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Notice is hereby given that we the undersigned have this day claimed [not legible] [not legible] linear feet undivided along the [not legible] of the “Pratt” [not legible] [not legible] or mineral deposit. As authorized by the several sections of the Mining [not legible] of [not legible] approved May Tenth, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Two. The [not legible] [not legible] [not legible] or mineral deposit extending in an Easterly and [not legible] direction as near as can be determined from present developments. The [not legible] [not legible] located running Easterly the distance of [not legible] hundred feet, and westerly the distance of two hundred feet from the discovery shaft on mineral vein or deposit; from the [not legible] of which, said shaft-bears east from the “[not legible]” vein, or [not legible], at the distance of about two hundred feet, and West from the “[not legible]” West Shaft. The surface ground blamed in connection said “[not legible]” Ledge, Vein, or mineral deposit; [not legible] four hundred feet in [not legible]; the same extending two hundred feet on each side of the mineral of the vein at the surface as allowed by the mining [not legible] and customs of El Dorado mining District; County of Lincoln, State of Nevada, in which said mining [not legible] is situated. The mining [not legible] hereby claimed and taken up, is so marked by snaked and mammals at the [not legible] thereof that it’s boundaries may be [not legible] upon the surface, as required by law. El Dorado Mining District; County of Lincoln; State of Nevada. January [not legible] 1845. Filed for record on the [not legible] March 8th, 1845 J.H. Nash Recorder Locations [not legible] Davis 600 ft Wm. Pratt 600 [not legible] [not legible] 300