smitty, post: 362039, member: 11387 wrote: my goodness, I hope you got a book your looking at. because if all that case law is floating around in your...
More information is needed before coming to any conclusion. You say the stream is in a different location now than in 2004. I tend to get very skeptic...
My mentors:Champ Meyers with USGS who gave me my first exposure to topographic surveying in 1958.Vern Lane with BLM who gave me my first opportunities...
Have you studied the 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case, PPL Montana v. Montana, regarding the navigability in the Great Falls area? Very interesting read, ...
What State?Is the river navigable?Was the island created by the avulsion or did it grow out of the bed after the avulsion? In other words was the isla...
You live and work in a beautiful area. I was in Kallispel (sp?) for a MARLS conference in about 1971. It was my first time to meet Tiny Tillotsen (sp?...
Larry, No apology needed. I find it interesting to listen to others' viewpoints. I don't get upset when others disagree with me. I try to learn from y...
Mr. Wells, the point I was making is that the BLM surveyor would not proportion because that would be contrary to the Manual. I am a retired BLM'er (a...
I must disagree with Mr. Wells about how the Manual would place the marker. This is most definitely not a place where proportionate measurement is app...
BLM Surveyors Worshiped - not a chance?Hey Brian, it has been over 19 years since I retired from BLM in Idaho. I can tell you I never felt that any of...
Walt Robillard et al said it in the Evidence and Procedures book. It has also been similarly said by others. It means that the point of beginning monu...
These BLM terms are not quite so easily and clearly defined. The 2009 BLM Manual at Sec. 6-11 defines an existent corner as "one whose position can be...
My answer is the same for all 5 scenarios. Most certainly the corner position is not lost. Most certainly it is not the original corner monument.Per t...
Nicely done Don. That instrument looked new instead of being 10 years old. It shows you take pride in your work and equipment.Jerry
Broken BottlesWe, with BLM in the 1950's and 1960's, would break the bottle by hitting the IP with it. So the broken glass was in the bottom of the ho...
Mineral Rights and Water Movements.If Dennis was citing IBLA cases as the authority then of course it would apply only to Federal Interest lands where...
Not sure, but I suspect Dennis is discussing what the 2009 BLM Manual refers to as Mineral Leasing Act Surveys under the Mineral Leasing Act. Sec. 10-...