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<br />ABSTRACT <br />At the request of the Bureau of Land Management, the Laboratory <br />of Public Archaeology, Colorado State University, undertook a Class II <br />archaeological reconnaissance of proposed federal coal leas e. tracts in <br />northwestern Colorado in order to estimate the nature and extent of <br />cultural resources in the area. <br />The project area lies to the south of the Yampa River valley in <br />the lJilliams Fork Mountains in the Craig-Hayden region of northwestern <br />Colorado. A total of 33 prehistoric sites consisting of open lithic, <br />open camps, and petrograph sites were located, as well as 16 historic <br />A• architectural sites. These were recorded within or immediately ad- <br />jacent to tract boundaries. Two additional sites were recorded at some <br />distance to the west of the project area. Total surface coverage amounts <br />to 14,280 ac. of the 44,000 ac. included in the project. <br />Fieldwork commenced in June, 1975, and continued until August, <br />1975, after which time laboratory analysis and report preparation began. <br />Project personnel consisted of graduate and undergraduate anthropology <br />students from Colorado State University, under the direction of Calvin H. <br />Jennings, principal investigator. Donna C. Daniels, Michael G. Spitzer, <br />and Christopher S. Arthur, graduate students, served as field supervisors. <br /> <br /> <br />viii <br />