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'n COIflRADO HISTORICAL SOCIETY 'I'hc Colurado I~Ierita~;~• Centrr 1300 Bro:ulwap Dem~cr. Colorado F0203 Plarch 4, 1980 Alan Salter General Manager };ing Cnal Mine 4424 Countv Road 120 Hesperus, CO 81326 Dear Mr. Salter: This office received your correspondence of February 21, 1980, requesting a 1) statement for the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Eoard concerning the cultural-historical impact of the King Coal Mine. operation, as well as 2) information for the proposed federal lease. We conducted a file search of the Colorado Archaeological Site ~ventory and the Colorado Inventory of Historic Sites, as well as mina ions pending or on the National Register of Historic Places, for Township 35N, Range 11W, and Sections 21 and 32, which would in- clude the boundaries for the mine bench, the current federal coal lease, and the application for coal lease. There are no known Archaeological or Historical/Architectural resources in the impact area of the proposed undertaking. Based on the information supplied in your correspondence, it appears that there would no no further impact to cultural resources due to the seriously disturbed nature of .the terrain in the 8.36 arses of the mine-bench area. However, despite the fact that there will be no surface disturb- ances in the proposed coal lease area, these mining operations will possibly create an indirect impact on potentially eligible cultural resources due to the potential for vandalism on cultural resources. There is always the possibility that unidentified Cultural Resources exist within this area. Therefore, a professional survey should be conducted to Identify any Eliy,ible Cultural Resources in the proposed project area. As you know, the ultimate responsibility for compliance with the ~~ational 3istoric Preservation Act, as implemented in 36 CFR 800, •ains with the federal agency and cannot be delegated by it. The