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<br />. · 3~ <br />'i~ ... <br /> <br />The collection system will have a visual impact on one <br />historic site during construction. The site is a scenic <br />overlook at Hell Gate; the effect has been determined to <br />be temporary (CSHS, letter of August 14, 1972). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />An archeological survey done in 1972 makes the following <br />observations concerning the North Side Collection System: <br /> <br />"These support features (access roads and construction <br />camps) undoubtedly took a toll of cultural resources <br />since they begin at lower and more level elevations <br />than features of the project and often occupy the <br />broad stream valleys which were favorable for site <br />locations. . . Lending support to the opinion that <br />sites were destroyed by the support features was the <br />discovery of two sites adjacent to such features. . ." <br />(Buckles, 1973). <br /> <br />At this late date the impact of construction on completed <br />features of the collection system on archeological resources <br />cannot be more explicitly determined. Survey of the South <br />Side Collection System, also in 1972, (Buckles, 1973) <br />located no sites that would be affected by Project construc- <br />tion. <br /> <br />The enlargement of Sugar Loaf Dam and filling of Turquoise <br />Lake (1965-1968) inundated nine archeological sites on the <br />north and west beaches of the preexisting Sugar Loaf <br />Reservoir. The report on the studies of the sites by Withers <br />(1965) stated that the sites were assumed to have been exposed <br />by wave action on the beaches of the preexisting reservoir <br />anu .cc~e~~~n that no further archeological studies be <br />undertaken.. No historical resources W"'c idc:'.tified within <br />the reservoir take line, which includes the Boustesd Tunnel <br />outlet portal. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The nearly completed construction and the impoundment of <br />minimum pool waters in Pueblo Reservoir have also inundated <br />or will inundate archeological and historical resourceS. <br />Surveys completed in 1964 and 1965 located 12B archeological <br />sites and identified two ranches, the community of Swallows, <br />one cemetery, an abandoned CF&I conduit, a concrete barrier <br />dam, and an abandoned log cabin and rock masonry house as <br />having possible historical value. Archeological excavations <br />and studies were carried out on the sites within the reser- <br />voir prior to inundation and within the alinements for road <br />relocations in 1964, 1965, 1966, and 1972. (Withers, 1965; <br />Withers and Huffman, 1966, Olson et al., 196B; Wood, 1972) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />IY-41 <br />