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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />999 <br />• <br />i <br />MAC <br />Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc. <br />July 25, 1997 <br />Kent Gorham <br />Enviromnental Protection Specialist <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />FAX 303 832-8106 <br />2 pages <br />re: Lorencito Canyon Mine <br />Deaz Kent, <br />RECEIVED <br />JUL 2 8 1997 <br />Division of Minerals & Geology <br />Here is some clarification of the National Register eligibility status of two sites recorded during <br />the Lorencito Canyon Mine cultural resources inventory, in response to your query. Site <br />SLA6994, the Parsons Cabin, was originally evaluated potentially eligible for the National <br />Register, based largely on the integrity of the cabin at the site. This cabin burned to the ground <br />during the winter of 1996-97. With the cabin now no longer in existence, the potential for the <br />site to be eligible is lost. Other qualities that might cause the site to be eligible, such as <br />significant archaeological remains, aze not in evidence. As reported in The Lorencito Canyon <br />Mine: Results of a Cultural Resource Inventory, Research Design and Treatment Plan, Lns <br />Animas County, Colorado (McKibbin et al. 1997), the site is now recommended to be not <br />eligible for the National Register and no further work is recommended. <br />Site SLA7201, a chipped stone and ground stone artifact scatter and cairn, was also <br />recommended to be not eligible for inclusion on the National Register in the above-cited report. <br />No further work is recommended. <br />Confusion may have azisen since both these sites are listed as "need data" sites in the site <br />summary table of the 1996 preliminary report (Appendix B, Lorencito Canyon Mine: Existing <br />Literature Review, Summary of Cultural Resource Investigations, and Plans for Continuing <br />Investigations, Las Animas County, Colorado [McKibbin 1996]), an assessment that was revised <br />before the final report was submitted. In the text and the site summary table (Appendix C) of the <br />final report for the 1996 investigations (McKibbin et al. 1997), both sites are described or listed <br />as not eligible, which is the correct assessment. The final report for 1996 (McKibbin et al. 1997) <br />should reflect the current and correct assessments for all sites and will be more up-to-date than <br />(970) 328-6244 (701) 258-1215 <br />FAX: (970) 328-5623 { , FAX: 701-258-7156 <br />P.O. Box 899 P.O. Box 2154 <br />Eagle, CO 61637 Bismarck, ND 58502 <br />