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SURVEY PROCEDURES <br />Objectives <br />The primary objectives of the survey were to locate <br />all cultural resources within the life of the mine boundary, <br />and to assess their significance on the basis of applicable <br />cultural resource regulations. A further objective of the <br />survey was to add to the archaeological data base. <br />Although it is apparent that the location and areal <br />dimensions of the :survey impose some constraints on the <br />quantity and qualir_y of available interpretative data, it <br />was assumed that Chrough intensive survey, archaeologists <br />could gain additional insight into the archaeological prob- <br />lems of the region, as outlined in the previous section. <br />Literature Search and Records Check <br />• <br />An intensive search of the Office of the State Arch- <br />aeologist of Colorado (OSAC) and the Office of the State • <br />Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) was carried out on <br />August 21 and 22, 1979. A search of the records of the <br />Little Snake Resource Area of the BLM was carried out by <br />the Little Snake Resource Area Archaeologist, Sherri Hanson, <br />and reported to WCRM, Inc. on August 27, 1979. Both OSAC <br />and the BLM produced identical information, while the SHPO <br />search was negative. <br />Seven sites were recorded almost five miles to the <br />northwest of the study area by the Laboratory of Public <br />Archaeology (LOPA) including five aboriginal sites and two <br />historic sites. These were reported in Arthur (1977) and <br />this material is discussed in more detail in the Previous <br />Research section. <br />Field Methods <br />The project area received a 100% pedestrian survey. • <br />Spacing of the field crew depended on topography and intuitive <br />22 <br />