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<br />ABSTRACT <br />An intensive Class III cultural resource survey has been completed by <br />Centuries Research on behalf of Colorado 4lestmoreland in an area of <br />proposed coal transportation corridor alternatives near the firm's <br />Orchard Valley tiine at Paonia, Delta County, Colorado. The survey <br />tract contained approximately 250 acres and was located at about <br />6,500 feet above sea level on steep slopes amid pinyon and juniper <br />forests of the upper Sonoran life zone. No evidence of prehistoric <br />or historic Indian occupation was noted. Five historic EuroAmerican <br />resources were, however, recorded. These included an historic road <br />trace with associated archaeological features, a massive stone field <br />clearing fence and three historic house sites and farmsteads. Of <br />these five resources one site was considered to be insignificant. The <br />road trace and stone fence are believed to be eligible for inclusion <br />on the National Register of Historic Places. Two farmsteads may prove <br />to be eligible pending conpletion of further historical research. The <br />study tract thus evidences cultural resource sensitivity and it will <br />probably be necessary to develop a mitigation program for some resources <br />after potential impacts within the study area are identified. <br />• <br /> <br />