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Evaluation • <br />Based on the fact that artifacts are being exposed in disturbed ground and buried <br />cultural deposits are likely present, the site is field evaluated as need data or potentially <br />eligible for listing on the NRHP. Testing is required for a final determination of eligibility. <br />Site SDT1284 is an historic corral and cowboy camp located in an open saddle ofa <br />mountain ridge at an elevation of 7920 feet. The site measures approximately 400ft (N-S) by <br />200ft (E-~. It is situated within an open meadow surrounded by oakbrush. The corral is <br />located in the southwest quadrant ofthe site and measures SOft by 45ft.. A loading chute is <br />within the corral on its east side. A barbed wire fence runs northeast of the corral for 260+ <br />feet along the northwest side of the meadow. A camp azea is established in the southeast <br />quadrant. Poles, tent stakes, a wood pile, and a modern hearth were features observed there, <br />and probably represent use within the past ten years by ranch workers or hunting guides. A <br />trash pile in the northeast corner of the meadow indicates use of the site from much earlier <br />times, as it contains rusted metal and purple glass. Much of the glass and other materials <br />here have been burned. <br />Evaluation <br />The site does not meet criteria that make it eligible for nomination to the NRHP. <br />Accordingly, it is field evaluated as not eligible and no further work is necessary. • <br />Site SDTI285 is an open campsite located on a bench just below the top of a <br />mountain ridge spine at an elevation of 7900 feet. The bench is created by a shelf of <br />sandstone that outcrops on the site. This shelf overlooks a drainage to the east, which <br />contains aspen and is likely to run surface water at various times of the yeaz. The sandstone <br />also creates apour-off on the southeast quadrant of the site. The site boundary is configured <br />as a "dog-leg" to the southwest, and roughly measures 80m (N-S) by 25m (E-Vl~. Flake <br />artifacts including a cluster of 15+ siltstone flakes and a biface fragment of tan chert, another <br />biface fragment ofblack/grey chert, and 10 scattered flakes of siltstone and chert were <br />recorded on the north end of the site. Three manos were found on two sides of an oakbrush <br />clump neaz site center. Two small flakes were found on the southwest corner of the site, <br />upslope from the sandstone bench and within an old roadcut which leads from the ridge <br />saddle down to the bench. Deep soils aze present throughout the site and artifacts are <br />exposed in shallow areas neaz bedrock exposures. Accordingly, the site is likely to contain <br />buried cultural deposits. <br />Evaluation <br />Based on the fact that artifacts are being exposed in disturbed ground and buried <br />cultural deposits are likely present, the site is field evaluated as need data or potentially <br />eligible for listing on the NRHP. Testing is required for a final determination of eligibility. <br />i <br />7 <br />