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2.04.4(1) <br />this formation occur and consist mainly of ledge faces. No fossils were <br />found in these exposures during the inventory. <br />In September 2013, Grand River Institute conducted the recording of an <br />additional feature, a stone wall, within the original site boundary at 5DT <br />1053, the King Mine. The wall is visible on a 1930 photograph of the town <br />of Bowie and at some point had become completely buried in coal tailings <br />and was concealed at the time of the original site recording. The feature <br />was recently discovered due to work on a drainage ditch below the feature <br />that exposed the wall. No further work was recommended with regard to <br />this site. <br />A Class III cultural resource inventory and paleontological assessment of a <br />block area totaling approximately 1850 acres (1360 /Forest, 85 BLM, and <br />405 Private) of land in the proposed Spruce Stomp Lease Area was <br />conducted by Grand River Institute (GRI). The prefield check -in was <br />conducted on the 9th of October 2012 and fieldwork was performed <br />between the 10th and 25th of October 2012. The fieldwork was conducted <br />by Carl Conner, Joshua Smith, Dana Archuleta, Lucas Piontkowski, and <br />Travis Archuleta. Carl E. Conner, Principal Investigator, and Barbara <br />Davenport prepared the final report. <br />The project reevaluated six previously recorded sites (5DT88, 5DT90, <br />5DT96, 5DT698, 5DT699, and 5DT1719) within the inventory area, added <br />segments to three linear resources (5DT1795.3, 1825.2 and 1826.2), and <br />newly recorded an historic site (5DT1896). Site 5DT90 has been field <br />evaluated as need data and testing is recommended before a final <br />determination of eligibility can be made. If testing is not feasible, <br />avoidance is advised. Three of the sites, 5DT96, 5DT698 and 5DT1719 <br />have been officially deemed eligible for listing on the National Register of <br />Historic Places by the State Historic Preservation Officer and protection <br />and preservation are recommended. The remaining sites are field <br />evaluated as not eligible and no further work is recommended. Presently, <br />the proposed action will include approving the lease and the effects <br />(cumulative and indirect) of the underground coal mining (specific <br />associated surface activities and their impacts will apparently be designed <br />later). A maximum subsidence of 4.5 feet is expected over the center of <br />the longwall panels at the projected overburden depths and less than 0.5 <br />feet over the developed mains, but the actual adverse effects due to <br />subsidence were not determined as part of this study. <br />PR -14 2.04 -11 i - 06/14 <br />