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Study Objectives /Research Dcsi~n <br />The purposes of the inventories were to conduct a files starch for the areas potential <br />subject to subsidence by the deep mining activities; to conduct an intcnsivc archaeological <br />survey of the area potcntial{y subject to direct impact liom drill pad construction; to identify <br />and accurately locate archaeological sites and/or districts and isolated finds; to evaluate these <br />surface Inds for inclusion on the National Register of Flistoric Places (NR11P); to determine <br />the potential effect of the mining activities on all NRI-IP-eligible resources; and to make <br />recommendations for the mitigation of the adverse effects on those cultural resources. The <br />presence of such resources was considered unlikely within the intense inventory area <br />because of its location on a flood plain and because of the high Icvel of disturbance by <br />historic GuroAmcrican mining and occupation on the narrow valley Iloor. <br />f icld Mctltods <br />A 100 percent, intcnsivc, pedestrian Class III cultural resource survey was conducted <br />for flit drill hole location. This area were inspected by a single person vvlto walked E-W <br />transccts within the rectangular, 10-acre, intensive survey area. The heavy vegetation on the <br />river bottom was a limitation to the survey. <br />• Cultural resources were sought as surlacc exposures and were characterized as sites <br />or isolated finds. Sites were dclined by the presence of six or more artifacts and/or <br />signifcant feature(s) indicative of patterned human activity. Isolated finds were defined by <br />the presence of a single artilact or several artilac[s, which apparently represent a single event <br />(c.g., a single core reduction), and arc surfici:tl in nature. Cultural resources encountered <br />were to be recorded to standards set by the Ollice of Archaeology and l-Iistory Preservation <br />(OAI IP) of the Slate Flistorical Society. <br />Study findings <br />No cultural resources were encountered by the intensive inventory and archaeological <br />clearance is recommended. No cultural resources were on lile within the Class I invenrory <br />area. Appendix A provides a summary of the tiles search through the OAHP. Due to the <br />steep terrain it is unlikely that significant resources occur within most of this area. The <br />heavily wooded nature of the hillsides would make a ground survey very difficult. In <br />addition, the subsidence may not have any measurable surface effects. <br />• 18 <br />