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Volume 26: Issue 3 July, 2015 LL II NN EE SS & PP OO II NN TT SS www.plsw.org THE EQUALITY STATE SURVEYOR PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS OF WYOMING Lines & Points 1|Page July 2015 Volume 26: Issue 3 July, 2015 L I N E S & P O I N T S www.plsw.org PAUL A. REID NSPS FINAL POINT MONUMENT President Sonja “Suzie” Sparks, PLS PHOTO BY IKE LAIM M F On The Cover THE EQUALITY STATE SURVEYOR President Elect Randall Stelzner, PLS PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS OF WYOMING Secretary/Treasurer Marlowe Scherbel, PLS CONTENTS Page 3 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Page 4 ANNOUNCEMENTS Cotton Jones, PLS Area Governor Page 5 GEODETIC SURVEYING: PART VII THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORDNANCE SURVEY OF ENGLAND FROM 1800 TO ABOUT 1845 By: Herbert Stoughton, PhD, PELS, CP Mark Corbridge, PLS Wyoming Delegate Page 7 CELEBRATION OF LIFE IN MEMORY OF PAUL A. REID By: Mark Corbridge, PLS PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Page 11 THE LANDER TRAIL By: West Chapter of PLSW Committee Larry Perry, PLS Chair [email protected] Page 19 COMMON RESEARCH MISTAKES Editor Michael Flaim, PELS SURVEYORS MAKE in Chief [email protected] FORWARD SEARCH By: Knud E. Hermansen, PELS, PhD, Esq Treasurer John “Jack” Studley, PLS & Advertising [email protected] Page 21 ANOTHER UNIQUE MONUMENT Circulation Joel Ebner, PLS By: Joel Ebner, PLS [email protected] Emeritus Pete Hutchison, PELS Member [email protected] 2014 PLSW SUSTAINING MEMBERS Copy Herbert W. Stoughton, PhD, PELS, CP •Bryan Baker - Frontier Precision Inc. Editor [email protected] •John Baffert - Surv-KAP, LLC •Chris Farnsworth - RDO Integrated Controls Editor Steven “Dennis” Dawson, PLS •Kelly Goff - Underground Consulting Solutions at Large [email protected] •Susan Hall - Trimble Website Sonja “Suzie” Sparks, PLS •Tim Klaben - Berntsen International Inc. [email protected] •Troy Langston - Monsen Engineering PLSW (Professional Land Surveyors of Wyoming; PO Box 725, Advertising Information Afton, WY 83110) is a statewide organization of Land Surveyors registered to practice in the Equality State of Wyoming. PLSW is Digital-ready, full-color advertising with payment should be dedicated to improving the technical, legal, and business aspects mailed to Lines & Points, P.O. Box 8, Cheyenne, WY 82003. of surveying in the State of Wyoming. PLSW is affiliated with the Advertising rates are as follows: Year Issue National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) and the Western Full Page $810 $210 Federation of Professional Land Surveyors (WestFed). Half Page $540 $140 Lines and Points is published by the Professional Land Surveyors Quarter Page $310 $80 of Wyoming. Lines and Points is not copyrighted and permission is hereby granted to reprint articles with appropriate credit. The Business Card $40 $10 Professional Land Surveyors of Wyoming assume no responsibility Employment Free Free for statements made or opinions expressed in this publication. The Special Rates apply for PLSW Chapters and cover placements. articles and opinions as put forth in this journal are not necessarily those of PLSW or the Editorial staff of this journal. For more information please contact Jack Studley. Page|2 Lines & Points PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Greetings PLSW members and affiliates. Ah, the end of another cool, wet spring and the promise Periodically check the PLSW website for new of a green summer. It’s great to be busy! Hopefully information. If a county has corner/ land records you are all prioritizing summer projects and trying to available on line and we are not linked to their site, let work in last minute requests. During the May Board of us know. Your comments and suggestions about the Directors meeting, 6 new applications for membership site are always welcome. were approved. Welcome new members! The by -laws As you go about your work, keep in mind the committee is working on edits and corrections to that scholarship money that is available to Wyoming document. We are looking forward to reviewing it later survey students – perhaps someone who works for this year. The West Chapter is working on details for you is eligible. the publication of Dr. Stoughton’s writings. May 31, several members attended the celebration of life and Have a prosperous summer. Don’t forget to nurture establishment of a control point in honor of Paul Reid. your soul and spend time with family and friends. Life Read more about that later in this issue. is too short for regrets! Thank you, publication committee for continuing to Cheers! do a great job and to the chapters for bringing unique Suzie Sparks, PLS and interesting stories to the survey community. President, Professional Land Surveyors of Wyoming 3|Page July 2015 ANNOUNCEMENTS C ONGRATULATIONS ! MHS are seeking •The members of the Professional Land graduates from the Surveyors of Wyoming would like to University of Wyoming recognize the achievement of the following Land Surveying program new Wyoming registrants: that are looking for work in Andrew McGuire Pinedale, WY SI 168 the Kansas City Metro area. •Professional Land Surveyors of Wyoming are Company Description: looking for member volunteers for the position McAfee Henderson Solutions, Inc., a Kansas of State Secretary and/or Treasurer. Interested City Metro based civil engineering, land parties please contact Cevin Imus (307) 682-1661 surveying, and construction observation firm, is seeking motivated individuals to join our •THE 2009 MANUAL OF SURVEY INSTRUCTION organization. MHS provides professional is now available online through the BLM website services on a wide range of projects for our at http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/content/wo/en/ municipal and private clients. prog/more/cadastralsurvey/2009_edition.html. It can also be accessed directly at plsw.org on the The successful candidate must show a “References” page. willingness and competitiveness to continue the firm’s goal of being an Engineering and Surveying leader in the Kansas City metro market area. Job Description: Professional Land Surveyor - Office Coordinator: Provide office coordination duties of all land survey activities necessary for successful delivery of MHS projects. Job functions will include all major phases of land surveying including ALTA surveys, boundary surveys, platting, topographic surveys and design basemap production, construction layout, as- built surveys, and project documentation at the municipal, state, and federal levels. Benefits: MHS offers employees a competitive salary and benefits package that includes Health and Dental Insurance Coverage, Annual Bonus and Profit Sharing Program, 401(K) Retirement Program with Company Match, Continuing Education and Tuition Reimbursement, Career Advancement & Growth Opportunities, Flexible Schedule with Team Oriented Practices. Please send resume and cover letter to McAfee Henderson Solutions, 15700 College Blvd. Suite 202, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 or email to [email protected]. McAfee Henderson Solutions Inc. is an EOE. Page|4 5-6 Lines & Points Geodetic Surveying: Part VII The Activities of the Ordnance Survey of England from 1800 to about 1845 Herbert W. Stoughton, PhD, PELS, CP Introduction personal relationship. Therefore, when Col. Mudge Major William Mudge was appointed superintendent of Addiscombe, William Mudge (1 December 1762 - 17 April 1820) he unofficially passed the reigns of most of the attended the Military Academy at Woolwich. daily operations to Colby. It would only be after In 1779, he received his commission, and was Mudge’s death that Isaac Dalby wrote a letter immediately assigned to Lord Cornwallis’s army describing the Williams - Mudge - Dalby era (1791 in South Carolina (American Revolution). Upon - 1798). In this letter Dalby stated that Williams his return from the war, he was assigned to the did little survey work and did not contribute to the Tower of London, where he studied mathematics survey computations. Mudge and Dalby actually which earned him recommendations and an did the work. Since Mudge had experienced appointment to serve under Colonel Edward the “shadow leader” relationship, he spent the Williams. Although Mudge would command the early years with Colby nurturing and educating Ordnance Survey until his death, he would accept Colby about the duties and responsibilities for and jointly hold two additional appointments. In operating the Great Trigonometrical Survey. 1808, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of When Mudge transitioned his efforts to his two the Military Academy at Woolwich. In 1810, the other appointments, he had a tried and tested East India Company established its own academy subordinate capable to take over the administrative at Addiscombe, and the student officers assigned and management of the Ordnance Survey. In a to the East India Company were transferred from letter dated 9 September 1813, Col. Mudge wrote other institutions. Colonel Mudge was appointed to Colby: “...you should immediately read the review superintendent, but did not relinquish any of of Major Lambton’s Papers in the Asiatic Searches, his previous assignments. In 1819, Mudge was giving an account of his Trigonometrical Operations promoted Major-General. in India.” He continued: “it is undoubtedly done by Approximately three years after Mudge Playfair, who had us in his eye all the way through, and assumed the directorship of the Ordnance has ended his critique with the strongest compliment Survey, a very young lieutenant was appointed that could have been paid to the Surveyors in this to his staff. Thomas Frederick Colby was born country...”. in 1784, and received his military commission In 1803, Lieut. Colby