@holy-cow I'm a touch typist so I have auto-fill turned off (except for texts on my phone). The spell check just inderlines my last name in red ink.

@wendell Yep, it was my Firefox browser. Being an old phart, I assumed that the spell checker was SC not my browser; sorta like a banned words list.

My first thought, HC was that someone had misspelled "hame." I cleaned out my storage unit a month ago and just sent my nephew some old family harnes...

I would have flunked out of geology school if I had that condition.

Twisting a phrase from an old gold mining movie, "Manual?? We don't need no stinkin' manual." Obviously, I don't have a manual for my old, trusty GA-...

@paden-cash Why didn't you just say that a shovel is the most important tool in the truck? As for pin finders and fences, way back when I was a surv...

The OP included a reference to a "letter 10619" dated Nov. 15, 1888. I briefly mentioned above that the "Instructions to U.S. Deputy Mineral Surveyors...

For completeness, here are the patents for the Big Sunflower (Sur. No. 2031) and Colorado Mint (Sur. No. 2032) lodes.

Here is a reduced-sized connected sheet, supplemental MTP and patent for the Logos Lode (Sur. No. 1720). The sup. MTP erroneously shows the conflict b...

I'd say not needy, just impatient. I am taking my Dad to visit his wife at the nursing facility now....back at 2:30 p.m. I do have the patents, conne...

Okay, here comes the first twist in the story. Here are the plats for the Big Sunflower (Sur. No. 2031) and Colorado Mint (Sur. No. 2032). The two cla...

Attached are the plat and field notes for the Logos Lode, Sur. No. 1720. The Logos plat shows two unsurveyed lode claims that are senior to the Logos;...

I looked at the plats and patents for the claims and Letter 10619 is exactly what I thought it was. For Colorado, beginning with the May 1886 manual o...

Sorry, I traveled to Nebraska today. My Dad was in the hospital and I'm caring for him the next few days as he convalesces. Yep HC, I'm in cow countr...

Also, too, the marking of the center corner of the township with the township and range is in the 1902 Manual. It applies for townships where at least...

As for what "grid" he used, I think folks are overthinking this again. I have a sneaky suspicion that he [ab]used the localization feature of his GPS ...

@loyal I think you are being too generous with the extent of his research. With that narrative, it is more likely that he came across a 1950s or 1960s...

@loyal And don't forget to to include the difference between NAVD88 and the U.S.G.S. elevations being in NGVD29 (assuming that they looked at spot ele...

Well, if you had stayed retired you would have avoided this nitwittery.

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