@beartow
Are stones typical for bounds there? Do you recover them often?
I have to say it would be highly unusual to dig out a paved section of road to look for a stone here, and as I say that I often walk/jog past an ugly patch of pavement where I did dig up a road looking for a 1/4 corner, didn't find it but did set a nice 3" cap in the ugly hole. City crews weren't happy.
They are fairly common in these parts and come in every imaginable shape, size, color and composition. Limestone is the most common rock here but the old guys who set them would try and use something of a different color or composition to separate it from native stones or outcroppings. I guess thats true in most regions of the country. My next door neighbor has two set stones on her rear corners about 300' apart and they couldn't be more different. One is a tall nice looking piece of gray limestone, shaped something like a canine. The other is a darker massive lump, and if it's anything akin to an iceberg, must weigh upwards of 600 lbs. That must have been a treat to set.
P.S. That's the famous Stargazer stone on my avatar, which I would say is a good representation of what a local stone might look like around here
At the center of the section in which I live is a limestone that has about 24 inches exposed. ?ÿAt ground level it is roughly 10 inches by 16 inches. ?ÿSuch a thing is rare here due to a fairly shallow depth to bedrock. ?ÿThat spot is close to a small creek, providing a million years of sedimentation. ?ÿThree-eighths of the distance along the quarter section line headed towards the east quarter corner is a somewhat square limestone protruding about two inches. ?ÿBoth were set in the early 1870's by a surveyor separating the west 60 acres from the remainder of the quarter section.
At the center of the section in which I live is a limestone that has about 24 inches exposed. ?ÿAt ground level it is roughly 10 inches by 16 inches. ?ÿSuch a thing is rare here due to a fairly shallow depth to bedrock. ?ÿThat spot is close to a small creek, providing a million years of sedimentation. ?ÿThree-eighths of the distance along the quarter section line headed towards the east quarter corner is a somewhat square limestone protruding about two inches. ?ÿBoth were set in the early 1870's by a surveyor separating the west 60 acres from the remainder of the quarter section.
The last time I drove through Kansas I got the impression the original surveyors probably set worn out motor-grader blade bits..it seemed like the entire R/W on I-70 was staked with them.
@beartow
But, are the stones dimpled in the precise exact correct spot?? Mr. McMillimeter would insist. Otherwise, no one would know where the "corner" is. :hmm: And, no use of sloppy GPS either please. Only direct/reverse multiple sets cross tied least squares before making them punch marks too please pardner.
All of ours are dimpled. Picking which of the 1000 dimples is the correct dimple is the question.
