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Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon |
2017 PLSO Conference
• One year’s display of the Buff & Buff Transit
from PLSO
• One year’s display of the 2009 BLM Survey Manual
autographed by BLM officials from PLSO
• A large assortment of unique wines donated by the
PLSO Board
• Custom salmon spinning rod and reel sponsored
by the Willamette Chapter & by John Wise
• Flat screen TV donated by Carlson Software
• An assortment of Rogue Distillery products from
US Survey Supply
A link to an auction donation form can be found on the
conference page at the PLSO website. The blank form
can be printed then scanned and sent by email to the
executive secretary at .
Donors are requested to refrain from offering heavily
used and/or outdated survey equipment and supplies.
Those donations have received little or no interest
from bidders at previous auctions. If you have further
questions, either about a donation or the auction,
please contact Gary Johnston at
Surveying Instrument Road Show
About Dr. Richard L. Elgin
$150 or $1,500 or $15,000?
Bring your old or unusual surveying
equipment and find out!
Have you collected some old or unusual surveying
equipment and want to get an idea of its value? Or
perhaps you have an item that you want to know more
about. Bring them to the 2017 PLSO Conference and
find out!
Nationally recognized expert, researcher, author, and
collector of early American surveying equipment, Dr.
Richard Elgin, will convene a session of his “Surveying
Instrument Road Show” following classes and prior to
dinner on Thursday, January 19.
Convention attendees are encouraged to bring items for comment and evaluation. Compasses, transits, levels,
and other pieces are welcome. Bring that “what is it piece” and see if Dr. Elgin can identify the device. Learn
from Dr. Elgin’s knowledgeable assessments and hear his tips about collecting antique surveying equipment.
Dick is a practitioner, having owned and operated a surveying company for 24 years; a researcher, having
co-developed celestial observation software packages in the 1980’s and 1990’s; an educator, having taught
surveying at Missouri University of Science & Technology; and an author—his most recent book being “The
U.S. Public Land Survey System for Missouri.” For many years he has collected, researched, and written articles
about early American surveying equipment. His collection numbers about 700 instruments and includes the
full range of American compasses (from the late 1700’s through the early 1900’s); transits (from the 1830’s
through solar transits); levels, sextants and one of the five W. & L.E. Gurley dividing engines. He is an expert on
the early preeminent instrument maker, Goldsmith Chandlee, his life and compasses.
Whether you have an item or are simply interested in survey equipment history, be sure to include this
event on your conference schedule for Thursday, January 19.