LEGAL ADVERTISING
DEPARTMENT Of The INTERIOR
IEFOFE THE GENERAL LAND
OFFICE
Juneau Serial 04580
In lie IV.fetter ol the Application of
JOHN E. ANDRUS for a Patent to
placer mining locations upon Chittitu
Greek and tributaries in the McCarthy
Recording Precinct o' Alaska.
NOTICE ol APPLICATION for
PATENT
NOTH E l> IIKKKBY GIVEN:
That in accordance with the laws of
the United States, end especially in pur
nuance of the acts of Congress approved
«/u,y 1th, h7i,and May lOth. 1872.
and amendments thereo-.JOHN E
ANDRIS, a citizen of the United
States, whose post office address is care
0 Maurice D Leehey. 620 Alasxa
Build in;., Seattle. Washington, who
has acquired and improved the placer
mining claim and premises hereinafter
described in accordance with s id la'Vs
1 no a.i loci 1 lavs, rules and custe ms cf
miners. &has performed labor and made
improvements on said mining claim
ci theva ue greater than Five iiundred
Doilois upen or for the benefit of
each locat on nclu lel there n, and
vho at this time is in the so’e, actual
and peaceful possession of said placer
mining claim and each location therein
ccntained, will apply for a patent to
the following named placer locations
each included in the designated mineral
tuivey 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 “ “ 4i 16.139 “
Mineral Survey No 1401:
No. 3 Above on < 'hittitu 16.527 “
' ineral Survey No. 1087:
No. 4 Above on Chittitu 16.532 “
No. 5 Above “ 14.195
No. 6 Above “ 4 12.604 “
No. 7. Above “ “ 13.630 “
Viren! 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 16.801 “
No. 4 “ ** 14.958 “
No. 5 “ “ 13.758 “
No. 6 “ “ 16.271 “
No 7 “ “ 18 5^
No. 8 “ “ 14.449
Mineral Survey No. 1405:
No. 11 Above on Chittitu 16.573
No. 1 White Gulch 17.448
Schlosser Bench '’.'^l
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 14.581
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.U76
44
44
M
M
»»
i Total area included in
this application, 545.145 Acres
Each of said locations contains ai
valuable placer deposit of gold and
I 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
I the 'Jizina (Unorganized) Mining
District within the Mc Carthy 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
and are also described by the field notes
| of such official surveys on file with
the Register of the United States Land
'Officeat 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 l 'hititu 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 109.*)
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
coiner thereof, and is identical with
the Southeast Corner No. 1 of No. 1
1 Below Chittitu creek, from which point
U. S. M. M. No.27 bears South 60°
20*27“ East, 14,221.18 feet distant
ind U. S. L. M. No 1093 bears
coutS 9° 25‘ 54“ East 193.69 feet
^stant; 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 Chititu 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. 109')
bears South 0° 14‘ 03“ East 1413.57
distant, thence North 30° 53* West
937.33 feet to eorner No. 2 of Placer
No. 2 Below Chittitu creek, which *s
the Northeast corner and the most
northerly point thereof; thence South
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 2 plicer raining claim for
which this application for patent is
made thence from said < 'orner No.
3 South 40J 46 Last 642 feet to
Corner No. 4 of said Placer No. 2 Be
low v hittitu creek, which is identical
with ’orner No. 3 of Placer No. 1
Below Chittitu creek, thence South
13° 34’ East 1l6o.90 feet to Corner
No. 4 of Placer No. 1, BelovV hit
titu creek, waicn is identical With
Corner No. 3 of Pis jo very Claim on
Chittitu creek:
thence Soucn 43° 27’ Last 1353.80
feet to Comer .no. 4 of Discovery
winch is identic-i witn Corner No. 3
of Piacer No i Aoove v mttitu Creek
thence soutn 4>° »4’ Eist 321 55
feet to Corner No. 4 of Placer No. 1
ADive chittitu creek, which is ident
ie«i »Vitn corner .no. 3 of tracer No.
<L Aoove Chittitu creek;
thence douth 47^ o4’ Last 1249.60
feet to Corner No. 4. of Placer No: -
aoove Chut.tu creeK wmca is identica
with Joiner No. o. of Placer no. 3.
Aoove Jniititu creek, mence South
Ol>^ 04* East ld/o.oO feet to Corner
No. 4 of Piacer o aoove chittitu creek
wnich is identical witn corner No.
u ot Placer no. 4 above chittitu creek.
thence South 54° 414 Erst 1338.of
feet to Corner No. 4 of tracer No. 4
.above Chittitu creek, which is identic
al with corner No. 3 of Placer No. o
Above chittitu creek, thence South
5o° 16* Last 1356.86 feet to Corner
No. 4 of Placer No. 5 above Chittitu
creek, which is identical with corner
No’ 3 ot Placer No. 6 Above Chittitu
creeK, thence South (51° 31’ East
1218.25 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 Phittitu 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*
Blast 1537.34 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° 59‘East 1371.45 feet to
corner No. 2 of *l.:cer No. » above
chittitu creek, which is identical with
corner No 3 of Placer No. 10 above
Jhittitu creek; thence North 88 59*
I'last along the south side of Placer
No lU above chittitu creek 165.56
to corner No. 2 ot 8»chiosser Bench;
thence J’-outh 2»>° 21* West 297.^2
feet to <*orner No ’> of 'Schlosser Bench;
thence North 59° 2 )‘ East 1‘U7.f>0
feet to ‘’orner No. 4 of Schlosier
Bench, a point on the west line of the
iSaldy Bench, which is identcd with
the east line of the >eh ossei >ench
from thispointXorth 2° >t>’ Bast 2/ > 29
feet to corner No l of the Scaloiser
Bench, which corne* is identical vi.n
corner No. 1 of the Bald/ Ben:a and
with corner No. 4 o Placer No. 19
above chittitu creek and w.th corner
No. -1 orPlacer No. 11 above Chittitu
creek, from which corner U, S. 4. i4
No. 27 bears North 44° 4d‘ Oh’* blast
1 794 i feet distant;
thence from corner No. 4 or the
| Schlosser Bench Placer South 2° 36*
I West 222.7 feet to corner No. 3 of
the Baldy Bench;
thence South 57° 53* East $43.5 feet
to corner No. 4 of the Baldy Bench,
thence North 2vP U * East o22. i feet
to corner No. 1 of the Baldy Bencn
: Placer, which is identical with corner
; No 2 of Placer No 11 Above chitt
titu creek and corner No. 4 of P.ac;r
! No. i White Gulch, from which
i point LI. S. M. M. No. 27 bears
North 12° 49’ 01” East 1772 .6
feet, thence from corner No. 4 of
Placer No. 1 vVhite Gulch South 47°
ill’ East 1359.63 teet to corner No.
13 of Placer No. I VVhite Gulch,
! which is identical with corner No 1
of Placer No 2 White Gulch, theoca
South 55° 3 >’ East 1264.9 feet to
Corner No. 3 of Placer No. 2 White
| Gulch, which is identical with Corner
| No. 4 of Placer No. 3 White Gulch;
thence South 56° 33’ East 1307 65
ieet to corner no. 3 of Placer No. 3
[ White Gulch, which is identical with
I corner No. 4 of Placer No. 4 Whits
continued on page 5