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42.04 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR IINDERGROUND MINING ACTIVITIES -- MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES. 2.04.4 Cultural and Historic Resource Information. (Cont'd.) brief American Indian and Euro-American history of the North Fork of the Gunnison Valley, as well as a summary of findings identified in past studies are presented in [he report. Refer to [he May 23, 1984, Class I study and Map 9$-1 in Volume 9B for more specific informa- tion. As recommended in the Class I study, a comprehensive survey and re- port of the permit and adjacent areas (including Leases C-37210, D- 036955, C-27432, C-25079, and fee coal properties) were completed by Centuries Research, Inc., in December, 1984 (see [he report in the Archaeology Appendix in Volume 9B). A total of fifteen sites were located within the permit area during the past and most recent sur- veys. None of these sites would be impacted by direct surface dis- turbance (i.e. excavation, construction, etc.). Though the Cowan Mine trestles (SDT92) are located near the existing Orchard Valley Mine facilities, CWI will avoid disturbing this site. A possibility of impact from subsidence exists for those sites within the permit area with 800' or less of overburden. However, to be conservative, an overburden limit of 1,000' was chosen for this study. . Eight sites within the permit area with 1,000' or less of overburden were identified. Four of the sites were determined to be ineligible for the National Register. The remainder require further research or testing to determine eligibility. Seven sites within the permit area with more than 1,000' of overburden were also identified. All of these sites require further research or testing to determine eligi- bility to the National Register. CWI believes that none of these sites will be directly impacted by the Orchard Valley Mine operations and should require no further study. During July, 1986, Centuries Research, Inc, also completed a Class III Cultural Resource Inventory of 880 acres including [he Orchard Valley West Mine site and adjacent areas. No cultural resources were identified that would be directly impacted (i.e. by excavation, con- struction, etc.) by the OVWM site or related facilities. Test exca- vations were completed on two sites near Orchard Valley West, the Roatcap Game Trail Site (SDT271) and the Ridge Game Rlind Site (SDT771), which may have been indirectly or secondarily impacted by increased traffic to the OVWM and by the sites causing potential in- creased visitation disturbance. Site SAT771 was found to be insig- nificant and not eligible to the National Register of Historic Pla- ces. Site SDT271 was probably once a National Register eligible re- source, the upper terrace and upper compenen[ of the lower terrace R2.J1~(G~ 3/'7~g8 Added 12/26/84 Revised 12/26/84 Revised 10/12/86 Revised 10/01/87 12