2023-04-08, 08:16 PM
Looks like some more wild times out there, at least you got some good weather.
I wonder if that stake with the numbers has something to do with Borax plots? When there was a concentration of mining claims, the normal PLSS townships division was not precise enough, so sometimes a local coordinate system would be put in place with a specifically surveyed base location. You see these on topos sometimes labelled "USMM <number>" but I don't know what the CD would stand for. Stands to reason though that it would be tough to build a cairn marker out there. Just a guess
I wonder if that stake with the numbers has something to do with Borax plots? When there was a concentration of mining claims, the normal PLSS townships division was not precise enough, so sometimes a local coordinate system would be put in place with a specifically surveyed base location. You see these on topos sometimes labelled "USMM <number>" but I don't know what the CD would stand for. Stands to reason though that it would be tough to build a cairn marker out there. Just a guess