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Cultural Resource Re-Visitation Form
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<br />Resource Number: 5MF.4003 Temporary Resource Number:
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<br />13. Threats to Resource: Water Erosion Wind Erosion Grazing Neglect Vandalism
<br /> Recreation Construction Other (specify):
<br />14. Existing Protection: None Marked Fenced Patrolled Access controlled
<br /> Other (specify): Colowyo is avoiding the site. OAHP is requiring a professional archaeologist to
<br />conduct regular revisits to assess the effectiveness of avoidance measures.
<br /> Comments:
<br />15. Recorder’s Management Recommendations: The site should continue to be avoided by any proposed mining
<br />related activities.
<br />16. Known Collections, Reports, or Interviews:
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<br />Karpinski, Mark and Jonathan Dugmore
<br /> 2015 Cultural Resource Site Assessments for Western Fuels-Colorado, Colowyo Coal
<br />Company’s Collom Expansion Project, Moffat County, Colorado. Tetra Tech. Submitted
<br />to Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. Copies available through
<br />Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation.
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<br />Karpinski, Elizabeth, Cody Haisley, and Mark Karpinski
<br /> 2019 Cultural Resource Site Assessments for Western Fuels-Colorado, Colowyo Coal Company’s Collom Expansion
<br />Project, Moffat County, Colorado. Tetra Tech. Submitted to Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation.
<br />Copies available through Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation.
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<br />Lowe, James A., Bruce R. McClelland, Mark Karpinski, and Elizabeth Karpinski
<br />2006 A Class III Cultural Resource Inventory for Colowyo Coal Company’s Collom Mine Project, Moffat and Rio
<br />Blanco Counties, Colorado. TRC Mariah Associates. Submitted to Bureau of Land Management, Little Snake River
<br />Field Office. Copies available through Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation.
<br />17. Site Description/Update: Site 5MF.4003 was originally recorded in 1995 by Metcalf Archaeological Consultants
<br />for the Colowyo Coal Company Lease and Exploration Areas: Class III Cultural Resource Inventory project. The site
<br />includes a historic homestead and an open prehistoric camp situated along the banks of Wilson Creek. The prehistoric
<br />cultural material reported included 100+ white chert tertiary flakes, numerous HAR fragments, three manos, one
<br />quartzite flake, three obsidian flakes, a chert endscraper, and a utilized flake. The historic portion of the site consists of
<br />three buildings, an underground storage structure, a corral, and a surface trash scatter. Building 1 is a log outhouse,
<br />Buildings 2 and 3 are both log structures, and Building 4 is a stone dugout with uncut stone walls and an earthen roof.
<br />The artifact scatter primarily consists of building materials such as logs, lumber, brick, cement, corrugated metal, and
<br />asphalt/tar paper in addition to miscellaneous trash including utensils, stove parts, nuts, bolts, buckets, wagon/car
<br />parts, buttons, fabric, leather, and barrels. The site has been revisited twice since the original recording. It was revisited
<br />in 2005 by TRC as part of the Collom Mine Expansion Class III Inventory project and in 2015 by Tetra Tech as part of
<br />the Collom Mine Expansion Site Assessment project. In 2005, TRC noted that the prehistoric component appeared to
<br />be in a similar condition as when it was recorded in 1995. New material identified included approximately 15 opaque
<br />white chert flakes, approximately ten pieces of HAR, and two manos. They stated that the historic component seemed
<br />unchanged at the time of survey.
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<br />In 2015, Tetra Tech revisited the site as part of the Collom Mine Expansion Site Assessment project. The historic
<br />component was found to be in worse condition than when it was previously recorded in 2005. Buildings 1 and 2 had
<br />been demolished into a single pile by an unknown disturbance during an unknown activity. A large area of vegetation
<br />removal appeared to have occurred in the north end of the site at and immediately west of Buildings 1 and 2. The date
<br />of the post-2005 disturbance is unknown. The remaining features/buildings had experienced normal deterioration
<br />expected of abandoned historic era structures. Building 3 had one sunken wall and the ceiling had collapsed. Building 4
<br />had the roof collapse. The historic trash scatter consisted of sanitary cans, paint cans, glass fragments, barbed wire,
<br />and metal debris. The prehistoric component was relocated as well. Two manos, a stone tool, and a concentration of
<br />approximately 25 white chert tertiary flakes were all relocated. A sandstone groundstone pestle with one rounded and
<br />one ground end measuring 9.3 cm by 3.3 cm by 3 cm was recorded. The vegetation was noticeably higher than in 2005
<br />and likely accounted for any prehistoric artifacts not relocated in 2015. No new significant impacts or changes to the
<br />prehistoric component were observed.
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<br />In 2019, Tetra Tech revisited the site as part of the second round of assessments. The site condition had not changed
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