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<br />Introduction <br />On May 22, 1990 approximately 2,000' of additional access was <br />surveyed for Peabody Coal Company's groundwater monitoring well <br />#A3. The well and access are located in the SE/SW of Section 11, <br />T5N, R88W, Routt County, Colorado. The new access starts on the <br />northwest side of the drainage across from the A3 well location, <br />travels southwest along the existing two-track for 800', crosses <br />the drainage and then backtracks to the northeast for 800' to A3. <br />This land is administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Little <br />Snake Resource Area in Craig, Colorado. Field work was completed <br />by Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, inc. (MAC) employees <br />Kimberly Spurr and Scott Wails. <br />Methodology <br />Since this work was simply additional access for a previously <br />surveyed well site and access, no further Colorado file search or <br />literature review were required. Field methodology was similar to <br />that of the previous survey. An existing two-track road and the <br />newly proposed route were surveyed, since both of these areas will <br />probably be disturbed during construction of the well locations. <br />A corridor 50' wide and approximately 2,000' long was covered (2.3 <br />acres). <br />• During fieldwork it was noted that the existing road is <br />misdrawn on the USGS topographic quadrangle (Mount Harris 1971). <br />The map shows the road running along the southeast side of the <br />drainage when in reality it runs along the northwest side. We have <br />drawn the actual route of the road on the enclosed map and this is <br />the access surveyed. <br />MAC was requested to continue southwest along the existing <br />two-track for approximately 400' which will be the access to a <br />proposed settling pond which has not yet been surveyed. <br />Results and Recommendations <br />No cultural resources or paleontological remains were found <br />during this additional survey, so cultural resource clearance is <br />recommended for the new access route. <br />MAC was also notified by Ted Smith of Peabody Coal that the <br />A6 well location will be right next to the S1 flume and also that <br />the access to Al will be the same as access to the S4 flume. These <br />areas (A6 and access to A1) are recommended for cultural resource <br />clearance because they both are located in previously surveyed <br />areas (S1 and access to 54). <br /> <br />