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REPORT DOCUMENTATION <br />PAGE <br />{. Title antl SuEtitle <br />Cultural Resources <br />Proposed Coal Leas <br />Colorado <br />~ --- - --- <br />7. Author(s) <br />Diana Christensen <br />1_REPORT NO. <br />2. <br />3. Recr p le n['s Acce sslon No. <br />Investigations in the Danforth Hills <br />Area, Moffat and Rio Blanco Counties, <br />Pe Aarm Ong Organization Name antl Atltlress <br />Wood)•/ard-Clyde Consultants <br />Harlequin Plaza, North <br />7600 East Orchard Rd. <br />Englewood, Colorado 80111 <br />12. Sponsoring Orga nixa lion Name antl Atltlress <br />Consolidation Coal Company <br />Consol Plaza <br />Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15241 <br />15. SpDDtamentary Notes <br />Subcontractor: <br />Mickens and Associates <br />P.O. Box 727 <br />Montrose, Colorado 81402 <br />5. Report Oate <br />October 1984 <br />6. <br />8. Pe rlorming Orga nix anon Rept. No. <br />10. Project/Task/Work Unlt No. <br />11. Contxact(C) or Grant(C) No. <br />]ta 01-6699 <br />(c) <br />13. Type o! Report 6 Pariotl Covered <br />Final <br />t{. <br />16. Ahst ra ct (Limit 2W wortls) -_---~- - ~-- _ ~--- ~ ~ - ~-~~-~~---~--'-- <br />Consolidation Coal Company (Consol) proposes to mine coal in the Danforth Hills, <br />north of Meeker, Colorado. A proposed rail spur (with two alternative routes) will <br />link the mine with an existing rail network. Intensive investigations for cultural <br />resources were conducted in the proposed coal lease and facilities areas and along one <br />of the railroad corridors.. Only an inventory of existing data was performed for the <br />alternative rail corridor. Within the coal lease and fecilities areas, 4400 acres (out <br />of a total of 8400 acres) were surveyed: 8 sites and 16 isolated finds have been <br />recorded. Two sites, historic Euroamerican homesteads, are considered significant and <br />eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Extensive photo- <br />documentation, archival research, informant interviews, and testing are recommended if <br />the sites cannot be avoided. Along the primary rail corridor, 8 sites and 3 IFs were <br />recorded. Four are significant and eligible for nomination to the National Register <br />of Historic Places. Limited test excavations are recommended if they cannot be avoided. <br />Within the alternative rail corridor, 14 sites have been recorded, of which 3 are <br />considered significant and eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic <br />Places. Intensive survey is required if this route is used. <br />17. Document AnalYSis a. Descriptors --~ -~~~~~---~ --_~---- -~~ --~--~-- <br />p. Itlenti lie rs/Operv Entletl Terms <br /><. COSATI Fieltl/Croup <br />.ailah dity Statement --~ ---~~-~ _---~ -- <br />,4vailable for public release without appended 1B secp acla as (T his Report) <br />site locational data _ Unclassifi_ed__ <br />20. Secu r~ty Cla sy ?his Page) <br />Unclasslitied <br />(S ee AN 51-Z79.]gl See In strucnor.s an Reverse <br />21. No. of Pages <br />22. Puce --~------ <br />OPTIONAL FORM 2]2 (<-771 <br />ll <br />(Formerly NTIS-35, <br />Department of Commerce <br />