We will be submitting the USPLSS plats to BLM for posting on their website sometime this fall.
Next we hope to have the Field Notes also available as PDF files.
Yes, I know this all takes time and in addition to being short staffed, yet we are trying to spend a little time here and there so we can make this eventually available to the public via the internet.
BTW - the government patents are at the Santa Clara County Archives facility and are available to the public there.
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