@holy-cow Something like that (long story). He came up to visit this summer with his girl friend, I hadn't seen him in several years (he moved about 4...

County Line Stone: Set in August of 1892 by A.J. Stookey (Tooele County Surveyor) and N.P. Anderson (Box Elder County Surveyor). Matt Clark (then D...

Nope! The picture is the TOP of the stone (about 10"x16" or so), we didn't dig it up, but it appeared to be pretty deep and very solid. Not a GLO mon...

Nope. About 15 seconds Mountain Time! Not so naughty (okay only a little vague) in this Time Zone. ????

@mightymoe When you are 60 miles of Jeep Trail from the nearest pavement, ya don't have many choices. It beats sleeping under the truck when it rains ...

Newspaper What's the difference between a night gown and a pair of pajamas?

@mightymoe I've been through Alamo a few times, but don't recall ever stopping there. Now Goldfield, Midas, Rosebud, and such are a different story!?ÿ...

@mightymoe I hear ya buddy. Long nights in tents, Ranger Stations, and motels with a set of Trig tables and (sometimes) a Curta. Reams of scratch pap...

Right on! Every time I see someone using the term "the grid" (as if there is only ONE), I want to slap'em up side the head (not really, but sorta). ...

Or 2-3 feet per mile (or more).

Out here in the Mountain West, the vast majority of (but not all)?ÿ Deeds, Descriptions, Patents, etc. are based on "True Bearings & True (ground)...

@protracted?ÿ The recovery of ancient (in relative terms) evidence of Wood Post Monuments requires not only careful excavation and analysis, but also...

@gene-kooper I agree! This page has been around awhile, but has been expanded recently. In any case, I do find it interesting and "somewhat" informati...

Are we talking about a "wiggle-in" here? (or something similar)

"He could turn of the lights, and get under the covers before the room got dark!"

@geo-u-young Go for it! I'm finishing up a 54 Mineral Survey retracement in which 34 of them were done during the Binger Period.?ÿ

@david-kendall?ÿ

I wish that there was more discussion about US Mineral Surveys and the retracement thereof on this site, but I know that most "Land Surveyors" don't e...