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<br /> ~.o rETeoos <br /> Three generz': rethods were employed to determine what cultural <br /> resources the project ::r•eas miyht contain: (l) site records search, (£) <br /> vehicular rrcennaissanco and (3) Iedestrian survey. Each r..ethod is <br /> descrihed in detail below. <br /> 2.1 Site Records Search <br /> :: ragvest was made by hi EL mt Febraaty 13, lyE6 tc the Cnlur:,dc <br /> historical Society to rouduct a search of the Colorado Inventory of <br /> Ccltu rat Bracurces far the fallaw.iry areas iu tIOr.Y rOSe County: <br /> Tcwnshie Range Section(s) <br /> pit. T:orth 1~ 4kst 6 <br /> 46 North 16 best 1 <br /> 47 Plorth 15 L•lest 31 <br /> 47 Ilorth lb Bost 25,36 <br /> f, s~•arch of this type results in a r-omputer printrut listing all known <br /> I-rrojec a that have beet cunriucted tin the sped*.'ied areo and the results <br /> o: these projects. <br /> Taro oth rr sources of informati rn w.ere also consulted. The t-io ntrose <br /> C~istrict a'!ice of the Cvreau of Lard lianagement ~:.s visited and their <br /> site records checked ror knoem cultural resources in the vicinity of the <br /> proiect areas. This was done eves though the project areas arr. :eund on <br /> private lane. ]n add iti m,, info,mmtian on historical settlemP.nt in the <br /> project zreas was collected by visiting the fssessor's ctYice at the <br /> county cnur_truse in Montrose. Ther-r_, land patent records c:ere examined <br /> to duter:r.ir~e when and by r•:Iti, the first land claims were mane. <br /> 2.2 Vehicular Reconnaissance <br />Tfie majority of Tract II is under cultivation or resell fur grating. <br />Because of this extensive recent disturbance, it was decide) that an <br />initial reconnaissance of the area by vehicle miyht help locate <br />historical resources and pinpoint areas in relatively pristine con- <br />dition, By driving on the modern roads that border and cross Tract .II <br />{see Ffrure 1-2), and consulting an aerial photograph, I iras able to <br />view the entire area and determine which areas might need closer <br />inspection. <br />"L .3 Pedestrian Survey <br />Those portions of Tracts I and Ii that appeared tc be in relatively <br />pristine condition were inspected on foot. In Tract ], the pristine <br />areas rua~prised approximately 7U acres, or 6U perr--rot ni the cotai ¢,rea, <br />and were surveyed cor,:pletely. 'rho remainiry 4G acres have been <br />disGrrbed by mtning operations; as such, these areas were not as <br />intensively inventoried. After the vehicular reccrnaissanre had been <br />/~~~-- made (sr:e Section 2.?), I deter mired that six discrete localities in <br />Tract 11 required intensive survey. Culler Lively, these six area!. <br />amounted to aUCUt 63 acres, ur era rly 20 L:-e rrent n` :'hr. total acr ctoP.. <br />10 <br />r ~ <br />~J <br />(Revised July 2006) Attachment 2.04.4-1-18 <br />