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INTRODUCTION <br />This cultural resource inventory report is submitted in compliance with the requirements <br />of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Environmental Policy <br />Act of 1969, Executive Order 11593 of 1971, the Archaeological and Historic <br />Preservation Act of 1971 and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979. It <br />was prepared by l1'CP.11 at the request of Seneca Coals Limited to locate and identify <br />prehistoric and historic cultural resources within land proposed for strip mining <br />activities. The surface land of this project is private; hotivever, the minerals are <br />federally owned. <br />PF.OJECT OBJECTIVES <br />The objective oC this project was to identify and evaluate all cultural resources within <br />the proposed ]ease area (hereafter referred to as the project area). In order to carry out <br />this goal, a literature review and files search were first conducted to identify previously <br />recorded sites in and near the project area. Once the files search was completed, a 100°.0 <br />intensive survey was conducted to locate and record all cultural resources within the <br />project area. <br />PROJECT LOCATION <br />The project is located in Routt County, Colorado, approximately six miles south of the <br />Hayden Power Generating Station, between Steamboat Springs and Craig, Colorado (Map <br />1). The project area is located in Township SN, Range 87\~', in a small southern portion <br />of section 8, the majority of section 17, the southeastern corner of section 18, the <br />eastern two-thirds of section 19, the western quarter of section 20, the northwest <br />quarter of the northwest quarter of section 29, and most of the northeast quarter of <br />section 30. These areas are mapped on two USGS quadrangles: the Mount Harris 7.5 <br />minute series (sections 8, 17, 18, and 19) and Dunckley 7.5 minute series (sections 19, 20, <br />29, and 30). The precise boundaries are illustrated on R1ap 2. The area surveyed totaled <br />1,413 acres. <br /> <br />1 <br />