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COIORADO HISTORICAL SOCIETY ~tC~~~'~JI~D OCT 0 5 2006 Division of Recia~naiwn, Mining and Safety The Colorado History Museum 1300 Broadway Denver, Colorado 80203.2137 September 29, 2006 {{~~ ~~~ Kent A. Gorham SGr~ Environmental Protection Specialist II Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety 1313 Sherman Street, Rm. 215 Denver, CO 80203 Re: Northfield Mine Permit (Permit No. C-2006-085) (CHS #48904) Dear Mr. Gorham: Thank you for your correspondence dated September 22, 2006 (received by our office on September 28) concerning the project listed above. W e look forward to reviewing the results of the cultural resources inventory of the proposed permit area so that we may provide a response regarding the proposed mining operation's potential to effect cultural resources listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Please note that the seazch of the Colorado Inventory of Cultural Resources conducted on January 30, 2006 at the request of Environmental Alternatives, Inc. for Northfield Partners examined a smaller location (Sections 13, 14, 15, 22, and 23 of T19S R70W) than the proposed permit area described in your correspondence (Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23 and 24 of T19S R70W). A search of the Colorado Cultural Resource Inventory indicated that ten cuitural resom ces have been recorded within or near the larger permit azea described in your correspondence. The eligibility of six of these resources for the NRHP has never been formally determined. If these six sites (SFN14, SFN152, SFN153, SFN177, SFN713, and SFN714) are located within the proposed permit area we recommend that a professional archaeologist revisit the sites to determine, in consultation with our office, whether they remain eligible for the NRHP or if conditions have changed since they were last investigated in the early 1970s and 1980s. If the sites are found to be eligible for the NRHP we recommend that the proposed mining activities avoid the sites. If site avoidance is not possible, we recommend that a data recovery plan be developed in consultation with our office in order to avoid, minimize, or mitigate the adverse effect to the sites. Re: Northfield Mine Permi[ (Permit No. G2006-085) (CHS #48904)