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<br /> €4 OFFICE of ARCHAEOLOGY and HISTORIC PRESERVATION 82018
<br /> hlstm CzaplaDIM"OFREMAWM
<br /> I environmental Protection Specialist
<br /> Division of Reclamation,Muting and Safety DEC T' $
<br /> 1313 Sherman Street,Room 21
<br /> Denver,Colorado 80203
<br /> Re:Box Creek Placer mine,File No.M-2018-053 (SI IPO Project #'5241)
<br /> Lear .\Ir.C;zapla
<br /> •lliank%ou for your e-mail correspondence dated Novemhe•r 15,2018,received by our office on No\rimier 26' fin the.iho%t it Icu•nt<d pi-it I
<br /> submitted to our office pursuant io CRS 2.-80 1,11ie State Register of I lisuinc Placeti.
<br /> A search of the Colorado cultural resource Inventory database:indicated one pu%uxi,A re•turded ,IIC Ill the ptojctI ,n•ca,:
<br /> Site No.: !-ational Reloster-Islttrththt�: I�;un� l tlx -- ---- -- lt"otJnlg or \„c,amcnt.
<br /> SLK1341 LISTED ON THE NA•I'IONAL REGI51•t?11 AND SI'A'r]KREGIS FIR llERRY MINING SITES 2000 (LISTI NG)
<br /> Since 5I.K1341,the Dl?RRY MINING SIJI7' C\1\fP - D eRRN R\NCI 1 - DERRY I)ItI-I)(;I• I,II'led on the Slaw Rc•gl,ler of I h,tont
<br /> Places,(C.R.S. §24-80.1-104)would apply:
<br /> (C It S �24-80.1.10-) Effect of estate rcigister,(1)Propc•ruc,nt,mtn,ued for In(Item m to too Act(111e d bt the It Ile It gI,tt t ,h,dl IR la,1t,t t d
<br /> ftom anI action initiated by a state agency until a final deternmla ion tonecmuig tilt'rtfut of,urll.Ituon on,tit It pno,atit,I,nl.l.h lun,u tilt
<br /> to subsection(2)of this section (2)(a) \t the earliest stage of plannuig or conaulcration tit a prupo,Ld action or%hen it I,anttupatt d Hot
<br /> properties of historical silmrticancc mar be adyerstly affected In the course of an agent) action.lilt]it,all cast.,prior to an.Iycnce drenu ill
<br /> cuncernrng an action that may Iia\e an effeu on properties listed In the state rcgistct,the agent% nuuaong tilt at titan shall Itjcntlto ,tie h
<br /> properties located within the aica of the Proposed action,nutty the,octet\ of the propo,t'd action,rt,jucst a de teinmiautiii of t iit t t ,u,1.
<br /> properties,and afford the soeit•ty a pcnt,d of thirty days In whuh to rt.yic\% the proposed at tinn \otititation,11.111 Include ,utlitlt tit,Ilrl.%it%ol:l
<br /> information needed to male a detcnnuiation of effect Comult tit,made Iw the,oc•it•t\ Whit It Int ltitlt ,pt•atit tt(Omni ndation,t,•pn.htln,,a
<br /> alter all of some aspects of the propowd action shall be implant nt•d b\ the agcnc) ,obit e I Io pal.igtaph,.b;,old tcl of lilt,,uh„t n,,I- ' 11 It
<br /> the agent\ rejects sonic or all of the comments of the soci(t\ ic•Iati\e to tilt'proposed.tt•tt n,tilt Ijwnt t ,hull]It IffoldL d a pat,Id of Ilia I\ d it,
<br /> during which to negotiate a satisfactlin agreement\%till tilt ,oattc,(() Iftit agit•enit•nt I,rc•ac lit d oI ii.tin p.nit to am ,tith aw,,lilt it, I•
<br /> dissansfied therewith,all appeal may be made to the go%e•rnoi fin a final dctt•rniiti,mon Tilt goy(I l,It ,hall III.IkL No h den IIIIni nl.,n %111-111
<br /> thirty day,after such appeal.
<br /> We therefore believe the proposed mining project will have xn adverse effect on site 51.h 1311, I'hv I herb% \lining Ste( inip \,,, in nt.n
<br /> also know under federal law,our office takes on it formal consulting role on projeus that ha%c the pott•nual to affect hi,iont propose,!,tic It
<br /> as braidings and archaeological sites), If tills project includes I`cdcral Ili%oh'emcnt(funding,perinit,and/or land),Scction WC of Ili,
<br /> Nanonal Historic Preservation Act(16 U.S.C.470)reytures federal agencies to meet the recjuiremcnts of as,e•I forth Ill ki CHt 811n
<br /> ("Protection of Historic Properties")and the lead federal agency I,legally responsible for all ic,.luired finding,and dctrrnunanou,of
<br /> National Register of Historic Places(NR1IP)eligibility and prolt•cl effeclS(30 CFR 800 21,I; 11,) Plc.i.c undcl,l,old 100 that Our file,tontaul
<br /> Incomplete information for this area,as most of Colorado has not been inventoried for cultural resoutt e, \,a result,there I,the Po„ihilit%
<br /> that as vet wudentified cultural resources exist within the proposed project*area.
<br /> Finally also under State Law(C.R.S.§24 80-401)The Stale of Colorado mend to itseljtit/e to all hr,tonca/,prehrrton,a/,tend ar'haeolgi,al re.vinr,'r•it,all
<br /> lands.nr,err,faker,asarvom,and other arraJ owner/by The JTatr or anI count)%till and tnunty,eaty,town,drrtnti.or other pohtua/Juhckw,rorr o/the.,t,ue,
<br /> Historical,prrhrrtoneal,and anhaeological rrsoun-et shall include all depont i.Jlnrctures,or objects which prorade intonnatron pertainint;/o The hutomul or
<br /> prehi,roneal culture of people within the boundaries If the,tale o/C.'olorado,w well at.loJ Ii/r and other remains of wrr»rali,plank•,inJettJ,and other ob/ea,„/n.Nrcrrl
<br /> histot) witbin such boundaneJ.Identified cultural resources with respect to state activities should compl% with State rules and procedure,8(,(,R
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