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<br />after the reconnaissance survey. <br />The field survey, the second aspect of the project, will <br />address the widest variety of possible resources within the study <br />area that have a potential to be included in the context. In other <br />words, not only will the coal mines be looked at, but also the cir- <br />culation system, loading facilities, storage facilities and other <br />features will also be included in the reconnaissance effort to <br />arrive at an overall picture of the study area. Seventy-five <br />resources will be examined at the reconnaissance level, including <br />site sketches and black and white photography. During the <br />reconnaissance, sites of the resources will be noted on the <br />appropriate USGS 7.5' or 15' maps to allow later evaluation of the <br />study area or parts of it as historic districts or cultural <br />landscapes. The actual survey will be done by methodically driving <br />roads felt from the documentary research to allow access to the <br />mining areas throughout the study area, searching out the physical <br />resources and then recording them. It is suspected that a wide <br />variety of site types will be discovered, ranging form the small <br />"mom and pop" type mines to large, commercial ones with associated <br />offices, boarding houses or residential areas, and that a wide <br />variety of mining technology may be discovered including <br />underground and strip mines. Ancillary to this, locales of <br />historical archaeological potential may also be noted, i.e., ruins, <br />former mine sites, etc. It is suspected that their may be a large <br />potential for historic archaeology in the study area and in the <br />final report WHS will include recommendations for that area of <br />study as well as other needs for further study as appropriate. wHs <br />will seek out expertise in both architectural history and or <br />historic archaeology as needed after the reconnaissance has been <br />completed. <br />In preparing the final report WHS will not only include <br />details on the methodology used as it evolves during the process <br />but also include any experience based suggestions for similar <br />projects in the future in recognition of the role RP3 plays within <br />the new National Register context development guidelines. <br />7 <br />