LEGAL ADVERTISING
DEPARTMENT OfThe INTERIOR
BEFORE THE GENERAL LAND
OFFICE
Juneau Serial 04580
In tie better of the Application of
JOHN E. ANDRUS for a Patent to
placer mining locations upon Chittitu
Creek and tributaries in the McCarthy
Recording Precinct of Alaska.
NOTICE of APPLICATION for
PATENT
NOTICE H HEREBY GIVEN:
That in accordance with the laws of
the United States, and especially in pur
suanceof the acts of Congress approved
July 9th, 1870. and May 10th. 1872.
and amendments thereof, JOHN E
ANDRUS, a citizen of the United
States, whose post office address is care
of Maurice D. Leehey, 620 Alasxa
Building, Seattle, Washington, who
has acquired and improved the placer
mining claim and premises hereinafter
described in accordance with said laws
and all local laws, rules and customs of
miners, &has performed labor and made
improvements on said mining claim
of 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 “
Mintial 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
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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 14.581
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 15.376
Total area included in
this application, 545.145 Acres
Each of said locations contains a
j valuable placer deposit of gold and
! other valuable minerals, and all are
j contiguous and constitute a single tract
| of ground situated upon unsurveyed
j lands along Chittitu Creek and its
tributaries and its adjacent benches in
the Nizina (Unorganized) Mining
District within the Mel 'arthy 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
I 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
I Office at Juneau, Alaska, as follows,
to wit:
Beginning at Corner No. 1 of the
i 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 North 55° 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 Creik North 48°
44“ West 1238 70 feet to Corner No.
2 of Discovery, whith 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 1095 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 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. 1097)
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 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
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describes the lower end line of Placer
No. 2 Below Chittitu creek and the
lower end line on Chittitu creek of
the entire 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. I, 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
which is identical with Corner No. 3
of tracer No 1 Above Chittitu Creek,
thence South 45° 14’ East 32L.55
feet to Corner No. 4 of tracer 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
ieet 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.
b of Placer No. 4 Above chittitu creek.
thence South 54° 41’ East 1368.64
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 Placer No. 5 Above Chittitu
creek, which is identical with corner
No’ 3 of Placer No. 6 Above Chittitu
creek; thence South 61° 31’ East
1218.25 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 Chittitu creek; thenci
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 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 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 165.56
to corner No. 2 of Schlosser Bench;
thence South 20° 21* West 297.H2
feet to corner No •» of ^Schlosser Bench
thence North t$9° 2tV East 1 ‘51 /. t>0
feet to corner No. 4 of Schlosser
Bench, a point on the west line of the
Baldy Bench, which is identic *1 with
the east line of the Neh.ossei Bench
from thispointNorth 2°‘hi* Bast 27.).20
feet to Corner No 1 of the Schloiser
Bench, which carne' is identical with
corner No. 2 of the Bill/ Ben:h and
with corner No. 4 o Placer no. 1 >
above chittitu creek and w th corner
No. ‘d oc P*acer No. tl above jhittitu
creek, from which corner U, S. vl M
j No. 27 bears North 44° 4"5* 0V1 Eas;
; 1 794 7 feet distant;
! thence from corner No.4 of the
| Schlosser Bench Placer South 2° 3j‘
| West 222.7 feet to corner No. 3 of
: the Baldy Bench;
thence South 573 53‘ East b43.5 feet
to corner No. 4 of the Baldy Bench,
thence North 2d° 0 * East 522.7 feet
; to corner No. 1 of the Baldy Bench
j 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° 4(J’ 01” East 1772 ,(5
feet, thence from corner No. 4 of
Placer No. 1 White Gulch South 47°
IP East 1359.63 feet to corner N .
3 of Placer No. 1 White Gulch,
which is identical with corner No
of Placer No 2 White Gulch, thence
South 55° 33’ East 12(54.9 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
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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