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P `` <br />E c Poweas ELEVATION CoMPANr, q+c. <br />.` ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIVISION <br />ComowM Arcfwobpial Cwwlh,p S~rvca <br />Y <br />a.o. eo: no4 <br />Eaple. Cdoraou 01831 <br />303.328.737 <br />Pro'ect Identification: Archaeological survey for Western Associated Coal <br />ompany s Snowmass Mine proposed loadout facility. <br />Land Status: Private <br />Map Reference: Carbondale. Colorado, USGS 7.5 minute series quadrangle <br />Cattle Creek, Colorado, USGS 7.5 minute series quadrangle <br />Date of Investigation: November 12, 1979 <br />Personnel: OD Hand and Richard Enders, field investigators; Michael D. Metcalf <br />and ~lstian J. Zier, principal investigators. - <br />File Search: According to a files search conducted by the Colorado State <br />rc a1~ e~ oTist's Office, there are no known archaeological resources in the <br />study area. However, previously documented historical resources in the general <br />area include the route for the Colorado Midland Railroad, which served Glenwood <br />Springs and Aspen. The old railroad bed was not encountered during the survey. <br />Location/Desc~rip_t~ion: The loadout facility is planned to be located approximately <br />• ~i es no'T- rt w~o~' the city of Carbondale, just southwest of Colorado State <br />Highway 1182 in Sections 20 and 29, T7S, R88W, Garfield County, Colorado. The <br />facility will be constructed in a 25 acre area and will consist of a train track <br />approximately 1 mile in length, a conveyor belt and silo 0.50 miles long and <br />a truck dumping area. <br />Environment: The area is within the confines of the Roaring Fork River drainage. <br />The r- er creates a flood-plain ranging from 0.50 to 0.75 miles in width and <br />is bound to the northeast by a mountainous area rising 800' above the flood-plain. <br />The southwest is bound by a mesa-like area 160' above the plain. <br />The specific project is, for the most part, located on the flood-plain northeast <br />of the river; the track and silo are located here. From the silo, the conveyor <br />belt runs southwest across the river to the truck dumping area located on the <br />edge of a mesa ridge to the southwest. <br />The area is drained by the Roaring Fork River which exhibits a wide flood-plain <br />with numerous intermittent sub-drainages feeding the river. Ground cover ranges <br />from 50-100% and visibility from poor to fair. Vegetation is generally grasses, <br />pinon, juniper, service berry, willow, cottonwood, prickly pear cactus and rose. <br />The soil is light brown silt of moderate compaction. Clay content and modeling <br />ability is medial. Those areas nearest the southwest mesa-like ridge and the <br />river exhibit numerous quartzite gravels and larger stones. Deposits are <br />• undetermined but extend, in places, over a meter. <br />Field Methods: Coverage of the project area was somewhat irregular, having to <br />be restr~c d to those areas void of ground coverage, vegetation or snow. Areas <br />along the. flood plain in association to the track were determined to be too <br />