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CONTAINS PRIVILEGED INFORMATION – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE <br /> <br /> 9 <br />Sites, features, and IFs were recorded with a Global Positioning System unit capable of <br />submeter accuracy. Photographs were taken using a digital camer a to document site condition, site <br />features, and to supplement descriptions. No artifacts were collected during the project. <br /> <br /> <br />RESULTS <br />No cultural materials were found during the cultural resource inventory. <br /> <br /> <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Mountain Coal is proposing to mine three new longwall panels (Panels 15–17) at the West <br />Elk Mine, within Gunnison County, Colorado. Because the project is federally authorized and <br />extends across Gunnison National Forest lands, various cultural resource laws apply. To comply <br />with these laws, Mountain Coal retained Alpine to conduct a literature review and an intensive <br />pedestrian cultural resource inventory within the project’s APE. The inventory examined 302.6 <br />acres of land, including 201 acres of private land and 101.6 acres of lands managed by the USFS- <br />GNF. No cultural resources were identified during the inventory. No further work is recommended <br />for the project. <br /> <br />The objectives of the literature review and cultural resource inventory were to locate all <br />visible cultural resources within the project area, to evaluate the NRHP eligibility of those resources, <br />and to make management recommendations. These objectives have been achieved. Based on the <br />results of the literature review, site density was expected to be relatively low in the project area. <br />Overall, the density of resources was less than expected . These low results likely reflect a <br />combination of the upland location of the project area and lack of easy access to the areas, lack of <br />permanent water, and low ground surface visibility. <br /> <br /> <br />