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• signed to identii~ and assess the significazices of all prehistoric and historic <br />cultural resources within areas slated for direct or indirect impacts from con- <br />struction of coal exploration drill holes, associated roads, and mine facilities. <br />Direct impact zones determined since the C~cK surveys include the proposed mine <br />pit in the N~ of Section 10, a pond at the southeast end of the pit, and an <br />access road (see Figure 2). Due to the small scope of each C.&K study in the <br />Canadian Strip Mine Extension Permit Area, r:search goals were limited and were <br />oriented primarily toward contributing in a meaningful way to•kovKledge of the <br />cultural history of the region on North Park through identification of temporal, <br />cultural and functional resource attributes wind interdigitation of arm such <br />data recovered with the cultural patterns grc:viously observed for the area. <br />Cultural Resource Back r,¢ ound <br />Orr 4 March 1980, C~dC corrlucted a literature search through the files <br />of the Colorado Preservation Office, the Nati~na]. Register of Historic Places, <br />• and the Kremmling Resource Area B7~i Office. i)ata from other cultural re- <br />source reports for the immediate pro,7ect vici~iity (I.ischka, et.al. 1978, <br />Anderson and Bleacher 1979, Anderson 1977) were also consulted. <br />The research revealed that no historic resources were on record for <br />G&SS survey areas, and on1,p one prehistoric site, 5 JA163, is partially con- <br />tained within the study boundaries. This site is an open lithic scatter that <br />vas originally recorded in 1977, was 100 surface collected, and was determined <br />to be "definitely not eligible for nomination to the National Register", and <br />"no fhrther work" was recommended (CPO 5 JA163 Site Form). In 1979, this <br />site was revisited by Pioneer Archaeological Consultants and "numerous flakes" <br />were noted on the surface, leading those surve;rors to infer some subsurface <br />depth for 5 JA163 and to determine that the si~:e may be eligible for NRHP nom- <br />ination (Anderson and Bleacher 1979:20-21, 35)~ Cursory examinations of por- <br />tions of the site in 1980 and 1981 by CdJC perscuuiel failed to reveal arry clear- <br />ly cultural materials, and NRHP nomination eligibility is still considered <br />questionable. <br />The original data collected for 5 JA163 suggests that the site served <br />as a game watch and lithic tool manufacturing site, with possible hunting and/ <br />-2- <br />