I’ve spent nearly 20 years now enjoying searching for benchmarks, survey points used to map and keep track of property lines and more. They’re fascinating to a map geek like me.

This one is in Tooele County out in the desert.

Documented History (by the NGS)
01/01/1955 by USGS (MONUMENTED)

01/01/1970 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1970 13.55 MI S FROM STOCKTON. 13.55 MILES SOUTH ALONG THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD FROM AN ASPHALT ROAD CROSSING AT STOCKTON, 285 FEET WEST OF THE FIRST POLE SOUTH OF MILE POST 729, 356 FEET WEST OF THE WEST RAIL, 3.8 FEET WEST OF THE FENCE LINE, 63 1/2 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH END OF A GATE, 2.0 FEET WEST OF A WITNESS POST, ABOUT 3 FEET HIGHER THAN THE TRACK AND IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 0.8 FOOT. SECTION 27, T 5W, R 6S.

01/01/1971 by USGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1971 LOCATED ABOUT 200 FT. E. OF STATE HIGHWAY 36, 72 FT. S. OF GATE AND 4 FT. W. OF FENCE, IN SAGEBRUSH FLATS ALONG UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCE, OPPOSITE OLD —AJAX— SECTION HOUSE FOUNDATIONS. TO REACH FROM INTERSECTION OF RD. INTO VERNON AND STATE HIGHWAY 36, DRIVE N. ON STATE HIGHWAY 36 FOR 12.6 MI. TO TRACK RD. RIGHT (E.), GO E. ABOUT 200 FT. TO GATE, TURN S. ALONG W. SIDE OF FENCE FOR 72 FT. TO STATION. STATION MARK–BRONZE TABLET STAMPED —AJAX 1955— SET IN AN 8 IN. CONCRETE FILLED TILE PROJECTING 6 IN. ABOVE GROUND. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1–CHISELED CROSS 4 FT. ABOVE GROUND ON S. SIDE OF SECOND CONCRETE POST S. OF GATE. (NOT RECOVERED). REFERENCE MARK NO. 2–CHISELED CROSS 4 FT. ABOVE GROUND ON N. SIDE OF CONCRETE POST. (NOT RECOVERED).