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Silver Eagle Mine March 19th 1880 Notice of Location of the Silver Eagle Mine Notice is hereby given that we the undersigned do this Day Locate and claim 1500 feet on this quarry Ledge as [not legible] for gold [not legible] SIlver mining [not legible] with all Dips [not legible] and angles and 300 feet on each side of the [not legible] at the [not legible] ad all minerals [not legible] there in and all time [not legible] there an and water and water privileges [not legible] to and all [not legible] belonging there to located under [not legible] at the act to Congress approved May 10th 1872. Entitled and Oct to [not legible] the [not legible] at the mining [not legible] at the U.S. this claim [not legible] at this monument and [not legible] 750 feet in a eastly & southly Easterby [not legible] [not legible] the [not legible] of the drains to a Stone monument on the [not legible] thence 300 feet in a southerby [not legible] to a stone monument thence 1500 feet in [not legible] as northwestly [not legible] to a stone monument thence 600 feet in a [not legible] [not legible] to a stone monument hence 1500 feet in a eastly or South [not legible] [not legible] to a stone monument [not legible] 300 feet in a Southly [not legible] to a stone monument on the ledge this claim is [not legible] [not legible] [not legible] this claim is about ½ mile west of the Jack Rabbit claim & mine locate By Ben Piget 1 ½ miles South easterly of weavers camp El Dorado District Lincoln County Nevada Voted on the ground this 19th Day of March AD 1880 and this claim shall be known as the Silver Eagle Claim as mine Names of Locators [not legible] [not legible]