Today we were remonumenting some corners in Victor after the recent construction. All previously tied out and perpetuated, since the question of when/if the project would actually be built was hanging out there. ( initial control survey was done in the late 1980's ) at that time we had dug thru 1.1 feet of asphalt pavement and a few tenths of common material to recover a stone set in 1910 for the corner of a Subdivision- Victor Orchard Tracts- here is a snip of that.
We set a 3.25" cap with a rebar inside over the x, flush with the surface- in concrete. It fell at about the inside wheel tract of the westbound lane of Victor Crossing.
The new construction re-aligned Victor crossing to the south, so it intersects the rd to the west and the existing PTW was re-graded for the new design.
Today we staked it out to re-set it, and when we had dug about 26", we hit a stone. Vacuumed it clean and here are the pics.
The top of the stone is about 8" in diameter.
new cap set flush over the stone
someone is supposed to mow this, so we set it flush. We'll file a corner rec in a few weeks.
Was going to get a pic of the Bitterroot range with fresh snow on it, but there were a few clouds in the way.- sorry.
Nice recovery and a quality set for an excellent perpetuation.
If you were in Nebraska you would have had to remove the entire stone, clean it, measure it in all directions, take at least 10 pictures, then reset it lower than found, then set your shiny, new cap and coordinates and, then, file a 27 page report including the ambient temperature, barometric pressure, number of clouds in the sky, accessibility for wheelchair traffic, adjacent soil structure and soil types, names of all present at the unveiling, number of planes flying over during your work session and other critical data. At least, that's how Jerry Penry does it.
now that's funny!
You left out the tie to the WWII bomber that crashed during a training flight.
Don't forget to add a time capsule in a sealed bottle down with the stone also.
It really helps to have a tough hide when you hang out around this place regularly.:-)
Around here, ridicule is the best form of flattery... 😉
JBS
and a dedicated web site to the corner.... 😉
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you...
[sarcasm]Yeah... you found them... but how did they FIT? [/sarcasm]
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> [sarcasm]Yeah... you found them... but how did they FIT? [/sarcasm]
3.25" cap with a rebar set in concrete flush with the surface: 0.04'N 0.06'E
Wondered why things wouldn't fit...
The low hanging fruit..
Another of these aged Xs. This one seems to fit some original block corners.
I think they meant it..:excruciating:
