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Introduction Mr. A. Reid Jones, Vice-President-Finance, Valco, Inc., Rocky Ford through an initial email contact to Cuartelejo HP Associates Inc., dated June 29, and two follow-up subsequent .telephone conversations, requested an archaeological survey of a section of land in Las Animas " County. Valco Inc., is in the process of permitting the Valco-T Pit to produce sand & gravel, located approximately 6 miles east of Trinidad, Colorado on U.S. 350. The property is situated in T.32S, R.63W, in the SWl/4 of Section 35 and contains approximately 35 acres. Mr. Jones indicated that in the course of the county permitting process, in response "to advertising for . public input, an anonymous letter was received indicating that the site is an `Indian Burial Ground'. No supporting data or reference is cited, so we aze attempting to verify whether this is true'.' (Jones 2004). Two extant gravel pits -- Tortorice (Gooding 1985) and the Heart, operated by Leone Sand and Gravel -- are presently situated on the SW quarter of Section 35 to the northeast and north, respectively. Additionally, The Cusimano Pit (M-91-135), situated in.the adjacent Section 34 was surveyed in 1992 (Carrillo and Anderson 1992). Subsequent conversations were held with Mr: Jim Green, Compliance Coordinator and Dr. Susan M. Collins, State Archaeologist, both with the Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society {OAHP/CHS) regazding aspects of the proposed project. Although no evidence of an "Indiaz. burial ground" was found, two prehistoric sites and the remains of one historic road system were located. The sites were assigned temporary site. numbers and minimally recorded. The,following sections briefly describe the steps carried out prior to the archaeological survey, the results of the survey, including a section addressing the issue of an "Indian burial ground", and summary and recommendations. Itile Search and Results Prior to initiating field work, a file seazch was undertaken using OAHP's Compass - Colorado's On-line Cultural Resources Database to obtain information on previously recorded sites within T.32S, R.63 W, Section 35. A total of three sites have been recorded in Section 35, and an additional seven in the adjacent surrounding sections (25, 26 27, 34 and 36) in T.32S, R63 W, and sections (1, 2 and 3) in T.33S, R.63 W. All sites are considered ineligible for NRHP status. These are summarized iri Table 1. Additionally, a Compass search for"burials" revealed no evidence in all ofT.32S, R.63W or T.33S, R63W. One historic complex has been recorded in T.33S, R.63W, Section 35 in the N NE NE quarter. A total of 15 historic sites have also been recorded in the surrounding adjacent sections outlined above for the prehistoric sites: These are associated with.raihoad; water related features (i.e. ditches and Model banal); and 19"' and 20`" century historic trash dumps, none of which were found on the Valeo T Pit property. The Cultural Resource Survey On Friday, July 16 a Class III Cultural Resources Survey eras undertaken at the site of the 35 acre Valco T Pit. The survey consisted of a pedestrian survey consisting of six 15 M (45 ft) transects traversing the N/S axis of the staked property boundary. Additionally the rim of the canyon was also surveyed. The survey was initiated at the S W comer of the property and completed at the SE corner of the property.