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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />SNOWMASS COAL COMPANY <br />~~~~~~~® Mine Ollrce: P.O. Box 980 <br />Carbondale, Colorado 81623 <br />' (303) 9633440 <br />QUT 12 1^,if/) Denver Ollice: Suite 2300 <br />410 Seventeenth Slreel <br />In') Denver, Colorado 80202 <br />MINED LAND RECLArnar~-~~~ ^"'I`' (303) ezs,sss <br />Colo. Dept. of NaWr~, h~.:~u.~e~ <br />October 10, 1984 <br />Mr. Foster Kirby <br />OSM Archaeologist <br />Brooks Tower, 1020 15th Street <br />Denver, CO 80202 <br />Dear Mr. Kirby: <br />On December 12, 1983, Snowmass Coal Company was issued Permit <br />Number CO-0025 from OSM to mine coal at the North Thompson Creek <br />Mines. The following Federal Special Condition was attached to <br />this permit: <br />dition No. 1 <br />WITHIN ONE YEAR OF MINE PLAN APPROVAL, THE COMPANY SHALL SUBMIT <br />THE RESULTS OF A SAMPLE CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY FOR THOSE <br />PORTIONS OF THE MINE PLAN FOR WHICH SUBSIDENCE IS ANTICIPATED <br />TO OSM, THE COLORADO SHPO AND CMLRD. THE SAMPLE SURVEY SHOULD <br />CONCENTRATE ON THE TOPOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS OF SITES THAT MAY BE <br />ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY SUBSIDENCE AND SHOULD DETERMINE THE <br />PRESENCE/ABSENCE AND PROBABLE FREQUENCY OF "SENSITIVE" SITE <br />TYPES. SENSITIVE SITES WOULD INCLUDE PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC <br />SITES WITH EXPOSED ARCHITECTURE, ROCK ART, ROCK SHELTERS AND <br />SITES WITH CULTURAL DEPTH. <br />A SAMPLE SURVEY WILL NOT BE NECESSARY IF THE COMPANY CAN PROVIDE <br />EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO OSM, THE COLORADO SHPO, AND CMLRD THAT <br />THE PROBABILITY OF ENCOUNTERING SUCH SITES WITHIN THE AREA OF <br />POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IS LOW. ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE CAN <br />BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF A PROFESSIONALLY PREPARED DECLARA- <br />TION OF NEGATIVE FINDINGS. THE COMPANY'S CULTURAL RESOURCES <br />CONTRACTOR SHALL BASE THE DECLARATION OF NEGATIVE FINDINGS ON <br />1) SURVEY WORK PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED WITHIN THE LOADOUT AREA OR <br />IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE MINE PLAN AREA WITH SIMILAR ENVIRON- <br />MENTAL CONDITION; 2) AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; AND 3) THE ABSENCE OF <br />TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES THAT MIGHT CONTAIN SENSITIVE SITES; e.g., <br />CLIFF FACES AND ROCK OVERHANGS. <br />I have been in contact with the Colorado State Historical Pre- <br />servation Officer concerning this stipulation. Their responses <br />are enclosed with this letter. <br />