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Original
Stone marking 1/4 corner between Sections 22 and 27, T 27 S, R 69 W, 6th Principal Meridian
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Working in a "Public Land" state means having to find or re-establish
the corners set in the original surveys of the public domain. In our area that means looking for corners set in the mid to
late 1800's.
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GPS
has allowed our company to be more productive and competitive. Centimeter accuracy is quickly achieved with Real Time Kinematic
processing.
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The survey of the "Public Domain" was begun in 1785 using
such tools as a compass and chain, which was 66 feet long!
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Many of the original monuments placed by the early surveyors
were "pits and Mounds". A hole was dug, the earth mounded beside and a charred stake was left in the pit. Many of the corners
in our area were of this type, which makes the search for a property boundary challenging!
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When available, the corners to the individual Sections were
marked with a Sandstone or other suitable stone. These were place typically in a mound of stone and the location of the stone
was chiseled on the rock by means of hash marks on the south and east faces of the stone. 1 mark on the south and 1 mark on
the east meant that the corner was 1 approximately 1 mile west and 1 mile north of the Township corner.
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