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Billys Creek: Description of Range B-2

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Billys Creek Range B-2 (originally B-1)

Length 1087 feet
Bearing S 41°30' W

BM B-1-R (4/27/40) Elev. 100.00. New BM (pipe?) Elev. 100.50. Up 3 feet in 20 feet from floodplain, 185 feet from creek bank.
Iron pipe set and marked B-1-R 1940. By 2 gum trees on end of ridge 20 feet from cultivated field.
Twin gum (blazed) S 18° E 3 feet (TBM)
16 inch sweet gum (blazed) S 24° W 7 feet
8 inch sweet gum (blazed) N 12° E 40 feet
TBM twin gum - elev. 100.05.


BM B-1-L (4/27/40) Elev. 104.63. Up 6 feet in 70 feet from toe of slope.
U.S.E.D. TBM R-16-11-40 (relation to range elevation not clear - sketch shows it 61 feet NW from BM-B-1-L).
New BM (on pipe?) Elev. 104.99.
Iron pipe set and marked B-1-L 1940. In hillside pasture above fence by gum tree.
5 inch pine (blazed) S 65°45' E 21 feet
12 inch post oak (blazed) S 10° E 60 feet
7 inch elm (blazed) N 31° W 55 feet
TBM on gum tree by BM - elev. 105.69.

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