2025-04-09_PERMIT FILE - C1981019A (3)

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RULE 2 PERMITS Other than the past mining activities and some minor homesteading, the permit or adjacent areas had no significant historical events take place on it. The abandoned surface facilities of the Red Wing mine and the Streeter Mine have been removed. The permit area was not the location of any events important to the course of state or national history. None of the two underground mining sites have been associated with people important in state or national history. None of the surviving physical remains have any characteristics that make them either more representative or more distinctive than many of the other abandoned sites in the surrounding county that are near to the mining activities. On April 21, 1981 the Division wrote a letter which conveyed concerns identified in the initial adequacy review of the cultural resources section of the Permit Application. A copy of this letter can be found in Exhibit 5 - Archaeological Information. On September 1, 1981 Colowyo submitted the responses to the above letter which can also be found in Exhibit 5 - Archaeological Information. On February 23, 1982 the Division sent a copy of the OSM Technical Analysis of Cultural Resources to Colowyo with stipulations. OSM made the determination that there was sufficient information to initiate compliance procedures with the Colorado SHPO. A copy of this T. A. can also be found in Exhibit 5 - Archaeological Information. The USDI, OSM Permit #CO-0015, dated February 22, 1983, contained special stipulations requiring additional mitigation of three archaeological sites. A copy of this can be found in Exhibit 5 -Archaeological Information. The USDI, OSM sent a letter to Colowyo, dated November 19, 1985, providing notification that the requirements of the Special Stipulation had been satisfied. A copy of this letter can be found in Exhibit 5.-Archaeological Information. In April, 1985, the report titled "Final Report on the Archaeological Investiations Along the Colowyo Coal Company Railroad Spur in Moffat County, Colorado" was completed by the Laboratory of Public Archaeology(LOPA), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado for Colowyo Coal Company. The report covers the archaeological investigations along the Colowyo railroad spur right-of-way. Although the railroad spur is not included within the Colowyo permit area or addressed in the permit application, a copy of the report has been submitted to the Division for their information. In October, 1984, the report titled "Cultural Resources Investigations in the Danforth Hills Proposed Coal Lease Area, Moffat and Rio Blanco Counties, Colorado" by Diana Christensen under the direction of Paul R. Nickens, Ph.D. of Nickens and Associates, sponsored by Consolidation Coal Cumpwly wa, LAnnplutcd. Rule 2 Permits 2.04-6 Revision Date: 12/20/19 Revision No.: TR-135