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Study Objectives <br />The purpose of the study was to identify and record all <br />cultural resources within the area of potential impact and to <br />assess their significance and eligibility to the National <br />Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The presence of resources <br />was considered unlikely because of the high level of <br />disturbance on the narrow valley floor and the, otherwise, <br />steep-sided terrain. <br />Field Methods <br />A 100 percent, intensive, pedestrian Class III cultural <br />resource survey of the study area was conducted by a one- <br />person crew who walked N-S or E-W transects along contour <br />intervals. A total of about 100 acres was intensively <br />surveyed for cultural resources. <br />Cultural resources were sought as surface exposures and <br />were characterized as sites or isolated finds. Sites were <br />defined by the presence of six or more artifacts and/or <br />significant feature(s) indicative of patterned human activity. <br />Isolated finds were defined by the presence of a single <br />• artifact or several artifacts, which apparently represent a <br />single event (e.g., a single core reduction), and are <br />surficial in nature. Cultural resources encountered were to <br />be recorded to standards set by the Colorado Preservation <br />Office (CPO) of the State Historical Society. <br />Study Findings <br />As expected, no cultural resources were encountered <br />during the survey. Accordingly, archaeological clearance is <br />recommended. <br />References <br />Husband, Michael B. <br />1984 Colorado Plateau Country Historic Context. Colorado <br />Historical Society, Denver. <br />Baker, Steven C. <br />1991 A Class III cultural resource inventory for Somerset <br />Mining Company's Sanborn Creek Min Portals, Gunnison <br />County, Colorado. Ms on file Centuries Research, <br />Inc., Montrose. <br />• 4 <br />