Oregon surveyor looks for disappearing corners

Well, it's obviously time for me to stop working today. I first read that as "Oregon surveyor looking for corners disappears."

Health and Safety Note: Use the proper tool for the effort.
Pounding nails with the handle of a machete is not wise!

Were these NEW blazes set or recovering OLD ones?
Usually, we leave the old blazes alone, unless there is nothing else to verify the location...

> Were these NEW blazes set or recovering OLD ones?

That white looking blaze is clearly healing over. The white you see is sap.

> Health and Safety Note: Use the proper tool for the effort.
> Pounding nails with the handle of a machete is not wise!

The last foot or so of the butt of a machete is not sharpened, so no surveyors were harmed in the making of this photo opportunity. It is however clear that Clint forgot to bring the proper tool for the job, a plumb bob.

The corner

What in the blue blazes.....

The article says the east-west line of this intersection also passes through the Willamette Stone, but that doesn't look right to me.

Henry

That's cool.
I especially like the glossary of terms they provide for the lay-person.

> The article says the east-west line of this intersection also passes through the Willamette Stone, but that doesn't look right to me.

Clearly wrong by 12 miles.

Norman... could the corner record you link to be 6 miles South of the corner in the article?

Yes, it could. Try this and this instead.