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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 999 RECEIVED JAN E8 1985 tA1NED IAND RECtAf>4ATIpN OIV1910N Cab. Dtpt of Neturel Resources SNOWMASS COAL COMPANY Mine Ollrce: P.O. Box 980 Carbontlale, Colorado 61623 (303) 9633440 Denver Ollice: Suile 2300 410 Seventeenth Street Denver, Colorado 80202 1303) 825-1966 January 23, 1985 Mr. Rcbert Liddle Reclamation Specialist Mined Land Reclamation 1313 Sherman Street, Room 423 Denver, CO 80203 Dear Mr. Liddle: As you know, Snowmass Coal Company was required to do an archaeology study here at the mine site in order to determine if subsidence could possibly affect any cultural resources near the mine site. On July 17, 1984, I sent a letter to Ms. Barbara Sudler (the State Historic Preservation Officer) requesting that she provide any known information concerning cultural resources found in our permit area. On July 23, 1984, I received a response from her office stating that there were no known cultural resources located in our permit area. She suggested that I contact Foster Kirby at OSM before undertaking any cultural resources. On October 10, 1984, I sent a letter to Mr. Kirby requesting a list of companies who were authorized to do this work and also to solicit any infor- mation OSM would like to see included in a cultural survey. I received a response to this letter on January 10, 1985. In November, I decided to retain a consultant to look at our stipulation. I had Mr. Bill Biggs of Archaeological Consultants, Durango, Colorado look over the stipulation and maps of our area to determine if it was possible to prepare a "negative declaration of findings" in order to satisfy the stipulation. At that time, he felt that there was a good possibility of preparing a "negative declaration." While Mr. Biggs was reviewing our problem, I came across an archaeological study done here at the mine site in the fall of 1977. This study is included with this letter for your review. While this study does not include the whole permit area, it does state that there are no cultural resources in a good part of our permit area. Recently Mr. Biggs has talked to the Region II Forest Service representative and 'the State Historical Preservation Officer. Both agencies have stated that given the pertinent information concerning this area (i.e. lack of known cultural resources, previous archaeological study, and topography) a full scale statistical survey is not required. However, a one or two-day spot check is required to verify the absence of cultural resources. -continued-