MightyMoeI am well aware of original survey plat protractions and a protraction is a protraction!They are not on the ground until there are monuments ...

"Only a court of law can determine where the property line is. We can only report what we find, advise the owner and/or his representative of the case...

MightyMoeI'm in agreement with you. However, there is only one way to lay out these new lot lines and arrive at the acreages that the BLM has stated o...

I absolutely agree Jud

Good post and the opposite can be true too. As in, it is professional to accept evidence of the corner that is other then an obvious original brass c...

MightyMoeYou are touching on an argument that may be valid here as well as my bogus theory argument is on ONLY surveying section subdivision lines by ...

MightyMoeWell, I would guess that you have posted a very well described problem with the BLM lotting of private land??It should be said that BLM, as t...

Whatever it is RADAR, best of luck to you!

Right on Charles, and that is the best way of doing the original subdivision of a section, where all there is, is sagebrush and jack rabbits.

Dave, At least in the case of bona fide monument set by a county surveyor or licensed private surveyor the original monuments they set should be honor...

Dave,Good question and I do not know of any court case or treatise that would advocate two corners for the surface and the sub-surface.But I do recall...

I'll bet that the rational behind what Mighty posted (assuming the worst), is that the owner of the Mineral Estate (the People of the United States), ...

MightyMoe,Thanks for posting the plat and if you can, please post the plat memo that explains what is going on?Let's be clear though, that this practi...

Thanks MightyMoe,As you know, that plat does not represent what we are talking about in subdividing a section by survey/resurvey.These are protracted ...

MightyMoe,I would like to know what States that you are referring to, where BLM is using this bogus theory?Thanks.Keith

Loyal; that's what the BLM does on a continual basis. If it's not on the math-throw it out. I'm sure there is a handful of BLM surveys where an off th...

Thanks Loyal and you might imagine it is a sore spot with me too.And you have seen the flippant responses from those who can't or don't know how to co...

BLM survey methods in some StatesThis thread should be reviewed, in my opinion of course, as it sorta goes along the lines of the junior senior argume...

Stephen,That is why I make some of the sarcastic comments that I do, so maybe it will sink in to some. Gets tiresome repeating the same concept every...

I read someplace that surveyors create gaps and overlaps?