JU3851 Boundary Arc Stone 2 DE MD -- Elkton MD - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Stine Labs is home to many super cool Mason-Dixon and historic srone post monuments, many of which are now NGS benchmarks. Mama Blaster was able to use her Texas charm to get an escort to see them :)

From the NGS Datasheet: (visit link)

"JU3851 DESIGNATION - BOUNDARY ARC STONE 2 DE MD
JU3851 PID - JU3851
JU3851 STATE/COUNTY- MD/CECIL
JU3851 COUNTRY - US
JU3851 USGS QUAD - NEWARK WEST (1992)
JU3851
JU3851 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
JU3851 ______________________________________________________________________
JU3851* NAD 83(1991) POSITION- 39 39 34.84819(N) 075 47 20.44254(W) ADJUSTED
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JU3851_MARKER: V = STONE MONUMENT
JU3851_SETTING: 2 = OBJECT DRIVEN INTO GROUND
JU3851_SP_SET: OBJECT IMBEDDED IN GROUND
JU3851_MAGNETIC: O = OTHER; SEE DESCRIPTION
JU3851_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY
JU3851_SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR
JU3851+SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - September 25, 2010
JU3851
JU3851 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
JU3851 HISTORY - 1765 MONUMENTED MASDIX
JU3851 HISTORY - 1961 POOR CGS
JU3851 HISTORY - 20080612 GOOD GEOCAC
JU3851 HISTORY - 20100925 GOOD GEOCAC
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JU3851 STATION DESCRIPTION
JU3851
JU3851'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1961 (RWT)
JU3851'THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWARK,
JU3851'DELAWARE, 2.0 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ELK MILLS, MARYLAND, ON
JU3851'PROPERTY OF E.I. DUPONT AND COMPANY, INCORPORATED, STINE
JU3851'LABORATORIES, 200.0 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF A DIM TRACK
JU3851'ROAD AND 63.4 FEET NORTH OF AN EAST AND WEST FENCELINE AND
JU3851'NORTH EDGE OF A TIMBERLINE AND IS INCLOSED BY A POLE FENCE.
JU3851'
JU3851'A TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS MADE TO TRIANGULATION STATION
JU3851'BOUNDARY MONUMENT 83, DISTANCE BEING 400.054 METERS SOUTH OF
JU3851'STATION BOUNDARY MONUMENT 83. IT IS ARC STONE NO. 2 1765, AN
JU3851'UNMARKED STONE. IT HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF AT GROUND LEVEL AND NOW
JU3851'SETS ON OLD BASE OR WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE OLD BASE AT THE
JU3851'ORIGINAL LOCATION. IT IS A 7 X 12 INCH STONE PROJECTING ABOUT
JU3851'28 INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND.
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JU3851 STATION RECOVERY (2008)
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JU3851'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2008 (WD)
JU3851'THE STONE IS IN A POLE FENCE ENCLOSURE IN AN UNCULTIVATED FIELD ON THE
JU3851'GROUNDS OF THE STINE-HASKELL RESEARCH CENTER, A SUBSIDIARY OF DU PONT.
JU3851'ACCESS TO THE STONE IS WITH THE PERMISSION OF AND UNDER THE
JU3851'SUPERVISION OF THE CENTER'S SECURITY STAFF. THE SECURITY OFFICE IS
JU3851'ADJACENT TO THE MAIN GATE.
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JU3851 STATION RECOVERY (2010)
JU3851
JU3851'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2010 (LPC)
JU3851'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION."

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: -blank- Benchmark Agency: other (not included below) Benchmark Agency (if other): Mason-Dixon Monumentation type: other (not any of the below) Monumentation type (if other): Stone Monument County: Cecil County MD USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Newark West Special Category (if other): Mason-Dixon Line monuments Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: JU3851 Special category (optional): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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