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• INTRODUCTION <br />This report Boas prepared by Western Cultural Resource Management, <br />Inc. .:•orking under the Department of the Interior, Professional <br />Services ~.ntiquities Permit No. 31-CO-098, which expires January <br />198?. The report was prepared at the request of Colowyo Coal <br />Company, to aid in meeting Office of Surface Mining (OSM) re- <br />quirements concerning the half-mile buffer zone around the life- <br />of-the-mine boundary of a surface mine. <br />The Office of Surface Mining requires a determination of the <br />likelihood of the presence of sensitive sites within the half- <br />~~~ile buffer zone. Such a determination,"as defined by Judith <br />Ann Shafer, Regional Archaeologist of OSM, Region 5, is to be <br />based on a records and literature search, as well as field in- <br />spection, as opposed to an actual 10070 cultural resource inven- <br />• Cory. Should this determination reveal that sensitive sites <br />occur within the buffer zone, inventory and assessment of the <br />sensitive sites found within the buffer zone will be required. <br />Sensitive types are defined by the Office of Surface D1ining as <br />cultural resources which may be adversely affected by blasting. <br />Site types include but are not limited to rock shelters, rock <br />art, and standing structures. <br />Therefore, the purpose of this research was not to provide a <br />100% cultural resource inventory of the buffer zone, but to pro- <br />vide a professional assessment of the likelihood of occurrence <br />of sensitive sites within the buffer zone, based on a literature <br />and records search, and field inspection. <br />Organization <br />• ~lichael S. Burney acted as principal investigator. David 0. <br />Ayers conducted the literature and records search. Dan Hall and <br />1 <br />