From Corner No. 1 Surprise No. 2: S. 16 Degrees 06 W 6701.0 Ft. to Original Corner of Sections 14, 15, 22 & 23 Township 14 North, Range 3 West (1871 Survey) Section 11
Thumb Butte Mining District W.A. Cline Claimant. J.J. Fisher, U.S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor
As shown above, corner 1 of the Surprise No. 3 should be located 6701 feet S. 16 Degrees 06’W ‘To original corner of sections 14, 15, 22, and 23 in Township 14 North, Range 3 West, Per the 1871 survey’. This is the Soloman Foreman 1871 original township survey of record with the Bureau of Land Management.
A secondary tie is depicted from corner 1 to the reestablished 1/4 section corner of sections 11 and 14, ‘per the 1931 resurvey.’