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West Elk Drill Pads, Panels 18 to 24, Cultural Repott <br />RESULTS <br />A total of 560 acres was surveyed for the presence of cultural resources. This included all level to <br />gently sloping ridgetop areas and all drainage bottoms within the designated drainages. Field <br />conditions were good for the discovery of cultural resources, and the project azea did not contain any <br />substantial aeeas of Holocene deposition that might contain buried cultural resources. The canyons <br />and gulches have fairly steep gradients, ranging from 10% to 25%, and much of the survey area in <br />these settings is characterized by large boulders, bedrock blocks, unconsolidated slumps and <br />mudflows, and entrenched drainage channels. Many locations on the Flatiron appear favorable for <br />campsites at first glance, but there are no reliable natural sources of water in the area. No cultural <br />materials or features were found in the project area. <br />EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />" The project area does not contain any known significant cultural resources. Therefore, the proposed <br />~':, <br />undertaking will not adversely impact any significant historic properties. Cultural resource clearance <br />is recommended for the project as surveyed. <br />REFERENCES CITED <br />r,;:;.; <br />`"•:1 Mehls, Steven F., 1984, Colorado Mountains Historic Content. Colorado Historical Society, Denver. <br />`~ Reed, Alan D., and Michael D. Metcalf, 1999, Colorado Prehistory: A Context for the Northern <br />Colorado River Basin. <br />MtnCoalWestElkPanelsl8to24Cult(210-50)rpt.doc - 4 - 10/30/2001 <br />