140 Forest Club Annual 



All monuments or corners had at least two witnesses on 

 which the following system of marking was used : 



WR 



_ = Witness corner two of ranger station survey. 

 2 



WH 



= Witness corner three of homestead survey. 



WW 



= Witness starting point of right-of-way. 



1 



WW 



- = Witness closing point of right-of-way. 

 2 



All witnesses were on the claim applied for, unless the 

 corner or monument of the claim was coincident with that of 

 another claim already described. In any case, however, the 

 witnesses were described and their direction and distance 

 given. The witnesses were usually close to the corner or 

 monument and were always within three rods. To indicate 

 the intersection of one of the Forest Service lines with a Land 

 Office line and to show the 'approximate distance to the nearest 

 Land Office corner, a tree near the point of intersection was 

 barked on the wood about eight by ten inches on the side fac- 

 ing the corner. A letter C with horizontal cross-bars was then 

 scribed upon the scar. The following cut shows the method 

 used: 



About 15 About 20 About 25 



choinS chains chains 



to corner to corner. to corner; etc. 



In settlement work to indicate the distance to a Forest 

 Service corner the letter S instead of C was used. If this 

 mark was not visible from the trail or road an X was cut 



