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~ outside of the revised area of tin~artwk;nq (Figure 4). Inventory • coverage in the initial area of undertaking should be considered inoonplete until test excavations are conducted. If the area of urrlertaking is revised -again and development plans were to threaten these potential resources, there the test excavation should certainly be undertaken. A natural exposure of silicate toolstone was noted in the inventory. It is not believed to be significant as a resource and is well outside the revised area of undertaking. The 1986 inventory of the initial area of undertaking further confirmed the prehistoric occupational patterns indicated in the 1984 (Baker 1984) baseline inventory for Colorado Westmoreland. This indicates that there is a clustering of prehistoric occupational remains about the mouths of the canyons of the small tributaries of the North Fork of the Gunnison. These correlate with a natural ecotone where the streams issue from the high bluffs onto the upper benches and terraces of the larger valley. The study further confirmed that aboriginal sites are still rather scarce in the high bluffs overlooking the North Fork. It is reocmRpnded that the Bureau of Land Management and other concerned agerlcies hereafter treat these azeas as potentially sensitive archaeological zones in making decisions regarding lands in this region. Dccept for the stipulations reanrtended herein, the initial and revised areas of undertaking for the Orchard Valley Mine's west portal • area in fast Foatcap Creek (Figure 4) should be considered free of cultural resources so long as the impact areas delineated herein are adhered to. In the event the project plans change or that undetected cultural resources are exposed during construction activity, Colorado Westmoreland should cease construction activity and notify the SIM and their archaeological consultant. • al