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6 <br /> <br />history, low production, lack of mining structures, and poor state <br />of preservation (Montgomery 1979). A similar "Jack Mine" is Located <br />about 1/2 mile west of the permit boundary, Che Conrad hfine, in the <br />SW I/4 SE 1/4 of Section 27. <br />Two prehistoric sites were recorded by Metcalf (1979) in the <br />Powers Elevation survey, 5JA415 and SJA416. <br />5JA415 NE/SE/SE/NE Section 27: <br />Although this site is outside the permit boundary proposed by <br />Kerr Coal Company, it is presented here for information purposes. <br />Evidence for this site consists entirely of a single small <br />1"1 <br />U <br />chert flake and a small, triangular projectile point tip fourr3 <br />about 30 meters apart on opposite sides of the cut bank of Williams <br />Draw (Figure 3). Both items appear to have eroded fran a zone 10 to <br />30 cm below present grourd surface, but no actual cultural layer is <br />visible. A modem seep has created a distinct pool in the approximate <br />center of the suspected site area. Ikpositian arour~ this section of <br />the draw consists of mixed alluvial and colluvial fill composed of a <br />sandy clay with small to medi~rtn sized river pebbles ar~d cobbles as <br />occasional inclusions, particularly upslope of the actual floodplain. <br />Fi11 is deeper than the lm depth exposed in cut banks. <br />Because simmer rains have washed the walls of the cut banks <br /> <br />slong the draw, visibility of the faces is somewhat restricted. <br />Several old soil surfaces are e~-ident, but no cultural features such <br />as hearths or pits are visible. Coupled with the lack of surface <br />evidence for a site, this paucity of artifacts and features would <br />arwe against a significant buried site. However, the possibility <br />