valdez Alaska.
First Publication June 5, 1926.
LastPublication July 31, 1926.
cont. from page four.
i
j No. 4 Lodes, respectively, of this sur -
vey, previously described, and, same
course, 562.63 feet to position for Cor
ner Nos. 3 and 4, B ig Ben Nos. 6 and
5 Lodes respectively, of this survey, and,
same course, 1162.63 feet to position
for Corner Nos. 3 and 4, i>ig lien
Nos. 5 and 4 Lodes, respectively, of
this survey, and, same course, 1462.63
feet to Corner No. 2, not set, as it falls
—amongst inaccessible limestone cliffs;
thence N. 62 deg. 57 min. E., from
position for true corner, 600.0 feet to
Corner No. 3, not set as it — falls am
ongst inaccessible limestone cliffs. No
position for Witness Corner accessible,
thence S. 13 deg. 31 min. E., from
position for true Corner, 1462.63 feet
to Corner No. 4, not Set, as it falls on
an inaccessible limestone cliff; thence
S. 62 deg. 57 min. W., 167.30 feet to
Witness Corner to Qorner No. 4, and,
same course, 600.0 feet to Corner No.
1, the place of beginning, and con
taining 19.587 acres.
BIG BEN EXTENSION LODE
MINING CLAIM NO. 2.
Beginning at Corner No. 1, ident.
ical with Corner No. 2, Big Ben
Extension Lode No. 1, of this survey,
which was not set for reason previously
stated; Witness Corner, identical with
Witness Corner to Corner No. 2, Big
B en Extension Lode No. 1, of this
survey, previously described, whence U.
S. M. M. No. 28 bears S. 7 deg. 08
min. W., 5197.0 feet distant; thence
13 deg. 31 min, W., from position for
true fcorner, 1439.35 feet to Corner
No. 2, not set, as it falls amongst inacc
essible limestone cliffs; Witness Corner
identical with Corner No. 1 Big Ben
No. 1 Lode of this survey, and with
Witness Corner to Corner No. 3, Big
Ben No. 2 Lode of this survey prev
iously described; thence N. 64 deg. 38
min. E., from position for true corner,
596.04 feet to Corner No. 3, not set,
as it falls amongst inaccessible lime
stone cliffs; Witness Corner, identical
with Witness Corner to Corner No.
4, Big Ben No. 1 — Lode of this
survey, previously described; thence S.
13 deg. 31 min. E., from position
for true corner, 1439.35 feet to Cor
ner No. 4, not set as it falls amongst
inaccessible cliffs. No position for
Witness Corner accessible; thence S.
64 deg. 38 min. E., from position for
true corner, 596.04 feet to Corner
No. 1, the place of beginning, and
containing 19.275 acres
cont. on page six.