Fact dir-001
newanalysisreported The notice's survey tie, as written, points about 1.5 miles west of the section corner, outside Section 28
The RW 453 notice (fld-002) ties the claim's NW corner to the permanent monument at the SE corner of Section 32, T14S R11E: 'approximately 8179 feet at an azimuth of 265.3 degrees'. BLM's survey grid puts that corner at about 39.5570 N, 110.7025 W. An azimuth of 265.3 degrees is almost due west; 8,179 feet that way ends near 39.555 N, 110.73 W, about two miles from Section 28, which lies to the north (39.572-39.586 N). The same distance at about 5 degrees (nearly due north) lands in Section 28's north half (39.579 N, 110.700 W), so the bearing looks like an error. This is Claude's calculation from the notice and BLM's section geometry, not a survey.
In plain termsA claim notice has to say where the claim is by measuring from a known survey marker. This notice's measurement points the wrong way: followed as written, it leads to ground well west of the section the notice itself names. It is probably a typo. Utah law expects the notice to identify the claim by reference to a permanent monument (Utah Code 40-1-2), so a surveyor or attorney could say whether it matters.
- Photo of the Notice of Location posted at the RW 453 location monument (resident fieldwork, 2026-09) resident fieldwork
- BLM National PLSS (CadNSDI) sections layer: SE corner of Section 32, T14S R11E SLM (queried 2026-09-29) (Bureau of Land Management, 2026-09-29) primary government
- Utah Code Title 40, Chapter 1, Mining Claims (40-1-1 to 40-1-12) (Utah State Legislature, 2025-05-07) primary government “No location of a mining claim shall be made until the discovery of the vein or lode”
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