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• Lr-TRODUCTION <br />A Class II cultural resource inventory of the Lone Pine Gulch area of the west Elk bfine was <br />conducted by Western Culrs:al Resource ~fanagemeat, Inc. (WCR:~Q of Boulder, Colorado for <br />WESTEC of Deaver, Colorado. The project is located south-southwest of Some: set, Colorado <br />and is on private land. The private land, estimated to cover I08 acres, is administered by <br />Irlountain Coal Company of Somerset, Colorado (Figures 1 and 2). The inventory consisted of <br />a road right-of-way which extended from Highway 133 and proceeded up Lone Pine Gulch and <br />a block area which contained a planned powerline corridor/substation area and an air vent azea. <br />The road rght-of-way measured 50' on each side of the cea:eaine zxcept in two areas w:sere <br />tight turns required a wider road area (100' each side of the centerLne). The road rght-of-way <br />contained approximately 25 acres. The powerline corridor measured 200' on either side of the <br />centerline and contained approximately I6 acres. The air vent area was a block which contaited <br />approximately 67 acres. <br />The purpose of the inventory was to identify, document, and evaluate cultural resources lying <br />within the study area. Given the location of the study area on predominantly densely vegetated <br />north-facing slopes, the Class II inventory focused primarily on open areas and exposures likely <br />to contain cultural resources as well as the existing road right-of-way. The legal locations of <br />the Class II study area are listed in Table 1. <br />. Fieldwork was conducted on Apri129, 1993 by Thomas J. Lennon of WCRM, Inc. hit. Lennon <br />also served as Principal Investigator. Cultural resource records aze on file at the Ofnce of <br />Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historic Society, Denver. Original field notes <br />aze retained in the files of WCRM, Inc. No artifacts were collected during the study. <br />• <br />1 <br />