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<br />' INTRODUCTION <br />A Class II cultural resource inventory of the Jumbo Mountain Tract was conducted by Western <br />' Cultural Resource Management, Inc. (WCRM) of Boulder, Colorado for WESTEC of Denver, <br />Colorado. The project is located southeast of Bowie, Colorado and covers both private and <br />public lands. The public lands, estimated to cover 280 acres, are administered by the Bureau <br />' of Land Management-Montrose District (Figures 1 and 2). The Jumbo Mountain Tract is an <br />underground expansion azea for the West Elk Mine operated by the Mountain Coal Company, <br />a subsidiary of ARCO, Denver, Colorado. Access to the study azea is usually through the <br />Minnesota Reservoir access to Jumbo Mountain although for this study Mr. Larry Mautz <br />provided access onto his Chipeta Ranch property off of Colorado State Highway 133. <br />The purpose of the inventory was to identify, document, and evaluate cultural resources lying <br />within the Jumbo Mountain Tract. Given the location of the tract on the steep, densely <br />vegetated north slopes of Jumbo Mountain and the fact that the surface of the tract will not be <br />' further disturbed, the BLM-Montrose District permitted a Class II inventory which focused on <br />open azeas and springs areas likely to contain cultural resource sites. Lands containing known <br />historic resources were also surveyed and inventoried. A total of approximately 100 acres were <br />inventoried including five Class II sample azeas, ten spring/pond locations, and six historic site <br />locations. In some cases there was overlap among the various types of surveyed areas. The <br />legal locations of the Class II study area are listed in Table 1. <br />Fieldwork was conducted on October 11-15 and November 1, 1993 by Thomas J. Lennon of <br />WCRM, Inc. Mr. Lennon also served as Principal Investigator. Cultural resource records aze <br />on file at the Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historic Society, <br />Denver. Original field notes aze retained in the files of WCRM, Inc. No artifacts were <br />collected during the study. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br />r <br />i~ <br />