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~~ <br />INTRODUCTION <br />Project Administration <br />In 1976 t1r. Al Barnes of Empire Energy Corporation, Craig, Colorado, <br />contacted the Laboratory of Public Archaeology (LOPA), Colorado State <br />University, Fort Collins, requesting an archaeological reconnaissance of <br />' the proposed•~site of two new coal mines. The 291.67 ac project area is <br />located about .5 km east of the 4liiliams Fork River and abet 8 mi south- <br />•~ west of Craig, Moffat County, Colorado (Figs. 1, 2). <br />An attempt to carry out the reconnaissance was made in December, 1976, <br />but was unsuccessful due to inclement weather. LOPA was recontacted by <br />Mr. Barnes during the following summer, and the fieldwork was performed on <br />August 9, 10, and 11, 1977 by Gary P. Smith and tlatthew S. Freedman, employ- <br />• ees of LOPA, under the direction of Dr. Calvin H. Jennings, Director. <br />The survey was conducted under the Department of the Interior Antiquities <br />Permit No. 77-CO-04G, and is in compliance with FEO 11593 and the Historic <br />Preservation Act. It is our duty to recommend a course of action which will <br />protect the area's cultural resources from unlawr'ul or inadvertent destruction, <br />The project tract is located entirely within Sec. 6, TSn, R91w and con- <br />sists of .the NE'-;hJE';, S'-2FJE';, E'~SE'„ NW';SE!q, and the hJE',SW'-;. At the time of <br />the survey, about 41 ac were affected by housing built by Emprire Energy, <br />and approximately 91 ac were used for the cultivation of wheat, leaving <br /> <br />153.5 ac undeveloped. A small area had already been disturbed by earlier <br />mining or quarrying operations. <br />1 <br /> <br />