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DRMS Permit Index
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C1982056
IBM Index Class Name
REVISION
Doc Date
12/12/2013
Doc Name
Class III Cultural Resource Inventory
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Twentymile Coal Company
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MR270
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JDM
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COLORADO CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY OAHP 1418 <br />Linear Component Form <br />This form should be completed for each linear resource or linear segment. Use this form in conjunction with the <br />Management Data Form. Call OAHP staff (303- 866 -5216) prior to assigning a resource number. <br />I. Resource Identification <br />1. Resource Number: 5RT3259.1 2. Temporary Resource Number: <br />3. Site Name: Energy Spur of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad <br />4. Record of: ❑ Entire resource ® Segment <br />II. Resource Description <br />5. Resource Type: ❑ Road ® Railroad ❑ Trail <br />❑ Ditch /Canal <br />Rev. 11/2010 <br />Other (specify): <br />6. Component Description: This site is a spur of the historic Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (5RT1396). <br />The railroad is currently in use in the project area as the Union Pacific Railroad and consists of steel rails, spikes, <br />and footings, along with wooden ties, on top of a rocky berm. The segment measures 11,486 ft (2.18 mi) long by 50 <br />ft (15 m) wide, is oriented generally northeast- southwest and is situated along a slight west - facing slope and a slight <br />southeast - facing slope between Fish Creek to the west and Foidel Creek to the east. The rocky grade, made up of <br />imported angular small cobbles, measures 3 to 4 ft high. This segment generally follows the same elevation with a <br />slight drop in elevation toward the north end. Modern barbed wire fencing is located about 18 ft from the edge of the <br />grade on both sides of the railroad and marks the edge of the railroad easement. These fences are parallel to the <br />segment for its entire length. <br />Thirteen features, all culverts, were observed. The northernmost culvert extends 85 in to the east of the grade <br />and 114 in to the west. The pipe, which itself is modern, has a 24' /2 -in diameter. The other 12 culverts, present along <br />the length of the segment, are similar in nature. <br />7. Original use: transportation <br />8. Current use: transportation <br />9. Modifications (describe and include dates): Modifications have consisted of maintenance to the tracks and berm <br />and replacement of the culverts. Dates are unknown. <br />10. Extent of Entire Resource: This spur extends from the Craig Branch at the Adams Station (milepost 199.5) near <br />Milner and travels 12.2 miles south to the Energy Station, the site of a large coal mine. <br />11. Associated Artifacts: none observed <br />12. Associated Features or Resources: Features 1 -13, culverts along the length of the segment. <br />III. Research Information <br />13. Architect/Engineer: various <br />Source(s) of Information: <br />14. Builder: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad <br />Source(s) of Information: www.drgw.net, accessed 11/22/2013 <br />15. Date of Construction / Date Range: 1962 <br />Source(s) of Information: www.drgw.net /info /EnergySpur, accessed 11/22/2013 <br />16. Historical / Archival Data: The railroad in this region, known as the Moffat Road, was part of the Denver, <br />Northwestern, & Pacific Railway, founded in 1902, and in 1912, this railway was reorganized as the Denver and Salt <br />Lake Railroad (Church et al. 2007-Table 38). This line reached Craig by 1913. Then, in 1947, the railroad became <br />the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW.net 2013). The 102.9 -mile standard -gauge section between <br />Bond (milepost 128.8) and Craig (milepost 231.7) became known as the Craig Branch, which was essential to the <br />coal- mining industry (DRGW.net 2013), and this 12.2 -mile branch of rails is known as the Energy Spur. This spur <br />travels between the Energy Station, the site of a large coal mine, just south of the intersection of County Roads 27 <br />and 33 and connects to the main Bond -to -Craig railway near Milner at the Adams Station (milepost 199.5; <br />DRGW.net 2013). Tracks for this spur were first laid in 1962. <br />Church, Minette C., Steven G. Baker, Bonnie J. Clark, Richard F. Carrillo, Jonathon C. Horn, <br />Carl D. Spath, David R. Guilfoyle, and E. Steve Cassells <br />2007 Colorado History: A Context for Historical Archaeology. Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, <br />Denver. <br />Page 4 of 10 <br />
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