Standard Corners and Closing Corners
In California, in the 1850s, on a Standard Parallel south and east of the Initial Point the Standard Corners were for the Sections to the South.
The Township to the North corners were closing corners.
I beilieve this was changed later.
So you have the 1855 Survey of the Standard Parallel, the notes clearly say they are setting the corners for the Sections to the south (Tp Corner, 6 & 5, 5 & 4, etc).
Then the corners from the Township to the north are Closing Corners.
Then in 1939 & 1940 GLO finds both sets of monuments but they marked the caps SC on the original closing corners and CC on the original standard corners. You would think the GLO would have the original notes.
This was almost 15 years ago that I encountered that at another employer.
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