When I first started surveying we seldom broke chain to keep it horizontal. we used 100' chains and 300' chains and had a Abney that we could use to o...
Most right angle prisms have two prisms in them, have seen a few with only one, installed a little ways apart so you can see between them. When on lin...
What it means to me is that land patented from government ownership to private ownership is what it was described to be regardless of any later discov...
Years ago I cut two quarter moon shapes in steel about a foot from tip to tip. Used washers for clearance and put one one each side of the bar of a ch...
Once was a CCC camp on the Umatilla River about 30 +/- miles above Pendleton. It was turned into Prisoner of War Camp for German Prisoners. I remember...
When things tanked in 78 I think it was, many found other ways to make a living, and many were doing well when survey crews were again being needed. A...
The right of way was deeded by metes and bounds at the time of the mapping. The centerline is not mentioned in any way in the deeds. The section line ...
Used to be some instructions on how to tighten up the under ground location of a vertical pin. I still use it when I need to open a hole in a hard sur...
Magnetically Detected what? Don't know, don't use.jud
From the Plat and Report above, it looks as if he was not doing an original survey using compass bearings. What I got out of is that he made a good ef...
Nothing wrong with mules, mine is a Tennessee Walker Mule named Mule, stands about 16 1/2 hands. Getting old enough now to look for a hole to put him ...
I use Break Lines for such things and are a strong believer in the one doing the drafting or it's approval needs to be the one on the rod, contrary to...
I make my topography drawings so that the contours close on themselves or start on one side and can be traced without breaks across and out of the are...
CompassDoubt that this Subdivision Plat was done using magnetic North. Probably a Bearing was obtained using Solar Observation. 1959 may sound ancien...
Hoe would be a good size, no need to knock out the hoe itself if you just buy a replacement handle. Been trying to figure out what kind of handle he w...
I like to read local history.:whistle:
What does the opposite apparent ROW line indicate? The ROW C/L may now be fixed even if the Section Line has now been proven to be elsewhere. The 35 f...
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Some learned that in the 70's when mixing grid and ground. We were using Triangulation Stations to get on the SPC system with the idea our coordinates...
When they call and tell you they know where they want the new line to be located, make an appointment to meet them on site. Then with your hammer, fla...
