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Site 5MF2661: Site Description <br />The site consists of a single structure, a collapsed one-room log <br />cabin measuring 15'5" N/S x 13'6" EW. The cabin was constructed of aspen <br />logs, with milled lumber door and window frames. The roof and floor were <br />also constructed of boards. Small glass shards below one of the window <br />openings indicates glass panes in these openings. The structure is <br />mostly collapsed and many of the logs are in a rotted condition. The <br />walls in the NW corner of the building stand five logs tall. The corners <br />of the structure were constructed by notching the logs. Wire nails are <br />seen in the door and window frames, and they were used in securing <br />smaller wedge-shaped pieces of aspen used for chinking between the logs. <br />The doorway is located on the NE corner, facing east; windows are present <br />on the north and south walls. <br />Although the ground surface west of the structure has been dis- <br />turbed, these are no indications of other structures or features. Nor <br />was any trash observed about the area; however, visibility of the ground <br />surface is obscured in some of the area by a dense growth of tall <br />grasses. The poorly preserved remains of a wooden shelving unit and <br />sawhorse are present within the structure. <br />The site has the appearance of having been a seasonal or temporary <br />• shelter, probably utilized in conjunction with grazing. There are stock <br />pond developments upstream and farther downstream from the cabin, but <br />their contemporaneity with the structure is uncertain. <br /> <br />