Nature Done Wright

On Monday, I asked readers if they could help Gail Grove with this puzzle — a marker dated 1705 at the peak of High Mountain. The mystery was passed along by njurbanforest.com.

Gail writes:

I sent a picture to my brother, who happens to be a geologist. Here is the info he sent back. 

Here's the datasheet for the National Geodectic Survey marker on High Mountain:
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=KV4220

A monument was first installed there in 1883!  But the description doesn't sound much like what you photographed.

Scroll toward the bottom to find this description:

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1883 (EAB) STATION IS ON THE SUMMIT OF THE ELEVATION OF THAT NAME, ONE OF THE HIGHEST OF BREAKNESS RANGE.  IT IS ABOUT 3 MILES N OF PATERSON, 3/8 MILE W OF ROAD LEADING THERETO, AND 1/2 MILE S OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN PASSAIC AND BERGEN COUNTIES.  PHILIP ORRS HOUSE IS ABOUT 1/8 MILE W OF THE PATERSON-FRANKLIN LAKE ROAD, AND ABOUT 3/8 MILE SSE FROM THE STATION.  A FOOTPATH LEADS FROM THIS HOUSE TO THE SUMMIT.  THE STATION IS MARKED BY A COPPER BOLT SET IN A HOLE DRILLED IN THE ROCK.  REFERENCE MARKS ARE PLACED AS FOLLOWS–NO.1 IS AN ARROW HEAD CUT ON AN OUTCROP OF LEDGE, IS 11 FEET E OF THE STATION.  NO.2 IS AN ARROW HEAD CUT IN LEDGE, IS 48 FEET S BY E FROM THE STATION.  NO.3 IS AN ARROW HEAD CUT ON TOP OF OUTCROP OF LEDGE, IS 55 FEET 2 INCHES WSW OF THE STATION.  NO.4 IS AN ARROW HEAD CUT ON TOP OF A LEDGE, IS 98FEET NNE OF THE STATION.

Perhaps you have found one of the "Arrow Head cut on top of a ledge."  I can't really read what is says, but the carving on the left of the circle looks something like the tail of an arrow.  And perhaps there is the head of an arrow at 180 degrees on the right?  If this is indeed one of the arrowheads, there should be three others.

You can search for information on survey markers anywhere in the country by using the interactive mapping app at this website: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/datasheets/

Thanks, Gail and your brother!