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13 <br />• tools) and no ground stone artifacts and does not appear to reflect activities related to the <br />procurement and initial processing of pinon nut and acorns. No further work is recommended. <br />SLA6967: SLA6967 was recorded in 1996 during field work for the surface mine area ofthe <br />Lorencito Canyon Mine (McKibbin et al. 1997). It is located within the area surveyed for the 001 <br />and 007 sedimentation ponds. The site is located just south of and outside the bounds of <br />sedimentation pond 007 and may not be impacted. No new observations were made at this site in <br />1997. <br />SLA6967 was recommended to be not eligible for the National Register at the time of its <br />original recording. The site falls within the LCRHL and is recommended to benon-contributing to <br />the significance ofthe district. It includes few cultural materials (13 Flakes and four pieces of tested <br />material) and no ground stone artifacts and does not appear to retect activities related to the <br />procurement and initial processing of pinon nut and atoms. No further work is recommended. <br />SLA6968: This prehistoric site was recorded during inventory of the surface mine in 1996 <br />(McKibbin et al. 1997). Because of the presence of a possible datable feature, the quantity and <br />diversity of artifacts present and the potential for intact subsurface remains, the site was left <br />unevaluated for the National Register and testing of the colluvial deposits was recommended. <br />The site lies along the realigned route of the P3 haul road and was tested during the 1997 <br />• field season. Two shovel probes were excavated in the areas with the best deposition; no cultural <br />materials were recovered from either probe. Sub-surface soils were solid red clay, mantled by less <br />than one cm of aeolian sand. <br />Although testing revealed the lack of Holocene deposition on the site, the site falls within <br />the LCRHL and is recommended to be contributing to the significance of the district. This site has <br />ground stone and may reflect activities related to the procurement and initial processing of pinon nut <br />and acorns. The great number of flakes and the possible hearth feature indicate that this may be a <br />residential or base camp. However, because SLA6968 fal is within the P3 haul road corridor and had <br />been recommended for cultural resource clearance prior to the creation of the landscape (McKibbin <br />1997a), further field work is recommended only if it can be accomplished without delaying the <br />construction of the road (McKibbin 1997a:7). <br />SLA7112.14 and .IS (Colorado and Wvoming Railroad, Southern Division. Lorencito <br />Sidin :The Colorado and Wyoming Railroad was constructed in 1900- 1901 by the Colorado Fuel <br />and Iron Company to haul coal from mining towns west of Lorencito Canyon (Weston, Tercio, and <br />Cuatro) to the town of Jansen just west of Trinidad. The portion of the main line from Weston to <br />Tercio along the South Fork ofthe Purgatoire River was abandoned in 1951 and a new main line was <br />extended from Weston west along the Purgatoire River to the Allen mine. This new line between <br />Jansen and the Allen mine went out of service in 1996. The Lorencito Coal Company intends to <br />reopen a portion of this line from the Lorencito Canyon Mine to Jansen. The Colorado and <br />. Wyoming Railroad is currently recommended as eligible to the National Register because of its <br />association with significant events in Colorado's history, but the SHPO has yet to assess this <br />resource as a whole. <br />