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I agree.Belcher Mine Notice - We the undersigned do hereby locate and claim fifteen hundred feet for mining purposes on this lead lode or ledge or deposit of silver bearing rock and ore to be known as the Belcher Mine. Commencing at the monument upon which this notice is placed and running in a westerly direction fifteen hundred feet on and along said lead lode or ledge or deposit of silver bearing rock and ore and including three hundred feet on each side thereof for mining and working purposes. We claim and intend to hold and work said claim and mining ground in accordance with the mining laws of the United States approved May 10th 1872 and in accordance with the mining laws of El Dorado Mining District Lincoln County State of Nevada. Said mine is situated about five hundred feet south of the Hancock Mine and about one mile northwest of the January Mine. Dated August 2nd 1880 Locators B. [not legible] 750ft Joseph McCarty 750ft Filed for Record August 19th A.D. 1880 at 10 o'clock & 30 minutes a.m. H. Gottfredson Recorder