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• 4 <br />Old Car: The fenders and body of an old car, probably dating from <br />the 1920's was found on a northwest facing slope adjacent to an <br />abandoned road cut. hfa Y,e and model of the car were not determined <br />and it was recorded as an isolated find rather than as a site. <br />Bottle Dump: NW/NE/SE/SE Section 27. A post 1950's bottle and tin <br />can dump is located near the old car just oEf thz abandoned road cut. <br />Its location was plotted, but it was not recorded. <br />Chert Flake: Sw/NE/SE/SE Section 27. A single small chert flake was <br />found on an exposed east slope. No other material was associated. <br />Biface: N4i/SE/Sw/SE Section 27. A small, medium flaked discoidal <br />shaped granular cher t. biface was found on a gentle east slope adjacent <br />to Williams Draw (Fig. 5). The location is a promising one for a <br />prehistoric site, but intensive inspection of the surface, and an <br />adjacent road cut failed to turn up additional cultural material. <br /> Recommendations: As outlined in the individual site descriptions <br /> above, the two prehistoric sites warrant further study if they are to <br /> be imoa cted by mine related surface disturbance. Specifically, SJ A415 <br /> appears to be a prehistoric camp site which is entirely buried in <br /> mixed alluvial/colluvial fill adjacent to a modern seep in 4li lliams <br /> Draw. Based on the location of the site, the lack of surface <br /> manifestations, and the material eroding from cu*_ banks near the seep <br /> the investigators feel there is a likelihood of buried cultural material <br /> of an unknown level of significance. Four test pits, two placed <br /> adjacent to either side of the wash, supplemented by several pits <br /> 10 to 20 meters west of the sezp ~.:ou1d be adequate to determine the <br /> nature and extent of prehistoric cultural deposits for significance <br /> evaluation. The results of this testing wculd result in further <br />• recommendations depending on what was revealed in the test pits. <br /> At SJA416, there is potential for shallowly buried cultural material <br /> in a mixed colluvial aeolian fill. Two test pits, one placed adjacent <br /> to the site's main concentration, and the other placed about 10 meters <br /> to the southeast would be adequa*_e for this evaluation. Thorough <br /> data retrieval of the site would probably take a crew of two persons, <br /> one day for mapping, and 4 to 5 days for controlled stripping of the <br /> shallow fill. <br />No further field work is recommended at an•: of the ether localities <br />recorded in the field. Some documentary research concerning the <br />Conrad Coal Mine is warranted, but the physical remains of this mine <br />are so badly deteriorated that little data could be retrieved through <br />field investigations. <br />Therefore, cultural resource clearance is recommended for the 680 <br />acres surveyed except for the arias immedia toly surrounding SJA415 and <br />SJ A416. <br />i <br />• <br />