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Mining <br />Mining and energy development played an important part in the economic <br />development of the region. In particular, coal mining in the Yampa Coal Fields was a strong <br />draw for settlers, despite the boom/bust cycles that have occurred since the 1900s. Coal tends <br />to be difficult to mine and expensive to transport and convert into energy. Coal usage rose in <br />the 1900s as the number one energy commodity in America, boomed again between 1941 to <br />1950, and again the 1970s. The coal at Twentymile Park (east of the Moffat-Routt county <br />border), was considered good for domestic usage only is it could be transported cheaply in <br />order to be competitive (Mehls and Mehls 1991:19). <br />SUMMARY OF FILES SEARCH AND LITERATURE OVERVIEW <br />The prefield check in and file search was performed through the offices of the <br />Colorado Historical Society and the BLM-LSFO. These indicated that one cultural resource, <br />a historic road segment (5MF7402.1) was previously recorded within the project area <br />(Jennings and Hogrefe 2011). Site 5MF7402.1 has been declared officially not eligible by <br />the OAHP because it does not meet any of the criteria for listing on the NRHP (it is not <br />associated with historic events, people significant to local, state, or national history, retains <br />no intact structures or features that embody distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or <br />method of construction, and lacks further research potential). Table 1 provides a list of <br />previously recorded resources, and Table 2 lists the inventories, that have been previously <br />conducted within one mile of the present study area. <br />Table 1. List of previously recorded resources within one mile of the present study area. <br />Site ID <br />Site Type <br />Assessment <br />5MF.319 <br />Historic, Habitation <br />Needs Data - Field <br />5MF.948 <br />Rock Art <br />Eligible - Officially <br />5MF.950 <br />Open Camp, Historic, Habitation <br />Not Eligible - Officially <br />5MF.1145 <br />Isolated Find <br />Not Eligible - Field <br />5MF.1146 <br />Isolated Find <br />Not Eligible - Field <br />5MF.1195 <br />Open Lithic <br />Needs Data - Field <br />5MF.1202 <br />Isolated Find <br />Not Eligible - Officially <br />5MF.7440.1 <br />Historic, Trail/Road <br />Does Not Support - Linear <br />5MF.7402.1 <br />Historic, Trail/Road <br />Not Eligible <br />12 <br />