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~iiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiii <br />• (~ 2.04.4 CULTURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCES INFORMATION <br />There are no known cultural or historical resources listed or eligible for <br />listing on the National Register of Historic Places within the mine and <br />loadout permit areas based upon documentation provided by the Colorado <br />State Historical Society - Office of Archaeology and Historic <br />Preservation. A file search of the Colorado Inventory of Cultural <br />Resources, for the mine and loadout areas resulted in identification of <br />several cultural or historic sites within these areas. However, none of <br />the sites were determined to contain extensive or unique resource values <br />of such significance as to justify a National Register listing. In <br />addition, a full coverage ground survey of the mine surface disturbance <br />area was completed by a qualified archaeologist. No cultural or historic <br />resources were identified within the mine surface disturbance area as a <br />result of this survey. Documentation for both the file search and site <br />survey is presented in Exhibit 6, Cultural and Historic Resource <br />Information. <br />• <br />~iistorical Perspective <br />The history of permit and surrounding areas is dominated by coal mining <br />activities. Coal mining in the area began in the 1860's and has continued <br />intermittently to include current operations. The following is a brief <br />history of the area excerpted from a report titled "A Cultural Resource <br />Survey in the Vicinity of Florence, Colorado" (S. Riches, 1978); <br />"Unlike many of the mineral-rich areas of Colorado, Fremont County was <br />originally settled by farmers and traders. The Pikes Peak Rush of 1859 <br />provided the impetus for William Kroenig and others to lay out the town <br />of Canon City in October of that year. Farmers and orchardists found <br />excellent growing conditions near Canon. They also found coal; the first <br />coal claim was filed in 1860 by Jesse Frazer and three other men on land <br />near Coal Creek. A small mine was opened for local use, and although oil <br />was soon discovered north of the City, Canon remained primarily <br />• agricultural, supplying the mountain mining camps with food and serving <br />as a wintering spot for miners. <br />2.04.4-1 <br />