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IV <br />• SURVEY RESULTS <br />The cultural resource inventory of [he 52-acre project area <br />resulted in the discovery of one historic cabin. In addition, a 3 m <br />diameter prospect hole enclosed by two courses of logs was discovered <br />near the junction of the Hubbard Creek road and the access read to the <br />Blue Ribbon Mine in Section 2, Township 13 South, Range 91 West, but [he <br />locale's condition and associated artifacts suggest that it is less than <br />50 years old. Conseyuen[ly, i[ was not recorded. <br />The recorded site, 5DT483, is located on a small, grass covered <br />bench south of Sheep Corral Gulch and west of Hubbard Creek. The bench <br />on which the cabin is located is approximately 175 vertical feet (53 m) <br />above Hubbard Creek. The site's loyal description can be found on the <br />site report form comprising Appendix A, as can other data. <br />The log cabin is built of saw-cut round logs. Bark adheres to many <br />of the logs. Spaces between the loys are grouted with mud. A south- <br />facing door comprises the only opening In the structure. The door frame <br />and the roof are built of planed boards and round nails. Corrugated <br />metal covers the roof. The structure measures 4.5 m square., and stands <br />a maximum of 2.3 m high. Artifacts cluster in and near the structure, <br />and include stove parts, evaporated milk cans, lard buckets, glass frag- <br />ments, a portion of an ironstone bowl (hallmarked "White Granite, W.S. <br />George"), wagon parts, boo[ fragments, and mattress springs. <br />State and federal agencies generally require archaeologists to <br />determine site significance, aiding them in their land managing duties. <br />Criteria for significance are arose established for listing in the <br />National Register of llistorlc Places. As written in [he U.S. Covernmen[ <br />Code of Federal Regulations (36 CFR 60), the criteria read: <br />National Register criteria for evaluation. The quality of <br />significance In American history, architecture, archeology, and culture <br />is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects of <br />State and local importance that possess integrity of location, design, <br />Setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, and <br />(a) Tha[ are associated with events that have made a significant <br />contribution [o [he broad patterns of our history, or <br />(b) That are associated with the lives of persons significant in <br />our past; or <br />(c) Tha[ embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, <br />or method of construction, or that represent [he work of a <br />master, or [hat possess high artistic values, or that represent <br />9 <br />