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• agricultural activities. Vehicular reconnaissance revealed almost no pristine ground surface within <br />the tract; nearly all of it had been leveled and/or cultivated. A significant portion of the land along <br />the drainage is svdampy in nature and supports a dense growth of grasses which obscures the <br />ground surface. A small area of about five acres was inspected at the very northward end of the <br />tract. <br />RESULTS <br />i~ <br />No significant historic or prehistoric resource properties were located in Tract IIA. Extant farms do <br />not have an appearance of historical significance. One collapsed cellar and an associated trash <br />scatter was observed near the west end of the westward extending arm of the tract; however, the <br />structure and trash are apparently less than fifty years of age. Two car bodies of greater age are <br />present nearby. There is no evidence of habitation structure remains. The area appears to have <br />been utilized for storage and trash dumping and was not recorded. <br />The survey results at this tract are consistent with those Tucker found in his 1986 coverage of the <br />adjacent Tract II. If once present at all, any remains of prehistoric materials have been obliterated <br />or obscured by land use activities. On the other hand, a subjective observation is that the acreage <br />within Tract IIA does not possess a medium or high probability for prehistoric site occurrence. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Given the results of the survey for Tract IIA, it is impossible to add to any interpretation of historic <br />or prehistoric utilization of this land. As Tucker (1986:18) noted, historic use of the area began in <br />the first decade of this century. While records or oral history data for the study tract could be <br />available to aid in the understanding of historical land use patterns, it does not appear that any <br />significant historical structures or sites are located in the tract. <br />As a result of the field analysis, no further cultural resource site work is recommended for the <br />acreage contained within Tract IIA of the New Horizon 2 Mine. <br />WFC Effais <br />2.04.4 - 7 <br />