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~~' 3 7 <br />least 27 discrete, recordable historic localities related to <br />early coal mining should be present in the project area. The <br />coal entry patents are scattered throughout the project area, <br />except near the Purgatoire River, so the recordable historic <br />localities will be found just about anywhere in the permit <br />revision area away from the Picketwire Valley. The ethnicity of <br />II the coal entry patentees is noteworthy. Approximately 70 percent <br />I:i of the patentees have Anglo names, while the remainder are <br />Hispanic. Also, the first Hispanic coal entry patent does not <br />occur until 1906; after that year, they are relatively frequent. <br />~T These facts suggest that although Hispanics were the first to <br />homestead the area, they were not the individuals who were filing <br />coal mining claims. Only after the Hispanic families had lived <br />in the area for about one generation did they begin to exploit <br />its mineral wealth. The Anglos who did acquire the coal entry <br />patents apparently did not live in the area. <br />The townsite of Weston was patented on December 31, 1889. The <br />patent encompasses 38.34 acres and is located on the north side <br />of the river, in the extreme northeastern quarter of Section 35. <br />This area corresponds to the residential area of the town that <br />was built by the Rocky Mountain Timber Company for its employees <br />(Pearce 1988). The original Weston, or Los Sisneros, with its <br />plaza-like structure, is found on the south side of the river and <br />dates to the 1880s (Pearce 1988). None of these areas are. <br />included within the permit revision area, however. <br />Topographic Mans <br />Four USGS 7.5 minute series topographic quadrangle maps cover the <br />-- project area. Several cultural features are shown on these maps, <br />and many probably deserve to be recorded as historic localities. <br />Table 4 identifies each feature by quad map and location. A <br />~± total of 60 features have been detected on these maps. This <br />total includes the Colorado and Wyoming railroad and an unnamed <br />aqueduct or ditch, both of which may or may not be worthy of <br />~_ recordation. The remaining features consist of 35 dwellings, 19 <br />outbuildings, 2 windmills, 1 prospect, and the Pacheco Cemetery. <br />At least four dwellings and two outbuildings comprise the <br />community of Zamora. It may be that some of these 60 features <br />can be combined, thus reducing the total number of possible <br />sites. <br />Summary of Historic Resources <br />It has been gleaned from several sources of information that a <br />sizable number of historic sites may be present in the permit <br />revision area. From the GLO records, we have learned that the <br />remains of at least 21 homesteads and 27 coal mine claims may be <br />present in the project area. The topographic maps of the area <br />show 60 cultural features, some of which might actually be <br />components of sites. Thus, it is possible that as many as 108 <br />~~ <br />