Anon,  Plat of the Placer Claim of James M. Ryan and Elijah M. Dunphy Little Boulder Mining District, Jefferson County Montana, Containing 20 ^24/100 Acres.  Anon, Montana Territory, 1876 / 78.  Pen and ink on light linen, 15.5” x 21” overall. [with] GLO Patent and Mineral Claim  5pp., folio, printed and manuscript.  Map with several light organic stains and some fading, patent with moderate scattered staining, overall very good for these types of documents.  $650.00
A wonderful pairing of documents from the gold region near Boulder, Montana Territory with the patent bearing the presidential signature of R.B. Hayes.  The Ryan-Dunphy claim is drawn on a scale of 5 chains [66ft] to an inch and shows the extent of the patent to embrace approximately 5,500 feet along the Little Boulder Creek, North Branch.  The area surveyed is situated in Township 5, north of Range 5 and West of the Principal Meridian, in the County of Jefferson and Territory of Montana, in the district of lands subject to sale at Helena...  The patent and mineral claim, recorded by the Government Land Office at Helena on 24 April, 1876, describes in detail the lands as shown on the accompanying map and bears the Presidential signature of R[utherford] B Hayes dated at Washington 6 September 187