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<br />Abstract <br />At the request of Lillyland Inc. and Colorado Mine Land <br />Reclamation, a Class III cultural resource inventory of 300 <br />acres within the Phase I impact area of the proposed Hamilton <br />Mine was conducted by Carl E. Conner and Rebecca L. Hutchins <br />of Grand River Institute. The study area lies about 2.0 miles <br />southeast of the town of Naturita, in Montrose County, <br />Colorado. <br />The survey was undertaken to ensure the project's <br />compliance with state legislation governing the identification <br />and protection of cultural resources on privately owned lands <br />that will be affected by a government approved action. The <br />purpose of the cultural resources investigation was to <br />identify resources within previously unsurveyed areas likely <br />to be affected by the proposed action, to evaluate these <br />sites' eligibility for listing in the National Register of <br />Historic Places (NRHP), and to make management recommendations <br />for those sites found to be eligible or potentially eligible. <br />A files search made through the Preservation Office of <br />the Colorado State Historical Society on April 29th showed no <br />• cultural resources were previously recorded within the study <br />area. Field work was performed during the first week of May <br />1991. Five prehistoric archaeological sites, two historic <br />EuroAmerican sites and four isolated finds were identified and <br />recorded. Two of the sites, 5MN3761 and 5MN3760, were <br />evaluated as eligible and potentially eligible, respectively. <br />These sites will require mitigation because they will be <br />adversely affected by the proposed action. <br />• <br />i <br />