We decided to do some rehab work on another section corner. This one first shows up on a B.P.A. plan and profile sheet for the Redmond-Maupin line in 1952. Seems that several different surveyors visited this corner in the 1960s. This 1 3/4" brass cap is set in the original stone. P.P. & L. = Pacific Power and Light.
I have seen some corners referenced by James J. Bonner of Pettijohn Engineering in the 1954-1956 era but most of their work was for Portland General Electric. I think I found one Bonner corner diagram actually prepared for Pacific Power & Light, but not for this corner. Anyways, no definitive answer where the cap came from yet.
John Hollingsworth, OR LS 691, did some survey work for the Cove Palisades State Park in the late 1960s. Hollingsworth found one original BT and this cap and took 4 new BTs. We also found the stump of the original BT in the fence, some visible scribing but nearly eroded (sorry no picture). I did take a picture of a dead Hollingsworth BT and one live one, why do they always fall with scribing face down? I thought interesting that he scribed his "RS" (registered surveyor) number into the bottom of only one of his BTs.
Anyways it was fun to find this one. We will prepare a corner record documenting what we found and the two new references we established for this corner.
That's cool. Thanks for sharing!
There is a scribed 6' diameter redwood stump "C.L.Co. BT LS577" at Jackson Demonstration State Forest. It was set by Frank Lermond, LS577 in 1937 for Caspar Lumber Company.
somebody needs to drive a 1/2" rebar up beside that thing just avoid any confusion!
why waste money on a no. 4 when a no. 3 will do?
That's right! How about a 3/8" rebar with a 1 1/4" o.d. galvanized pipe over it, with a pvc pole stuck inside of that.
Hopefully 60 years from now nobody is debating whether to take the post as the actual corner or the cap! 😉
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NO. 2 WORKS EVEN BETTER
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heck you could cut the bottom out of a wire coat hanger and use that 😉
