Originally Posted by LouisB
Just a guess, but I'm betting they mark a pipeline Right of Way (ROW).
Could be property boundary.
They're often in places where a pipeline is impossible plus there's nothing to flow through one. Some go up hills so steep that you'd need booster pumps all along them. It's all on BLM land, no boundaries out there.

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