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> That was back in the days when BLM land surveyors were not digging up the original stone and they set the iron post alongside. This led to confusion and the practice was stopped in the early 60's or so.
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> Keith
If it works this is a corner on the Township line circa 1871.
Quinton Campbell resureyed Secs 5-6-7 and 8 in 1949. Partial surveys were done by Gibbs, Freeman, Ward and Reed in 1854, 1855, 1869, 1870 and 1871. I was staking a preliminary well site in section 4. Campbells tie from the cor. of 4-5-8&9 to 2-3-10&11 was 15 chains longer than the Gibbs completion survey. Of course they wanted the well as close to the lease line as possible.
Fun stuff for sure.
DJJ
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Keith:
E.C. Lenhart, was an old G.L.O. Cadastral Surveyor from the 1930's to sometime in the 1940's, pre B.L.M., told me when I worked for him in 1959 & 1960, that they buried the stone at the base of the post when they remonumentd a recovered corner monument and did not leave a double set of monuments. Not leaving double monuments was a pre B.L.M. happening.
I retraced a lot of Jim Minnies resurveys around Glendo Reservor, breaking down sections for the Reservoir Boundary, that he did in the 1950's (53 I think) and he left the stone next to his brass capped monument, either in place as found and the markings still correctly oriented.
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Charles,
I really don't know if the procedure of setting the pipe alongside the stone was practiced by all BLM surveyors, but I know that some in the Montana State Office did, in the 50's. Sort of before my time and when the 60's came around, I was paying attention to field practices. They tried to lean the pipe over the stone in some cases.
Back then, a link or two was not to worry about!
Keith
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That is west of Lost Hills. Supposedly the Deputy drew hills onto the Plat when it was out in the flat of the Valley.
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Keith:
I wouldn't worry about a link or 2 now either. Better'n 0.04 :>)
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I don't either, but there are those that fuss about the length of my finger nail.
And they call themselves land surveyors.
Keith