PERMFILE49253

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Doc Name: Sections 3, 4, and 5
• Section_Exhibit Name: Volume VI Cultural Resources-Documentation for 1995 & 1996 part 2 of 2
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

• State Site # SDT1053 Management Data Form
Temporary # 9599tH-1 (page 3 of 5)
IV. National Register Eligibility Assessment
31.Colorado Historical Society context (RP3) theme(s)
Specify
32.Applicable National Register Criteria
Does not meet any of the below National Register criteria
X A. associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the
broad pattern of our history
_B. associated with the lives of persons significant in our past
:( C. embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method
of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess
high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable
entity whose components may lack individual distinction
_D. has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in
history or prehistory
Qualifies under exceptions A through G (see Manual)
Level of Significance National- State x Local_
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33.Condition
a. Architectural/Structural
-Excellent
}Good
X Fair
,Deteriorated
-Ruins
b. Archaeological/Paleontological
-Undisturbed
-Light disturbance
-Moderate disturbance
-Heavy disturbance
-Total disturbance
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34.Describe condition In general. the mine site has been heavily disturbed over
the past 10 years and it lacks integrity of location and associatign. Of the
remaining buildings--the hoist house, the power plant, the mule barn, the powder
house and the sales house--the power niant and hoist house are community landmarks
that are_in relatively good stn.ictural condition.
35.Is site vandalized? yes- no K describe
36.Eligibility Recommendation:
Eligible x Not Eligible- Need Data_
Statement of Significance/N.R.H.P. Justification The coal mining activities at
Bowie ware significant in terms of making immediate and lasting contributions to the
economic industrial and demographic character of the region Coal mining was the
reason for the formation of the loca economy and is an integral and long-lived Dart
o£ the economic stability of the count,K and state
37.If in an existing National Register District, is the site
Contributing- Non-Contributing-
38.Is there National Register District Potential? yes X no_ discuss
The coal mining area between Paonia and Somerset should be considered for
district status Eor tha reasons stated in "35 Eligibility Recommendation "
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