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• INTRODUCTION <br />A cultural resources sampling survey of mining leases C-0125516 <br />and C-0125439 in Garfield County, Colorado was conducted on private and <br />Bureau of Land Management administered lands 15 October to 15 November <br />1980 by Sarah M. Crum, Project Archaeologist, Lester A. Wheeler, and <br />Beverly A. Duellman of the Grand River Institute, Grand Junction, <br />Colorado. The project was initiated at the request of Sheridan Enter- <br />prises Incorporated (lease holder) and was performed under BLM Antiquities <br />Permit No. 80-CO-106 (expiration date: July 1981). The survey was un- <br />dertaken in compliance with the following legislation: <br />1. Title 24, Articles 65 and 80 of the Colorado <br />Revised Statutes, <br />2. The Antiquities Act, 1906 (34 Stat. 224, <br />amended; 16 U.S,C. 431-433), <br />3. The National Historic Sites Act, 1935 <br />(49 Stat. 666),, <br />• 4. The National Historic Preservation Act, 1966 <br />(80 Stat. 915, as amended 1976), <br />5. The National Environmental Policy Act, 1969 <br />(83 Stat. 852), <br />6. Executive Order 11593, <br />7. The Archaeological and Historic Data Preser- <br />vation Act of 1974, <br />8. The Federal Land Policy and Ma nag anent Act of <br />1976, and <br />9. The Archaeological Resources Protection Act, <br />1979. <br />These laws are concerned with the identification, evaluation, and protec- <br />tion of fragile,non-renewable evidences of human activity, occupation, <br />and endeavor as such are reflected in districts, sites, structures, arti- <br />facts, objects, ruins, works of art, architecture, and natural features <br />that were of importance in human events. These resources tend to be <br />localized and highly sensitive to disturbance. <br /> <br />1 <br />