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42.04 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR IINDERGROUND MINING ACTIVITIES --
<br />MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES.
<br />2.04.4 Cultural and Historic Resource Information.
<br />In April and May, 1977; August, 1980; August, 1981; July, 1982; and
<br />May and September, 1984; cultural, historic, and archaeological re-
<br />source surveys were conducted over the permit area and adjacent areas
<br />of Colorado Westmoreland Inc,'s Orchard Valley Mine near Paonia in
<br />Delta County, Colorado. CWI retained Centuries Research, Inc., Mont-
<br />rose, Colorado, for [he express purpose of gathering all information
<br />available in providing this resource information to the regulatory
<br />agencies.
<br />The first survey covered several thousand acres which constituted a
<br />transect extending into the mountains through the Steven's Gulch
<br />drainage from the North Fork of the Gunnison River. [Jithin this sur-
<br />vey, Sections 1, 12, 13, and 24, T.13S., R.92LJ., of the 6th P,M. were
<br />intensively studied,
<br />The second survey intensively covered the land above Federal Coal
<br />Lease C-27432, including portions of Sections 12 and 13, T.13S.,
<br />R.92W „ and Sections 17 and 18, T.13S., R.91SJ., of the 6th P,M.
<br />The third and fourth surveys were investigations of twenty drill
<br />sites and associated roads in 1981 and eleven drill sites and associ-
<br />• ated roads in 1982, within Sections 7, 8, 17, and 18, T.13S., R.91IJ.,
<br />and Sections 3, 10, 11, 14, and 15, T,13S. R.92W. of Che 6th P.M.
<br />The fifth survey covered two 40-acre fee coal properties acquired in
<br />1982 (the Farmer's Mine and Smith properties), the 160-acre surface
<br />area of the Lease C-27432 modification, and the 280-acre surface area
<br />of Lease D-036955. These areas are located within Sections 17, 18,
<br />and 19, T.13S., R. 91 W., of the 6th P.M.
<br />No significant prehistoric or historic cultural resources were en-
<br />countered within the areas studied. Three abandoned coal mines were
<br />located, but none of these, it is believed, constitutes a significant
<br />historical site (Centuries Research, Inc., 1984). No other notable
<br />sites were identified within the areas studied. On the basis of the
<br />results to date, no adverse effects to cultural, historic, or archae-
<br />ological sites are expected. The methodology and results of the sur-
<br />veys are set forth in detail in the Archaeology Appendix, Volume 9B.
<br />During May, 1984, CWI again retained Centuries Research, Inc. to com-
<br />plete a Class I cultural resources study of the proposed permit and
<br />adjacent areas, The purpose of this study was to compile all cultur-
<br />al resource information gathered [o dale and to identify those areas
<br />within the proposed permit area which may require further study. A
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<br />Revised 10/O1I87
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