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Location Notice "Big Thing" Leslie F. Parker, Glacier Bay, Alaska.

First prospecting trip by Leslie and Abraham Lincoln Parker (age 71) to Glacier Bay following reopening of mining in 1936. "Big Thing" discovered by Leslie "Les" Parker Oct. 4, 1937. Witnessed by Abraham Lincoln Parker & recorded Dec. 6, 1937 in Juneau, Territory of Alaska.


LODE CLAIM

NOTICE OF LOCATION.

of the Big Thing Mining Claim.

Notice is Hereby  Given  that  the undersigned,  having complied with all  the requirements of the Laws of the United States,  and  the local laws,   customs and regulations has  this 4th

day of Oct.  A.   D.   1937 discovered,  located and claimed 1500 linear feet, horizontal measure-
ment of,  on and along the lode or vein of quartz or other rock in place bearing gold, silver,
copper,  lead or other metal,   with 300 feet of surface ground on each side of  the center
line of said  claim;   together with all dips,   spurs, angles,  and  variations as allowed by law;
and all  veins,  lodes,  deposits,  and ground  within the lines of said claim;   situated  in  the
Juneau mining district,  Territory of Alaska.     The general  course of said  vein or deposit
as nearly as can,   at   this  time,   be determined  is Southerly and Northerly.     This claim
tends 900 feet Southerly and  600 feet Northerly  from  the discovery monument on which  this
notice  in posted,  along the  course of said center line  of said  claim.     Said  claim  is more
particularly described follows:
About 2 miles  southerly from Reid Inlet and  about ¼   mile  easterly  from Lampugh (ed: Lamplugh) Glacier  in Glacier
Bay Alaska,   their is a rock monument on each corner one at each center end and a rock monument at discovery.
Witnesses:                                                                                                          LESLIE  F.   PARKER_________

Locators and  claimants. A.   L .   Parker ___


Filed for record  at 9:00 o'clock,  A. M.   12-6-37.   Recorded   In Book  28 of Lodes,  page 496


 

Location Notice "Big Thing" Leslie F. Parker, Glacier Bay, Alaska.

First prospecting trip by Leslie and Abraham Lincoln Parker (age 71) to Glacier Bay following reopening of mining in 1936. "Big Thing" discovered by Leslie "Les" Parker Oct. 4, 1937. Witnessed by Abraham Lincoln Parker & recorded Dec. 6, 1937 in Juneau, Territory of Alaska.


LODE CLAIM

NOTICE OF LOCATION.

of the Big Thing Mining Claim.

Notice is Hereby  Given  that  the undersigned,  having complied with all  the requirements of the Laws of the United States,  and  the local laws,   customs and regulations has  this 4th

day of Oct.  A.   D.   1937 discovered,  located and claimed 1500 linear feet, horizontal measure-
ment of,  on and along the lode or vein of quartz or other rock in place bearing gold, silver,
copper,  lead or other metal,   with 300 feet of surface ground on each side of  the center
line of said  claim;   together with all dips,   spurs, angles,  and  variations as allowed by law;
and all  veins,  lodes,  deposits,  and ground  within the lines of said claim;   situated  in  the
Juneau mining district,  Territory of Alaska.     The general  course of said  vein or deposit
as nearly as can,   at   this  time,   be determined  is Southerly and Northerly.     This claim
tends 900 feet Southerly and  600 feet Northerly  from  the discovery monument on which  this
notice  in posted,  along the  course of said center line  of said  claim.     Said  claim  is more
particularly described follows:
About 2 miles  southerly from Reid Inlet and  about ¼   mile  easterly  from Lampugh (ed: Lamplugh) Glacier  in Glacier
Bay Alaska,   their is a rock monument on each corner one at each center end and a rock monument at discovery.
Witnesses:                                                                                                          LESLIE  F.   PARKER_________

Locators and  claimants. A.   L .   Parker ___


Filed for record  at 9:00 o'clock,  A. M.   12-6-37.   Recorded   In Book  28 of Lodes,  page 496


 

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