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<br />' fences for the ranch livestock on the early historic ranch dating <br />from 1860 to 1880. This site does not meet the State Register, <br />criteria for state or local significance. No further work is <br />' recommended at the site. The site is outside of the area <br />currently proposed for direct mining activity but part of the <br />site is within the boundary proposed for later mining. <br />Two prehistoric isolated finds, 5DA1060 and 5DA1061, were located <br />in the project area. isolated finds are not eligible to the <br />State Register of Historic Places. <br />'~ Site SDA1062 is the historic stone livestock fence that bounds <br />the Willow Creek canyon. The dry-laid rock was constructed .f or <br />livestock control in the period 1860 to 1880 and possibly was <br />hurriedly constructed with the threat of Indian hostilities. The <br />walls have local significance in representing the homestead <br />period when cattle ranching began in the area. It also <br />' represents a tremendous undertaking to construct the long length <br />of walls which are still standing today. it is recommended that <br />the stone livestock fence does not meet the State Register <br />criteria for local or state significance because it does not <br />appear to be unique in the area, or of very good integrity. No <br />further work is recommended. The planned access road to the <br />quarry will cross through the wall.. <br />CONCLQSIONS <br />The prehistoric sites located in this survey were small, probably <br />' single use or limited use sites for lithic source material and <br />food processing. No campsites or large multiple-use sites were <br />located. Two prehistoric sites and one isolated artifact <br />identified in this survey were located along the mesa edge. No <br />sites were found on the mesa top. The one isolated find that was <br />found on the mesa top (although near the mesa edge) was in an <br />area disturbed by ground-moving equipment and for cattle feeding. <br />This piece may be displaced. <br />It is of interest to compare the results of this survey with the <br />two larger surveys in the area. Eddy et al. (1981) regarded the <br />I Castlewood Canyon area as an upland resource procurement area. <br />The two sites recorded here fit in that category also. Site <br />SDA1056 is a food processing/millling site. Site 5DA1057 is a <br />' small lithic quarry. <br />The Parker Rca~l expansion survey by Miller and Fiero (1977) <br />indicated than lithic concentration sites were generally on <br />hilltops or hillsides, and large campsites were at major <br />confluences along Cherry Creek. The survey areas in the Winkler <br />project did not include hilltops or major confluences and the <br />survey did not locate lithic concentration sites or campsites. <br />I <br />20 <br />