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<br />COI~RADO <br />HISTORICAL <br />SOCIETY <br />The Colorado History Museum 1300 Broadway Denver, Colorado 80203-2137 <br />Apri17, 2006 <br />Byron Walker <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Division of Minerals &"Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Re: Foidel"Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1982-056) ~:`^; ""'_~','~ <br />Technical Revision Application No. 52 (TR-52) <br />Response 2005 Midterm Review p~''~ ~ ~ ~t~Qs <br />Deaz Mr. Walker: <br />DWtCWn of hSinbro.u unfi VuJlogy <br />Thank you for the additional maps regarding the project listed above. <br />Your correspondence dated Mazch 20, 2006 (received by our office on March 24) concerns <br />editorial revisions to the existing permit application to reflect responses to the 2005 <br />Midterm Review by the Division of Minerals and Geology. These editorial revisions in and <br />of themselves will not have an effect on properties eligible for listing on the National <br />Register of Historic Places (NRHP). However, our office is concerned with the direct and <br />indirect effects of underground coal mining at the Foidel Creek Mine on such cultural <br />resources, and therefore cannot agree with the requested determination of "no adverse <br />effect". <br />Based on the maps you provided to our office on March 29, a seazch of our database has <br />indicated that a number of cultural resource surveys have previously been conducted within <br />the permit azea: <br />Alpine Archaeological Consultants (1990) <br />Bureau of Land Management (1978, 1979, and 1990) <br />Colorado State University Laboratory of Public Archaeology (1975 and 2 surveys in 1977) <br />Foothill Engineering Consultants, Inc. (1994) <br />Goodson and Associates (1982 and 1984) <br />Grand River Institute (1980 and 1985) <br />Metcalf-Zier Archaeologists (1982) <br />Metcalf Archaeological Consultants (1991, 1993, 1994, 5 surveys in 1995, 2 surveys in <br />