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• <br />Abstract <br />At the request of Bowie Resources, Ltd. (as represented by J.E. Stover and <br />Associates) and the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology and Office of Surface <br />Mining, a Class [II cultural resource inventory of approximately 70 acres within the Bowie #2 <br />Mine Loadout impact azea and a 4200-foot-long section of proposed railroad track was <br />conducted by Carl E. Conner and Barbara J. Davenport of Grand River Institute. The study <br />area Ges south and southeast of the town of Bowie, in Delta County, Colorado. <br />The survey was undertaken to ensure the project's compliance with state and federal <br />legislation governing the identification and protection of cultural resources on privately <br />owned lands that will be affected by a govemment approved action. The purpose of the <br />cultural resources investigation was to identify resources within previously unsurveyed azeas <br />likely to be affected by the proposed action, to evaluate these sites' eligibility for listing in the <br />National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and to make management recommendations for <br />those sites found to be eligible or potentially eligible. <br />Field work was performed on the 6'", 7~', and 13'~ of July 2000. As directed by the <br />new 36 CFR800 regulations, this inventory included the search for relevant traditional <br />cultural properties. Based on the files search, field survey, and this researchers personal <br />knowledge, no such communities exist within the project area. However, the field inspection <br />identified and newly recorded four historic sites -three Farmsteads (SDT1274, SDT1275, <br />and SDT1276) and one canal segment (5DT1277.1). The farmstead sites were field <br />evaluated as not eligible for listing on the NRHP, but the canal is recommended as eligible. <br />These sites were assessed in terms of professional discretionary observations <br />concerning the degree of effect, according to criteria outlined in 36 CFR 800.3. Although <br />sites SDT1274, SDT1275, and SDT1276 were field evaluated as not eligible, potential effects <br />of the project were considered. The house structure (Feature 4) of site SDT1274 may be <br />dvectly or secondarily affected by the construction of a conveyor from the mine to the <br />loadout azea. None of the buildings of site SDT1275 will be affected by the proposed <br />loadout area or conveyor construction, but the orchard near the railroad track will be <br />removed to allow for a second track to be laid. Buildings at site SDT1276 will be removed <br />for [he construction ofthe loadout area. The Fire Mountain Canal segment (SDT1277.1), <br />which was field evaluated as eligible for listing on the NRHP, will not be directly affected by <br />the proposed actions. <br />• <br />