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4.1.1 Archeological Resources Of the two archeological sites (SMF288 and SMF290, refer to Section 2.9 and Appendix K) as sur- veyed and catalogued by Bretemitz (1972), only one (SMF288) will be disturbed by mining activflies. This site has, in fact, been destroyed already by the construction of sediment control dams in Johnson drainage. The Craig District Bureau of Land Management has approved the survey of these sites (refer to Appendix K) and no further mitigation was necessary prior to disturbance. The survey conducted for Trapper Mine during the summer of 1980 by Archeological Services, Laramie, Wyoming, identified five sites on or adjacent to the proposed mine plan area. (Refer to Sec- tion 2.9 and Appendix K.) Only three of these sites (sites SMF945, 5MF946 and SMF947) will be dis- turbed by mining activities. None of these sites were considered worthy of testing for nomination to the National Register and Archeological Services (1980) stated that no further work was needed for them. Both sites SMF948 and SMF947 were disturbed in the spring of 1981 with topsoil salvage advance in Ashmore Pit. Site 5MF945 was disturbed by mining activities during the 1893-1897 permit period. This site was inventoried and recorded and no further work was proposed. (Refer to part IX of Appendix K for more detail. An archeological site previously ident~ed by Bretemitz in 1972 as site 5MF290 and resurveyed in 1980 by Archeological Services as site 5MF949, was recommended by Archeological Services for • nomination to the National Register. (Refer to Section 2.9 and Appendix K for more detail.) This site is within the proposed mine plan area, but outside the proposed permit area. However, the site was not considered eligible to the National Register of Historic Places on August 27, 1982 by the State His- toric Preservation Officer (Appendoc K, Part I). • 4-3 P~-~I - - MAY 1 3 1998