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Section 779.12 (b) Continued. • to Albert P. Smith from the U. S. Government on August 4, 1902. The first school building was built in either 1913 or 1914 and was one of the first schools in the area; others include the Eddy School on Trout Creek and. the Middle Creek Scitnol on Middle Creek. Being rather roughly constructed, this structure was torn down, and the present Foidel Canyon School was erected in 1925 (Mrs. Helen (Long) Light, 1975). Mr. George Columbia and his family currently rent the present Foidel Creek School building which is owned by Energy Fuels. This school is not in the mining area, nor will it be disturbed by mining operations. Foidel is the name of a family of early settlers who located in the Canyon in 1887. Mrs. Margaret Foidel was buried on the hillside under the rimrock not far from the schoolhouse (Colorado Division of State Archives and Pubic Records (1975)). At the request of her family, Mrs. Foidel's grave was moved in 1962 from the approximate • present location of the Energy No. 1 shop and maintenance facilities. A Mr. Gerald Jones from Rockville, Indiana moved the grave to Fort Collins, Colorado (Mr. Jack R. Eatherton, Energy Fuels Corporation, Vice President of Operations, 1976). Two additional graves are thought to occur in the area of Pinnacle Peak; one is believed to be that of an Indian, the other that of an early homesteader. Energy Fuels has fenced the early homesteader grave with protective enclosures and the Indian grave is situated above any disturbance areas. During their 1978 investigation, the BLM recorded the historical sites and submitted site forms and photographs to the State Historic Preservation Officer. The only sites to be disturbed by actual mining will be the dry-laid rock foundation and the log cabin ruins located in Section 18, Township 4 North, Range 86 West. • 779-5