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DRMS Permit Index
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C1981010
IBM Index Class Name
Revision
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10/15/2020
Doc Name
Adequacy Review Response #2
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Trapper Mining Inc
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DRMS
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PR10
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JLE
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Historic Period <br />Historic land use in this area was initially limited to fur trappers and early explorers who <br />generally utilized the region's major drainages such as the Colorado River, the White River, and <br />the Yampa River. West of the project area, Steamboat Springs was first noted in 1824 by <br />William H. Ashley while on his way to Brown's Hole on the Green River in far northwestern <br />Colorado and northeastern Utah. By the mid-1800s, the region's fur -bearing resources had been <br />greatly impacted by the trapping industry and eventually led to the abandonment of Fort Davy <br />Crockett in Brown's Hole, all but ending fur trapping in the region. <br />The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 opened the region for exploration, although most of the <br />earliest explorers did not arrive in the area until the early 1830s. The earliest expeditions include <br />a party led by Thomas Jefferson Farnham in 1838, who noted the Steamboat Springs area as <br />being inhabited by the Utes, and an army expedition led by John C. Fremont in 1844 to map and <br />survey the region. Following the discovery of gold in 1859 in the mountains west of Denver, <br />more intensive exploration and survey of the mountains and parks of northern Colorado occurred <br />during the latter half of the 1800s. Major expeditions and surveys include the expedition led by <br />John Wesley Powell in 1868 along the White River and Green River, the expedition led by Dr. <br />Ferdinand V. Hayden in Middle Park, and the expedition led by A.C. Peale in 1872 along the <br />Colorado River valley. <br />The discovery of gold in the mountains west of Denver in the late 1850s drew miners and <br />prospectors into northwest Colorado in search of untapped veins of the precious metal. The most <br />significant gold ores in the area were discovered in the vicinity of Hahn's Peak by Joseph Hahn, <br />William Doyle, and George Way, who found placer gold in the Elk River area in the early 1860s. <br />Formal placer mines were established by the group in 1866, but the group did not survive the <br />winter. A few years later, John Brockmeyer reestablished the placer mining operations, and by <br />1872, Hahn's Peak was a booming mining town with several associated smaller camps such as <br />Columbine, Farwell, Whiskey Park, Slavonia, Poverty Bar, and Bugtown. Hahn's Peak was the <br />primary population center of northwestern Colorado until 1875. Hydraulic mining eventually <br />replaced the aging placer mining methods, resulting in the construction of about 50 miles of <br />ditches built to carry water for the hydraulic mining operations. While gold was the primary <br />commodity in the area, silver, lead, zinc, copper, and molybdenum were also mined. <br />Coal mining became the major industry in the area following the discovery of significant, <br />high quality coal in the Steamboat Springs -Hayden -Oak Creek area in the 1880s. Today, coal <br />mining remains the dominant industry in the area. By the late 1880s, small coal mining <br />operations existed along Oak Creek, primarily supplying coal to local residents. The lack of <br />railroads in the area during the late 1800s significantly hindered the development of large-scale <br />mining operations. That changed in the early 1900s, when the railroad finally reached Steamboat <br />Springs in 1908 and Oak Creek in 1909. <br />The influx of people to the region following the mining boom necessitated the <br />development and maintenance of transportation routes from the primary population areas on the <br />Front Range and along the Colorado River. Beginning in the 1870s and 1880s, improved wagon <br />roads over Berthoud and Rollins passes encouraged visitation and settlement of the nearby <br />Middle Park area. After the railroad reached Wolcott along the Eagle River in 1888, several <br />For Official Use Only: Disclosure of site locations prohibited (43 CFR 7.18) Page 17 <br />Privileged Information —Do Not Release 10 <br />
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