Documented History (by the NGS)
01/01/1938 by USGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1938 LOCATED 8.5 MI. E. THEN 1 MI. S. OF TOWN OF MT. PLEASANT, 4.5 MI. S. OF JUNCTION OF MT. PLEASANT RD. WITH SKYLINE DRIVE, ON N. END OF ROCK KNOLL WHICH BREAKS ABRUPTLY TO E. AND IS COVERED WITH TIMBER ON W. SLOPE. (THIS KNOLL IS NOT THE HIGHEST POINT IN VICINITY BUT WAS USED TO MAKE —HILL TOP— TRIANGULATION STATION VISIBLE THROUGH HILL TOP PASS. NEAR NW. CORNER OF QUADRANGLE.) THIS KNOLL IS 1 MI. S. OF A WIDE, SHALLOW SADDLE IN RIDGE ALONG SKYLINE DRIVE. STATION IS ABOUT 150 FT. E. OF AND ABOUT 100 FT. ABOVE SKYLINE DR. TO REACH FROM FAIRVIEW, GO N. ON U.S. HIGHWAY 89 FOR 0.4 MI. TO STATE 31, THEN E. ON STATE HIGHWAY 31 FOR 11.5 MI. TO JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 31 AND SKYLINE DRIVE, THEN RIGHT S. ON SKYLINE DRIVE FOR 11.5 MI. TO POINT ON SKYLINE DRIVE OPPOSITE STATION. STATION MARK – STANDARD TABLET STAMPED —JORDAN 1938— CEMENTED IN SANDSTONE BOULDER. REFERENCE MARK NO.1 – STANDARD REFERENCE MARK TABLET STAMPED —NO.1— CEMENTED IN BOULDER, 27.38 FT. DISTANT FROM STATION MARK, S 19 DEG 02 MIN W. REFERENCE MARK NO.2 – STANDARD REFERENCE MARK TABLET STAMPED —NO.2— CEMENTED IN BOULDER, 14.5 FT. DISTANT FROM STATION MARK, N 63 DEG 31 MIN W.

(the above text is from the description on the benchmark recovery sheet when it was checked on)

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