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1 <br />APP~NDIK 7 <br />' THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF COLORADO <br />Slate Archaeologist, 5A Ketchum Bldg., University of Colorado, Boulder 80302 <br /> <br />10 March 1975 <br />Mr. G Lloyd Hayes <br />105 Palmer Drive <br />Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 <br />Dear Mr. Hayes: <br /> Nice [o hear from you again. Sorry for [he delay in this reply. I <br />t was on leave for two months and I did not get this written as quickly <br /> as hoped. <br />' Enclosed is the information you requested by phone and your letter of <br /> February 28, 1975 on archaeological resources known to fall within the <br /> holdings of the Cooley Gravel Companies.' This involves TSS,R70W, Sections <br />t 10,11,15 and a small area of 2. A file search was done on the areas <br /> outlined in green and blue on the map you submitted. <br /> The file search turned up three possibilities. I say possibilities <br />' because the locational data is somewhat vague. Perhaps a more <br /> detailed map could make it easier. Some of these older reports tend <br />' to be vague. It does, at the least, indicate regular occurrance of <br />prehistoric materials in the area. <br /> Because it is pertinent to your statement on archaeological resources, it <br />' must be added that our files are incomplete. The Office of the State <br /> Archaeologist is building a master file on Colorado site information. <br /> It is being expanded to hopefully include site data from all agencies <br /> and institutions dealing with prehistoric Colorado materials, but this <br />I ' is far from being accomplished. For the above file search the pertinent <br /> University of Denver site records were searched. The enclosed records <br /> come from those files. At this time our records are not comprehensive <br />' and this information does not even represent a full literature search <br /> on the area of your concern. <br /> Another important point is that this file holds records only of reported <br />' sites, sites referred to this office and previously to the University of <br /> Colorado Museum. Most areas of the state have not been systematically <br /> surveyed for prehistoric materials. The foothills zone, especially in <br />' the Morrison area, has consistently yielded interesting materials and <br /> several excavations have been conducted in the general area. I do not <br /> know of any systematic survey which has included the Cooley Gravel areas. <br />' A few reported sites does not necessarily mean that there is only a little <br /> archaeological material in an area, only tha[ there has been little report- <br /> ing of such items. For this reason, the information in the files is a <br /> start, but it is basically an inadequate assesment of such resources. <br />' Any really significant evaluation of archaeological resources has to be <br /> <br />