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INTRODUCTION <br />On June 3, 1982, Centuries Research Inc. performed a cultural resource <br />survey of eleven drill sites, numbers 60, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, <br />71, 72 and 73, and the associated access roads for drill sites 63 and <br />65. The survey was requested by Ms. Patricia Farnsworth of Colorado <br />Westmoreland of Paonia, Colorado. Fieldwork was performed by Laurie D. <br />Webster, Staff Archaeologist at Centuries Research Inc. The survey area <br />included portions of Sections 7, 8, 17 and 18, Township 13 South, Range <br />91 t:est; and Sections 11, 14 and 15, Township 13 South, Range 92 West, <br />6th P.M. The project area lies in Delta County, in the Uncompahgre <br />Resource Area of the tontrose District of the Bureau of Land Management. <br />The survey area is located on the southeast flank of Grand Mesa, above <br />the North Fork of the Gunnison River. The drill sites are located <br />within two major groupings: sites 70 through 73 are situated on the <br />slopes of a major ridge bordered by Terror Creek on the east and Stevens <br />Gulch on the west (see Figure 1). Elevation of these sites ranges from <br />1,280 feet (N70) to 7,960 feet (N73). <br />The remaining sites, •60 and 63 through 68, are situated on a ridge <br />bordered by Stevens Gulch to the east and West Roatcap Creek to the west <br />(see Figure 2). East Roatcap Creek bisects this area. Elevations of <br />these drill sites range from 7,760 feet (k67) to 8,240 feet (~64 and <br />65). <br />Vegetation at all drill sites is dominated by oak brush uercus gambelii), <br />with stands of aspen Po ulus tremuloides) appearing in flatter, more <br />open terrain. Soils are a rocky sandy loam, with basalt cobbles and <br />boulders scattered over the area. Slope at the sites varied between 5° <br />and 20°. <br />Prior to performance of fieldwork, a prefield check was conducted at the <br />BLM District Office in Montrose on June 2, 1982. This report and field <br />inspection were completed to n~eet the requirements of applicable historic <br />preservation laws and Executive Order 11593. All work was performed <br />under the provisions of BLM Federal Antiquities Permit t"82-CO-175, which <br />expires on April 11, 1985. <br />SURVEY h1ETHODOLOGY <br />All drill sites and access roads were staked and flagged at the time of <br />survey. The archaeologist was accompanied by personnel from Colorado <br />k'estmoreland, i. e. Patricia Farnsr,~or•th and Jim Roberts, throughout the <br />