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ABSTRACT <br />• A cultural resources inventory of two proposed drill hole locations <br />(lk2 and Ik3) and their related new and to-be-upgraded access roads located <br />on private land and lands administered by the National Forest in the Syl- <br />vester Gulch area was conducted by Grand River Institute personnel for <br />West Elks Coal Company, Inc. of Sommerset, Colorado. The study area is <br />located in T.13S., R.90W., Sections 16 and 21, 6th P.M. in Gunnison County, <br />Colorado. Study areas in Section 21 are within the Gunnison National For- <br />est and were surveyed under Special Use Permit No. 305-82 and by authority <br />of a letter of authorization issued by the District Ranger of the Paonia <br />Ranger District on 22 July 1982. The lands in Section 16 are privately <br />owned and are herein reported to satisfy requirements of the Office of <br />Surface Mining. A search of the Colorado Archaeological Site Inventory, <br />the Colorado Inventory of Historic Sites, and nominations pending or on <br />the National Register produced no known archaeological and/or historical/ <br />architectural resources within the study area, although sites are recorded <br />within .5 mile of the proposed project. A 100% pedestrian survey of the <br />study area was performed by Carl E. Conner, Project Archaeologist, on <br />22 July 1982. The survey covered approximately 30 acres. No cultural re- <br />sources were identified and no further consideration of cultural resources <br />need be given the surface extent of this project. <br />Carl E. Conner <br />Project Archaeologist <br />• <br />i <br />r <br />