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RULE 2 PERMITS
<br />Historic periods used to discuss historic sites, events, and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
<br />eligibility recommendations include: Territorial Period (1861-1876, actually begins with the gold rush in
<br />1859); Early Statehood (1876-1890); Expansion -era, (1890-1920); Depression -era (1920-1939); and
<br />World War II -era (1940-1945).
<br />The Territorial Period is largely associated with the initial gold rush and early homesteading under the
<br />1862 Homestead Act. During Early Statehood, precious mineral discoveries continued throughout the
<br />remainder of the nineteenth century, homesteading increased under expanded homestead acts and
<br />railroads and large irrigation projects were built that fostered continued settlement and economic
<br />expansion. Homesteading continued to increase, railroad construction penetrated northwestern Colorado
<br />and non -precious mineral production increased during the Expansion -era. The Depression -era witnessed
<br />a general post -World War I economic slump, including the coal industry and a failure of many
<br />homesteads. During the World War II -era, gold mining was shut down and mining of industrial minerals
<br />increased; livestock, wool, and agricultural productions increased proportionately to meet the demands of
<br />the war effort, and new military installations were created and existing locations enlarged (Antherm
<br />1976).
<br />Detailed Cultural and Historic Resources Information
<br />Files Search — A file search was conducted through the Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic
<br />Preservation on July 22, 2005. The BLM's Little Snake Field Office in Craig, Colorado was also
<br />consulted for information regarding previously completed projects, inventoried areas, and recorded
<br />cultural properties on July 25, 2005.
<br />Thirty-six projects including seismic projects, access road/highway projects, transmission line projects,
<br />railroad grade projects, core drilling projects, and coal lease and expansion projects were conducted in
<br />and around the permit expansion area (Table 2.04.4-3). The most notable project involved exploration and
<br />expansion of coal mining in the region. These included the Colowyo Coal Company Danforth Hills 1995;
<br />the Danforth Hills Inventory Project completed by TRC Mariah in 1983; and the Coal Drilling System
<br />Danforth Hills completed by Grand River Institute (GRI) in 1981. These large projects, along with
<br />numerous smaller projects, effectively inventoried the northeastern half of the current Colowyo mine
<br />permit boundary. The earlier projects inventoried Sections 6 and 7 of Township (T) 3 North (N), Range
<br />(R) 93 West (W); Sections 15, 16, 20-22, 28-30, and 31 of T4N, R93W; Sections 1-3 and 10-14 of T3N,
<br />R94W; and Sections 25 and 34-36 of T4N, R94W. Portions of Section 7 of T4N, R93W, Section 4 of
<br />T3N, R94W, and Sections 24, 27, 33 of T4N, R94W, also have been surveyed.
<br />Seventy-three new sites and 69 isolated finds were recorded during the inventory of the Collom permit
<br />expansion area, and 51 previously recorded sites that occur within the permit expansion area were
<br />revisited at the request of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), for a total of 124 sites (Table 2.04.4-
<br />4) (Map 16B). Each site was evaluated according to the NRHP eligibility as stated in 36 CFR 60.4.
<br />Isolated finds were not included in the table.
<br />Of the 124 sites, five are eligible for the NRHP, and 16 remain unevaluated and need more data to
<br />determine their NRHP eligibility. Table 2.04.4-5 summarizes the eligible and unevaluated sites and the
<br />management recommendations for each. The majority (105) of the sites is recommended as not eligible
<br />for inclusion on the NRHP and need no further work.
<br />Site 5MF4008, 5MF6098, and 5MF6128 are historic homesteads that are officially eligible for the NRHP,
<br />and the four sites recommended as eligible (Sites 5MF969, 5MF3996, 5MF4003, and 5MF6098) consist
<br />of a bison kill, a lithic scatter, and three open camps, respectively.
<br />Collom — Rule 2, Page 10 Revision Date: 4/7/17
<br />Revision No.: RN -07
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