LEGAL ADVERTISING
DEPARTMENT OfThe INTERIOR I
i
EEFORE THE GENERAL LAND
OFFICE
Juneau Serial 04580
In the Matter ot the Application of
JOHN E. ANDRUS for a Patent to
placer mining locations upon Chittitu
C reek and tributaries in the McCarthy I
Recording Precinct of Alaska.
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NOTICE of Am. I CATION for
PATENT
NOTICE IS HER Eli Y GIVEN:
That in accordance with the laws of
the United States, and especially in pur
Suanceof the acts of Congress approved
. July £th, 1870, and May 10th. 1872.,
and amendments thereof, JOHN E i
ANDRUS, a citizen of the United
States, whose post office address is care
of Maurice D. Leehey, 6?0 Alaska
Building, Seattle. Washington, who
has acquired and improved the placer;
mining claim and premises hereinafter
described in accordance with said laws j
and all local laws, rules and custc ms cf
miners. &has performed labor and mrde
improvements on said mining claim
ol the value greater than Five Hundred
Dollars upon or for the benefit of
each location included therein, and
who at this time is in the sole, actual
and peaceful possession of said placer
mining claim and each location therein
contained, will apply for a patent to
the following named placer locations
each included in the designated mineral
survey and containing the number of
acres set opposite to its names, viz:
Mineral Survey No 1095:
Discovery on Chittitu Creek,9.735 acres
No. 1 Below on ” ” 12.493 “
No. 2 Below. 11.825 “
No. 1 Above “ “ “ 13.463 “
No. 2 Above “ “ 16.139 “
Mineral Survey No. 1401:
No. 3 Above on Chittitu 16.527 “
Mineral Survey No. 1087:
No. 4 Above on Chittitu 16.532 “
No. 5 Above “ 14.195 “
No. 6 Above ’* ‘ 12.604
No. 7. Above “ “ 13,630 “
Mineral Survey 1406:
No. 8 Above on Chittitu 18.884 “
No. 9 Above “ 18.049 “
Mineral Survey No. 1088:
No. 10 Above on Chittitu, 18.258 “
Mineral Survey No. 1092:
No. 2 White Gulch, 16.208 “
Mineral Survey 1404:
No. 3 White Gulch
No. 4 '*
No. 5 “
No. 6 “
16.801 “
14.958 “
13.758 “
16.271 “
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No 7 “ “ 18 558
No. 8 “ “ 14.449
Mineral Survey No. 1405:
No. 11 Above on Chittitu 16.573
No. 1 White Gulch 17.448
Schlosser Bench 7.791
Baldy Bench 10.040
Rambler Bench 10,813
Rambler 2 Bench 17,791
Powell Bench 15.701
Elkins Bench 18,589
No 1. Rex Gulch 14.784
No. 2 Rex Gulch 9.078
No. 3 Rex Gulch 9.865
Mineral Survey No.1089:
No. 4 Rex Gulch 14.584
Mineral Survey No. 1403:
No. 5 Rex Gulch 16,370
No. 6 ” " 14 492
No. 7 " " 16.405
No. 8 ” 16.108
Mineral Survey No. 1090:
No 9 Rex Gulch 15.376
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Total area included in
this application, 545.145 Acres
Each of said locations contains a
valuable placer deposit of gold and
other valuable minerals, and all are
contiguous and constitute a single tract
of ground situated upon unsurveyed
lands along Chittitu Creek and its
tributaries and its adjacent benches in
the Nizina (Unorganized) Mining
District within the McCarthy Record
ing Precinct in the Third Judicial Div
ision of the Territory of Alaska, and
all are more particularly and accurate
ly described upon the official plats of
the several mineral surveys above stated
all of which are posted on the claim,
aud are also described by the field notes
of such official surveys on file with
the Register of the United States Land
Office at Juneau, Alaska, as follows,
to wit:
Beginning at Corner No. 1 of the
placer mining location designated as
Discovery on Chititu creek, which is
the Southeast corner thereof, placed
at a point on the right or northerly
bank of Chititu creek, from which point
United States Mineral Monument No.
27 bears South 61° 26’ 19" East
13,010.18 feet distant, and United
States Location Monument No 1095
bears North55°09’ 44“ West 1095.71
feet distant, and running thence from
said Corner No. 1 downward along the
north bank and somewhat parallel to
the course of Chittitu Cre'k North 48°
44 ‘ West 1238 70 feet to Corner No.
2 of Discovery, which is the Northeast
corner thereof, and is identical with
the Southeast Corner No. 1 of No. 1
Below Chittitu creek, from which point
U. S. M. M. No.27 bears South 60°
20’27“ East, 14,221.18 feet distant
and U. S. L. M. No 1093 bears
South 9° 25‘ 54“ East 193.69 feet
distant; thence North 1° 13* East
1222.77 feet to Corner No. 2 of no.1
Below Chittitu creek, which is the
Northeast corner thereof, and identical
with the Southeast Corner No. 1 of
Placer No. 2 Below ('hititu creek,from
which point U. S. M. M. No. 27 bears
South 56° 11‘ 12“ East 14.842.57
feet distant, and U, S. L,M. No. 1095
bears South 0° 14‘ 03“ East 1413.57
distant, thence North 30° 53* West
937.33 feet to corner No. 2 of Placer
No. 2 Below Chittitu creek, which is
the Northeast corner and the most
northerly point thereof; thence ‘“ outh
47° 31* West 726.30 feet to Corner
No. 3 of said Placer No 2 Below
Chittitu Creek, which latter course
crosses the bed of Chittitu creek and
describes the lower end line of Placer
No. 2 Below Chittitu creek and the
lower end line on Chittitu creek of
the e itire placer mining claim for
which this application for patent is
made thence from said Corner No.
3 South 40° 46 East 642 feet to
Corner No, 4 of said Placer No. 2 Be
low Chittitu creek, which is identical
with Corner No. 3 of Placer No. 1
Below Chittitu creek, thence South
13" 34’ East 1165.90 feet to corner
No. 4 of Placer No. 1, Below Chit
titu creek, which is identical with
Corner No. 3 of Discovery Claim on
Chittitu creek:
thence South 43° 27’ East 1353.80
feet to Corner No. 4 of Discovery
j which is identical with Corner No. 3
of Placer No. 1 Above Chittitu Creek,
thence South 45° 14’ East 1321.55
feet to Corner No. 4 of Placer No. 1
Above Chittitu creek, which is ident
ical with Corner No. 3 of Placer No.
2 Above Chittitu creek;
thence South 47° 34’ East 1249.60
feet to Corner No. 4. of Placer no: 2
above chitt.tu creek, which is identica
with Corner No. 3. of Placer no. 3.
! Above Chittitu creek, thence South
53c 04‘ East 1373.60 feet to Corner
! No. 4 of Placer 3 Above chittitu creek
; which is identical with corner No.
3 of Placer No. 4 Above chittitu creek.
thence South 54° 41* East 1368.61
feet to Corner No. 4 of Placer No. 4
Above Chittitu creek, which is identic
al with corner No. 3 of Placer No. 5
Above chittitu creek, thence South
53° 16’ East 1356.86 feet to Corner
No. 4 of E3lacer No. 5 Above Chittitu
creek, which is identical with corner
No’ 3 of Placer No. 6 Above Chittitu
creek; thence South 61° 31’ East
1218.23 feet to corner No, 4 of Plac
er No 6 Above cHittitu creek, which is
identical with corner No. 3 of Placer
No. 7 Above Chittitu creek; thence
South 17° 38* East 1136.60 feet to
corner No. 4 of Placer No. 7 above
chittitu creek, which is identical with
corner No, 3 of Placer No. 8 above
chittitu creek: thence South 53° 42*
East 1337.34 feet to corner No. 2 of
Placer No 8 above chittitu creek,
which is identical with corner No. 3
of Placer No. 9 above Chittitu Creek:
thence So. 68° 39‘P^ast 1371.43 feet to
corner No. 2 of Placer No. 9 above
chittitu creek, which is identical with
corner No. 3 of Placer No. 10 above
chittitu creek; thence North 88° 59*
East along the south side of Placer
No. 10 above chittitu creek 163.56
to corner No. 2 of Schlosser Bench;
thence South 26° 21* West 297.82
feet to corner No 3 of Schlosser Bench;
thence North 89° 26* East 1317.60
feet to corner No. 4 of Schlosser
! Bench, a point on the west line of the
I Baldy Bench, which is identical with
the east line of the Schlosser Bench
from thispointXorth 2°36‘ Bast 275.20
feet to corner No. 1 of the Schlo;ser
| Bench, which corner is identical with
corner No. 2 of the Baldy B^nch and
with corner No. 4 of Placer no. 10
j above chittitu creek and with corner
; No. 3 of Placer No. 11 above chittitu
creek, from which Corner U, S. M. M
No. 27 bears North 44J 48‘ 05“* blast
1794 7 feet distant;
thence from corner No.4 of the
Schlosser Bench Placer South 2° 36‘
West 222.7 feet to corner No. 3 of
the Baldy Bench;
thence South 57° 53‘ East S43.5 feet
to corner No. 4 of the Baldy Bench,
thence North 20° 01 ‘ East 522.7 feet
to corner No. 1 of the Baldy Bench
Placer, which is identical with corner
No 2 of Placer No 11 Above chitt
titu Creek and corner No. 4 of Placer
No. 1 White Gulch, from which
point U. S. M. M. No. 27 bears
North 12° 49’ 01” East 1772 .G
feet, thence from corner No. 4 of
Placer No. 1 White Gulch South 473
IP East 135963 feet to corner No.
3 of Placer No. 1 White Gulch,
which is identical with corner No 2
of Placer no 2 White Gulch, thence
South 55° 03’ East 1264.9 feet to
Corner No. 3 of Placer No. 2 White
Gulch, which is ident cal with Corner
No. 4 of Placer No. 3 White Gulch;
thence South 56° 33’ East 1307 65
feet to corner no. 3 of Placer No. 3
White Gulch, which is identical with
corner No. 4 of Placer No. 4 White
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