LEGAL ADVERTISING
DEPARTMENT Of The INTERIOR
IEFORE THE GENERAL LAND
OFFICE
Juneau Serial 04580
In lie N atter of the Application of
JOHN h. ANDKUS for a Patent to
placer mining locations upon Chittitu
l reek and tributaries in the McCarthy
Recording Precinct of Alaska.
NOTICEol APPLICATION for
i’ATl-.NT
NOTICE I- HEREBY <iIYE.>:
That in accordance with the laws or
the United States, and especially in pur
suance of the acts of (Congress approved
July tth, '871, ind May 10th. 187?.
and amendments thereo'.JOHN E
ANDRUS, a citizen o* the United
States, whose post office address is care
of Aiaurice D Lethiy. 620 Alasna
Building, Seattle, Washington, who
has acquired and mproved the plactr
mining claim and premises hereinafter
described in accordance with snid laws
and all loci 1 laws, rules and custc ms of
miners. &has performed labor and made
improvements on said mining claim
ol the value greater than Five Hundred
Dollars upen or for the benefit of
each location include 1 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 “
M ineral 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 “
Mirciel 5 trvey 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 “ “ 18 558
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 Kex Gulch 9.865
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' Mineral Survey No.1089:
: No. 4 Kex Gulch 14.581
| Mineral Survey No. 1403:
j No. 5 Rex Gulch 16,370
| No. 6 " " 14.492
! No. 7 " ” 16.405
No. 8 " \ 16.10S
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 Nizim (Unorganized) Mining
District within the Me arthy Record
ing Precinct in the Third Julicial Div i
ision of the Territory of Alaska, and
all are mare particularly and accurate
ly described upon the official plats of
the several mineral surveys above stated
all of which are posted on the claim;!
aid 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 (. 'hititu creek, from which point
United States Mineral Monument No. ;
27 bears South 61° 26’ 19” East j
13.010.18 feet distant, and United
States location Monument No lt)9.*> J
bears North55°09’ 44 ‘ VV est 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. Li. 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 \'o. 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. \’o. 109 >
bears South 0° 14‘ 03“ East 14 ■ 3.57
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 vouth
47° 31* West 726.20 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
ao. 2 Below Chittitu creek and the
lower end line on Chittitu creek of
thee tare pljcer mining claim for
which this application for patent is
made thence from said i ’orner No.
3 South 40° 46 East 642 feet to
Corner No. 4 of said Placer No. '1 Be
low Chittitu creek, which is identical
with Berner No. 3 of Placer .no. 1
Below Chittitu creek, thence >outn
84’ East 1165.90 feet to Corner
No. 4 of Placer No. 1, BelovV n»t
titu creek, wnich is identical with !
Corner No. 3 of Discovery Claim on
< hittitu creek:
thence South 43° 27’ East 1353.80
ieuo to Coiner No. 4 of Discovery
wmch is identical with Corner No. 3
of tracer No 1 Above Chittitu Creek
thence ^outh 45° 14’ East 321.55
ieet to corner No. 4 of Placer No. 1
Above Chittitu creek, which is ident
ic«tl with corner No. 3 of Placer No.
2 Above Chittitu creek;
thence £>outh 47° 34’ East 1249.60
leci to corner No. 4. ol Placer No: 2
above Chut.iu creek whicn is identica
with Coiner No. 8. of Placer no. 3.
Above Cmiutu creek, thence South
03c 04 East 1373.60 feet to Corner
No. 4 of Placer 3 Above chittitu creek
wn.ch is idenacai witn corner No.
w of Placer No. 4 Above chittitu creek.
thence South 54° 41* Eist 1338.64
leet to Corner No. 4 of Placer No. 4
Above chittitu creek, which is identic
al with corner No. 3 of Placer No. o
Above chittitu creek, thence South
5o° 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° 3P East
1218.25 feet to corner \'o, 4 of Plac
er No ft Above chittitu creek, which is
identical with corner No 3 of Placer
No. 7 Above (Jhittitu creek; thencs
South 17° 38* East I 13ft ftO feet to
corner no. 4 of Placer No. 7 above
uhittitu creek, which is identical with
corner No, ‘1 of Placer No. 8 above
uhittitu creek: fhence South 53° 42'
East 1537.34 feet to corner No. 2 of
Placer No 8 above uhittitu creek,
which is identical with corner No. 3
of Placer No. 9 above chittitu creek:
thence So. ft->° 59* East 1371.45 feet to
corner No. 2 of Placer No. 9 above
chittitu creek, which iv identical with
corner No 3 of Placer. No. It) above
uhittitu creek; thence North 88° 59‘
East along the south side of Placer
No I-) above uhittitu creek It>5.oft
to corner No. Z oi Schlosser Bench;
thence South 2ft° 2 i West 297.82
feet to corner No ’> of schlosser Bench;
thence North 8.»° 2 7 East 1 31/.tit)
feet to ‘'orner No 4 o’ Schlosser
Bench, a point on the west line of the
Baldy Bench, wnichis ident C 1 with
the east hue of tne Seh osser tench
from thispo.utNortn 2 ' ’<ft' East 2/ » 2t)
feet to corner «o I of the Sc.ikuser
Bencn, -vaim orne* is iie.it.eii vi h
corner No Jo" \; {,11/ and
with corner so » o Pl.icer No. it
above ch.titu creek ml v.i : jr rer
'•o. 3 o P acer No il too/e ’hitt tu
creek, irom wmcn corner J, S. 4 ;Vl
No 2/ bears North 44J 4o* J >3-Mist
1194 / feet distant;
thence from corner No. 4 of the
Scnlosser Bench Placer South 2° 36*
West 222. ( feet to corner No. 3 of
the Baldy Bench;
thence South 57° 53* East o43.5 feet
to corner No. 4 of the Baldy Bench,
thence North 20° 0 * 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. ] White Gulch, from which
point U. S. M. iVl. No. 27 bears
North 12° 49’ 01” East 1772 ,6
feet, thence from corner No. 4 of
Placer No. I White Gulch South 470
IP East 1359-6 > 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° 3 ” East 1204.9 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 50° 33’ East 1307 65
leet 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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