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• In the mid-1920's CFBI surrendered its lead in the district to the Victor- <br />American Fuel Co. Its Chandler Mine was an excellent producer; it <br />remained the county's largest until it closed in 1940. But Victor- <br />America was merely getting a bigger share of a smaller pie. Production <br />in the county was plummeting. During the late 1920's and 1930's the old, <br />big mines closed. Many small ones opened, but being only wagon mines, <br />they could not replace the lost production. By 1940, the area had 55 coal <br />mines, 14 of which had "Canon" as the first word of their name. The mines <br />were similarly undistinguished." <br />Archaeological and Historic Resource Sites - (Mine Areal <br />A file search of the Colorado Inventory of Cultural Resources, for the <br />Southfield mine area by the Colorado State Historical Society - Office of <br />Archaeology and Historic Preservation, revealed a survey by the CMLRD <br />identifying 15 sites as possible historic sites in the vicinity of the <br />mine area. Of the 15 sites, only six (6) are within the mine permit area; <br />Sites 5FN.699, 5FN.700, 5FN.701, 5FN.827, 5FN.828, and 5FN.829. All of <br />these sites were assessed as officially not eligible for listing as <br />historic sites. Assessment documentation is provided in Exhibit 6, <br />Cultural and Historic Resource Information. <br />In addition, Dorchester contracted with the Grand River Institute to <br />conduct a full coverage cultural resources inventory within the Southfield <br />Mine surface disturbance area. The survey resulted in identification of <br />no cultural resources within the survey area. This report is presented <br />in Exhibit 6, Cultural and Historic Resource Information. <br />Archaeological and Historic Resource Sits (Loadout Area) <br />The search of the Colorado Inventory of Cultural Resources for the Loadout <br />area, revealed a survey by Susan N. Riches, Department of Anthropology, <br />Ft. Lewis College, completed in 1978, which identified 14 sites in the <br />vicinity of the Loadout area as possible historic sites. Of the 14 sites <br />• none were within the Loadout permit area. However, one site, 5 FN.163 is <br />located near the south permit boundary. This site is located on the <br />ridgeline south of the railroad cut for the AT&SF spur line. EFCI does <br />2.04.4-4 <br />