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Location "Last Chance" Abraham Lincoln Parker, Glacier Bay, Alaska.

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


LODE  CLAIM NOTICE OF LOCATION

of  the Last Chance 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 1st day of Oct.  A.   D.   1937 discovered,   located and  claim    1500 linear feet,   horiz­ontal  measurement of,   on and  along  the lode or vein of quartz, or other rock  in place bearing gold,   silver,   copper,   lead  or other metals,   with 300 feet of  surface ground  on each  side of  the center line of said  claim;   together  with all  dips,   spurs,   angles,   and variations an 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 extends 1200  feet Southerly and  300  feet northerly  from   the discovery monument on which this notice  is posted,   along the course of  said  center line of  said  claim.     Said claim  is more particularly described as   follows:

About 1½  miles from Reid Inlet near Pthomigan (ed: Ptarmigan) Creek Glacier Bay,  Alaska  each  corner has at rock monument each center end has a monument and a monument at discovery.

Witnesses:

A.   L.   PARKER___________

Leslie F.  Parker                                                                                                                        Locators and   claimants.

Filed  for record at 9:00 o'clock, A.   M. ,   12-6-37.   Recorded  In Book 28 of Lodes,   page  495.

U.   S.  Commissioner ,Ex- Officio District  Recorder.

Location "Last Chance" Abraham Lincoln Parker, Glacier Bay, Alaska.

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


LODE  CLAIM NOTICE OF LOCATION

of  the Last Chance 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 1st day of Oct.  A.   D.   1937 discovered,   located and  claim    1500 linear feet,   horiz­ontal  measurement of,   on and  along  the lode or vein of quartz, or other rock  in place bearing gold,   silver,   copper,   lead  or other metals,   with 300 feet of  surface ground  on each  side of  the center line of said  claim;   together  with all  dips,   spurs,   angles,   and variations an 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 extends 1200  feet Southerly and  300  feet northerly  from   the discovery monument on which this notice  is posted,   along the course of  said  center line of  said  claim.     Said claim  is more particularly described as   follows:

About 1½  miles from Reid Inlet near Pthomigan (ed: Ptarmigan) Creek Glacier Bay,  Alaska  each  corner has at rock monument each center end has a monument and a monument at discovery.

Witnesses:

A.   L.   PARKER___________

Leslie F.  Parker                                                                                                                        Locators and   claimants.

Filed  for record at 9:00 o'clock, A.   M. ,   12-6-37.   Recorded  In Book 28 of Lodes,   page  495.

U.   S.  Commissioner ,Ex- Officio District  Recorder.

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