I visited this corner last Thursday although it's not needed for our current survey work. Jim Conkright found a stone and epoxied a brass cap onto it in 1978. The stone that I think the brass cap was epoxied onto is a piece of ledge sticking vertically up out of the ground and it is considerably larger than record. I think I can see where he epoxied his BC on a spot 1.0' north of his concrete post (per his notes).
1878 Government Field Book Page:
Jim Conkright's field notes:
Jim Conkright's map with my hand notes:
1994 Boundary Survey for USDA-FS (private surveyor), R/S filed in 1997:
My photos below. The cap as I found it and set it on the stone where I think it was:
Close-up of the cap:
Wider shot, looking west:
Original BT to the north:
Conkright's found local BT to the west (in the background behind the green bush):
Conkright's found local BT to the east (in the center with fence post on right):
Glad you are back. 🙂
That is in Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest which is one of the most beautiful places in California. We are surveying the boundaries of Balch Park which Tulare County received by a gift deed from A.C. Balch and Janet Jacks Balch in 1923. They had acquired it from Mount Whitney Power Company which had planned on harvesting the giant sequoia trees to build flumes for their hydroelectric project; the chief engineer's wife went up there and essentially said, no way no how, you ain't harvesting these beautiful trees. The chief engineer must've known Balch who had made his money building hydroelectric projects throughout California; Balch acquired the 180 acres+ which is now Balch Park and donated it to Tulare County to be used forever as a park. A truly beautiful and not widely known place. The campgrounds are $15/night in the State Forest and $16/night in Balch Park.