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i• <br />Abstract <br />At the request of Bowie Resources, Ltd. (as represented by J.E. Stover and <br />Associates), the Gunnison National Forest Paonia Ranger District, and the Office of Surface <br />Mining, a Class III cultural resource inventory of approximately 1360 acres of Forest Service <br />administered lands within the Iron Point Coal Lease Tract (COC-61209) was conducted by <br />Cazl E. Conner and Bazbaza J. Davenport of Grand River Institute. The study azea lies north <br />of the town of Bowie, in Delta County, Colorado. <br />The survey was undertaken to ensure the project's compliance federal legislation <br />governing the identification and protection of cultural resources that will be affected by a <br />government approved action The purpose of the cultural resources investigation was to <br />identify resources within the lease tract, to evaluate these sites' eligibility for listing in the <br />National Register ofHistoric Places (NRHP}, and to make management recommendations for <br />those sites found to be eligible or potentially eligible. <br />Files seazches were conducted through the Paonia Ranger District Office (Sally Crum, <br />Forest Archaeologist) and the Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. The historic <br />Dove Gulch Shelter was found to be partially recorded. Field work was performed on the <br />• 25's, 26`" ,and 28'" of September, and the 9`" of October. As directed by the new 36 CFR800 <br />regulations, this inventory included the seazch for relevant traditional cultural properties. <br />Based on the files seazch, field survey, and this researchers personal knowledge, no such <br />communities exist within the project area. <br />This inventory was limited to the survey of open terrain provided by existing roads, <br />trails, and erosional azeas because of the heavy vegetation cover and steep slopes. Open <br />azeas on the main ridge and benches above the flowing streams were located and inspected as <br />well. <br />Sites SDT1325 and SDT1326 were newly recorded. The former, which had been <br />named the Reuben Dove Shelter (or Dove Cave) and was suspected of containing cultural <br />deposits, was determined to be heavily vandalized and not eligible for nomination to the <br />NRHP. Evidence of SDT1326, a prehistoric campsite, was found in road cuts in the Hubbard <br />Creek drainage. Based on the natural fill within and azound this site, it was field evaluated as <br />need data and testing is recommended. Determinations of effect of the mining operation on <br />the sites must be made by the controlling federal agency. <br />A assessment of the paleontological resources was also made. No significant such <br />resources were identified. <br />