My quick read is as follows. Hope it helps. I don't warrant anything. I did not compare with yours.JerryPage 1Aug. 25, 1785Received of Mr. John Donne...
Thanks for post Dan. Jim is one of the nicest and most charitable people around and he is a darn good surveyor. And Keith is correct about his book ...
Eldorado Springs, MOI have been to Eldorado Springs. It was like a pilgrammage (sp) for me. I knew many many of the BLM surveyors from there. Many ...
Very Nice Daryl,Thanks for sharing. I've always wanted to visit Turkey ever since I took a class on its history in college.Jerry
The name of Henry Sibley reminds me of one of my first party chiefs with BLM in 1959 by name of Eldon Wayne Sibley. He was from Eldorado Springs, MO....
Absolutely correct. Happy Holidays to Wendell, Angel and all the rest of you.Jerry
Never a doubt. Congratulations Paul.Jerry
2Surveying 48 registered 33Jerry
Mr. Havin, do you really want to get off the hook? These riparian boundaries are fun to research and discover the last natural location through analys...
Mr. Havin, thanks for the follow up. I haven't had time to read all Nunely's article yet, but at the first glance find it confirms what the courts ha...
"I have been requested to locate same on a topographical survey map of a beach area. This topo includes a contour of the adjacent lake bottom and of t...
I was in Canberra a few years ago and the entire office stopped to watch the race. TV and treats were set up. It is a big deal in Australia. By the ...
Loyal is correct about the markings on the limbs. I think I have found more marks on limbs than on the trunk. And they make good fence posts and fire...
Al White's book "A History of the Rectangular Survey System" explains this. A sample township is shown on page 20, figure 5. I think the book is on ...
Great story. Well coached team. Wonderful young men.Jerry
Hey Keith,Those of us who have worked for BLM in Utah, Nevada and Arizona have executed the original surveys of lots townships. Alaska, of course, is...
During the time I worked for the BLM (1958 to 1994)all latitudinal lines were on the curve. The interior 1/4 corners and even 1/16th and 1/256th corn...
In law it is the position of the original corner. It is most likely (highly improbable that all the original distances were accurate) not really in t...
My mistake. I thought you were giving original plat bearings and distances. Most likely was stubbed out as you suggest.Jerry
Keith, in parts of Arizona and Nevada those kinds of measurements would not be unusual. But as he states later, the bearings are actually closer to c...
