@rankin_file I read it for a freshman American history course in college.  Rølvaag's descriptions of blizzards and the isolation of livin...

@paden-cash ummmm, "Giants of the Prairies" is a song by the Canadian polka band the Kubasonics. You would like "Giants of the Earth" paden.  I...

@paden-cash That sounds like the sequel to "Giants of the Earth" by Ole Edvart Rølvaag, only swapping out the Norwegian immigrants with Swedis...

I'm still waiting for your story of an aging baby-boomer, a mining claim and a long lost daughter.

Working up in the mountains where it can go from calm to gusts of 70 mph and having experienced a couple of blow overs, I usually drive three 18" No. ...

I'm sure you will bring order (eventually) to the madness Bruce.?ÿ The fix is easy, just costly at this point.

I'd suggest chopping the data into 2+ hour sessions and sending to OPUS.?ÿ I assume that the base station has previous occupations that you can compar...

You need a lot more mineral survey manuals than the single 1909 Manual!?ÿ ?????ÿ Sorry, I wasn't able to make the get together.

@dougie Cam Turgison.  Unlike Aaron, Cam actually telephoned me once!  ????   

It is usually difficult to distinguish between willful ignorance and stupidity.?ÿ

Tom, Survey plats and survey field notes are also part of the Web Services, so they should work too.?ÿ Each plat and field notes has a 6 digit number...

Well, there is a "backdoor" to the GLO Records patent and CDI documents.?ÿ I just tested both and if you are looking for a patent after July 1, 1909, ...

Now for the reason I didn't place geodetic-based coordinates on my plat per the landowner's request. He did not want someone to take my plat and load ...

@mightymoe The basis of bearing is per the Board's suggested form for a geodetic north basis of bearing statement because the Board asked this nitwit...

@mightymoe You are correct whenever using SPCs in a land description (C.R.S. Title 38, Article 52 Colorado Coordinate System).?ÿ The SPCs on the thre...

@duane-frymire Thanks for your input, Duane.?ÿ One of the big reasons I posted this plat is to get input about my conclusions regarding moving monume...

The following is a compilation of the differences between the rectangular PLSS and mineral surveys that Steve Parrish and I put together.?ÿ It is cert...

@jerrys Yes, Jerry mining claims are very different from what you are familiar with.?ÿ There are three types of mining claims that can be patented: l...

Okay last post of stone corners. ?ÿ Cor. No. 1, Sweet Home Fraction, Sur. No. 20507-A.?ÿ I have the original field tablet of the surveyor, which sho...