APPCOR13128

• Permit No: C1981071
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 2/22/1980
• Doc Name: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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• Site SRT33
Location: SW 1/4, NW 114, Section 31, TSN, R86W
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DeSCrip[ion: SRT33 is an open 1lthic site consisting of a few scattered
flakes located on the low ridge north of Foidel Creek, approximately 150 m
west of SRT32. The site faces south Cowards Foidel Creek, 60 a away.
Vegetation on the site includes sagebrush, native grasses, rabbitbrush, and
low herbaceous shrubs. The area covered by the site is unknown due to
bulldozing on the southern end. No permanent features were visible, nor were
there concentrations of flakes.
Evaluation: The site has been disturbed by bulldozer operations resulting
from the construction of a county road. No diagnostics artifacts were
recovered which could be used to determine cultural affiliation or temn_oral
span, therefore the site will not yield Snformation important co the
understanding of prehistory of this area. OSM helleves the site is not
eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
SIte'SAT34
Location: SW 1/4 NW 1/4, Section 31, TSN, R86W
Description: The site has been disturbed by bulldozer operations resulting
from the construction of a county road. No diagnostics artifacts were
recovered which could be used to determine cultural affiliation or tempora:
• span, therefore, the site will not yield information important the
understanding of prehistory. The Office of Surface 111n1ng believes that tiie
site Ls not eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic
Places.
SS[e~SRT95 (EF-001)
L6 Cation: SW 1/4 .7E 1/4, Section 7, T4N, R86W
Description: LOPA recorded the James Rossi Ranch as an historic site
consisting of three structures built of milled lumber, a well, and a trash
dump. The delapidated structures consisted of a dwelling, barn, and chicken
coop. This site appeared to have been abandoned within the last 30 years.
Bvaiua[ion: Although this site was recorded by BLM, no evaluation of
significance was made since it was located off of the proposed lease tract on
private lands and would not have been directly affected by coal leasing.
Subsequent to leasing, the site was destroyed by topsoil removal.
Three other historic sites were recorded by Athern and are described in the
BL.M Environmental Assessment ReDOrt, dated January 18, 1979. These sites ate
SRT111 (EF-002), the remains of the dry-laid rock foundation; SRT112 (-cF-003),
an isolated log barn; and SRT1!5 (EF-006), a small log cabin in ruins. 3LM
had evaluated site EF-006 as not eligible for inclusion in the rational
Register. Suhsequen[ly, on this authority, the site was destroyed by
construction activities related to the mine operations.
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