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<br />SRB1232 (?) jam, ;;~„ 1979-Loc. 153 3)G:.-_=~ Rio Blanco
<br />4j:2_~ .~.C=~, StT ~ SE > SW ~ SW ;. ce_ 23 29 ~ 93W ~{ 6th
<br />3}~:~ Vic; ;~ Rattlesnake Mesa, Colorado c;-_ 7.5 ~L2 1966
<br />e)~~a;~_e 13 2 6 1 4 8 0 4 4 4 4 7 9 0
<br />_, - - - - _ = '- - - - - - ZV.,~,L-`c.'~ c-y ci :c= r- of Lew 4+~c
<br />~)a,;.'=,r.t,;; Small fragments of aqua, purple, green and clear glass; machinery parts, hinges,
<br />watch pieees,~wheel casings, 3-reeent tia~caas;_and barbed wire formed the historic component
<br />of this site. A utilized chert flake was also found. Hartley Bloomfield, Jr. reports that
<br />a yellow ehert bifaeially flaked knife ea. 10 em long and a yellow jasper thumb serapes were
<br />$} Z~=tea? ~~=n/ ,r °ee~~~. also found in this location.
<br />The prehistoric component of the site indicates that tool manufacture and, provided that
<br />Mr. Bloamfield's information is correct (it probably is), butchering or camping took place
<br />here. The load on vhieh this locality was located was oziginally patented in 1915 by James
<br />Sull~van._, John Quinton purchased this load for pasture in 19_16. Mr: Sullivan lived
<br />9)~c=z • ~-'~•-~C= ~i,n+inin~l znr~-a,°er{ran T'~ =L~-:.c unknown; 1910+
<br />~) DiE'Sw:s 34.4 m :{ 17.2 m ~~
<br />r..
<br />z^),~e.J, 7760 -- 2365 i~}cQ;i Hlaekistr brown, friable silt. Sandstone rocks to uld
<br />L3)T.z.'csr-~,,^c; ~-_„ ~~-Q r~r--a.. ,,-,nii tie...,ee., rwe 14)Sic~e: s:-a v° s~=.t~= 10-11°
<br />~,Te,=_-fit •~a-`;r~~;~~;a Aieher's Draw/ intermittent eT~7750' r: e` 50 m ~~_~,~ Easr
<br />Ye_r25L ;:~^^~^: carte- Spring c er s e],ey, 7680 r" [_. 600 asst=:1 SSW
<br />i~)7eg. cr: s_:= Serviceberry, sage, rabbitbrush, L~)SV•-•r~,:;.•~ ~_eg same, crillow, aspen
<br />asses.
<br />~'-"`~"z r~r<'Vegetation covers 507. of the ground. Risibility is excellent. The aborigi~
<br />portion of the locality has been collected. Punters have bees there. Machinery parts were
<br />Ninemile area. Mr. Quinton stayed in the Ninemile area .~
<br />until approximately 1925 (Lamb 1979: personal communicat jA.~) ~l
<br />13) confluence of two intermittent tributaries to.
<br />Aiehers Draw. del ~.
<br />Additional Comments: buried to at least 20 cm
<br />- indicating that there is good potential e~~ 4
<br />for subsurface historic
<br />and prehistoric de- •`.,,~••~ n~
<br />posits here.. i
<br />8) Mr. Quinton built ~ p°,,,~
<br />a cabin at this locatio ~
<br />It is no loner present t«.ua
<br />21) Area of the rRiue -"'-" b...a.~
<br />Northern No. 1 "Sine, y~°.,,yy;w,,,d,~
<br />RioBlaneo Counts, ~~r D1di ~~+
<br />Colorado.
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<br />3)G:1=e='r..:-:?es ~ =_c~s~:.e chert flake and diasrnostic historic artifacts
<br />o ?ioneers' Museum, Colorado Spr~~p~,, _, . I.. H. .er an
<br />31)B~c- L7.L~e A Cultural Resource Inventory of the ~~)~==°- Sharon Rvle, Jane Anderson
<br />?31a==~'~.r.:,....oioneer Archaeolocieal Consultants ~r~~__ Sevtember 20.,1979. ,
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