Signal states that there is a gap of from 519 to 630 feet* between the sections in R. 20 W. and the sections in R. 19 W., because sections 30 and 31 of T. 12 N., R. 19 W. and sections 6, 7 and 18 of T. 11 N., R. 19 W. are depicted on the official plats of survey as near normal sections, not elongated sections.
*A comparison of Lafferty’s plat with the original indicates the excess distance actually varies from approximately 1500ft. to over 1640 ft.