Subject: Re: VA Northernmost Point<br/>
Date: Mar 21, 2005 @ 17:38<br/>
Author: aletheia kallos (aletheia kallos &lt;aletheiak@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-205341337">wow thanx great find mike<br/>
<br/>
& why not respond on list<br/>
as i know there are others who are interested<br/>
or could help<br/>
<br/>
the thing that is really remarkable about these new<br/>
data you bring is that they throw into even greater<br/>
question the accuracy of the usgs depiction of the van<br/>
point position itself<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=17&n=4371826&e=728129&s=24">http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=17&n=4371826&e=728129&s=24</a><br/>
<br/>
at first sight it looked as tho van & the ridge bm<br/>
point are the same point<br/>
& that is what i had been assuming<br/>
til i failed to find it or them last year<br/>
<br/>
a closer look tho reveals that the defining dot in the<br/>
triangle is depicted about half a millimeter <br/>
or perhaps up to 40 feet <br/>
north & east of the indicated or implicit van point<br/>
position <br/>
<br/>
which however is still nothing like the approx 100<br/>
yards that this new source suggests<br/>
<br/>
& with matters now in such evident disarray<br/>
i also have to wonder if the cairn i also never found<br/>
really is or ever was an authentic vawv marker <br/>
& thus whether there is any text or other data<br/>
available that will resolve this uncertainty to our<br/>
satisfaction<br/>
before next month when a revisit op may occur<br/>
<br/>
& could be added to a burgeoning middle atlantic<br/>
trypointing expedition itinerary btw<br/>
if that interests you or anyone else<br/>
<br/>
--- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:Spookymike@...">Spookymike@...</a> wrote:<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Hi Mike:  I was doing some review work on WV county<br/>
&gt; highpoints and came <br/>
&gt; across the date sheet for USGS BM Ridge, the one on<br/>
&gt; the ridge near VA N, in Cacapon <br/>
&gt; State Park.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; As I remember our discussions from last fall, you<br/>
&gt; never did find the BM.  <br/>
&gt; Assuming you return some day, I noticed in the data<br/>
&gt; sheet description the <br/>
&gt; following sentences:<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &quot;The station [BM] is about 100 yards N of the<br/>
&gt; approximate state line corner <br/>
&gt; marked by a pile of stones around a hickory tree<br/>
&gt; with blaze and triangle.&quot;  The <br/>
&gt; BM is then described as a bronze disk set in the top<br/>
&gt; of a ledge rock which <br/>
&gt; projects about 18 inches above the ground.  The<br/>
&gt; important point here, which I&#39;m <br/>
&gt; not sure was made clear before, is the postion of<br/>
&gt; the BM with relation to VA <br/>
&gt; N, which should enable us to more closely pinpoint<br/>
&gt; VA N.  The date sheet dates <br/>
&gt; from 1947, so I wouldn&#39;t expect to find the pile of<br/>
&gt; stones or to be able to <br/>
&gt; identify the hickory tree.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Best, Mike<br/>
&gt; <br/>
<br/>
<br/>
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