Advanced Topics and Case Histories in Mineral Survey Resurveys
For those who are CFedS and/or interested in mineral surveys, the CFedS web site is now hosting the files to the live CFedS continuing education course given at the PLSC 2020 conference. I don’t know how long it will take for it to become available as an online CFedS CE course, but hopefully in the near future.
In the meantime, the course materials can be downloaded by anyone visiting the CFedS web site. The title of the course is, “Advanced Topics and Case Histories in Mineral Survey Resurveys.” The concentration of the course is on discrepancies in the official record and how to identify and properly deal with those discrepancies. Part 3 addresses the Binger Hermann policy of holding the patent description positions of prior official surveys over their monumented positions. Yes, that means that the General Land Office held course and distance over monuments for the five years that policy was in vogue (July 1899 to August 1904). Part 4 of the course contains the Act of April 28, 1904 and several DOI land decisions that ended the Cadastral mayhem.
Here is a link to some reading materials that cover the basics of mineral surveys for those who would like a refresher. It is a 21 MB zip file and hosted on Box.com. Let me know if you have problems downloading the materials. The materials include a mineral survey primer written by Jack Kesler, U.S. Mineral Surveyor, the “Mineral Survey Procedures Guide” by John Meldrum, two chapters from the book, “Mineral Land Surveying” by James Underhill, 1906, and the resurvey sections of Chapter X, 2009 Manual.
Supplemental Reading on Mineral Surveys
I spent quite a bit of time replacing the PowerPoint slides containing maps, plats, graphics, etc. with high-resolution versions so they are readable in the PDF files. If you have any questions or comments on the course materials, please feel free to post here or in a PM.
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