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Introduction <br />Juniper Coal company proposes to dri1141 core holes using drilling devices anchored to <br />trucks. The holes will be between six and eight inches in diameter and extend below any <br />possible cultural levels. Of the 41 proposed core holes, 23 fall within aeeas previously <br />inventoried for cultural resources and were not re-inventoried for this project. The remaining ] 8 <br />core holes cover nine sections within TSN R89W in the Williams Fork Mountains of northern <br />Colorado. It is northwest of Hayden Gulch Road, southwest of Hayden and is located entirely on <br />private land, Most core holes will be located along existing two-track roads. However, core <br />holes located in TSN R89W Section 36 would require improvement of an overgrown, existing <br />road so that the top of the ridge could be accessed. This construction would likely involve <br />removal of surface vegetation and blading. <br />The project area is 135 acres in size and includes eight isolated core holes and one survey <br />block of ] 19 acres that covers nine additional holes in sections 35 and 36 (Figures 1-3). One <br />isolated core hole, BLM06G, was covered as a ten acre block (Figure 2). At the l 19 acre block, <br />90 acres were inventoried; the remaining 29 were not, due to severity of slope (these unsurveyed <br />areas aze identified in Figure 3). A total of 1 Ob acres were surveyed by Sally Metcalf, Randall <br />Turner, and Rita Sulkosky, archaeologists of Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, in November <br />2005. <br />Table 1 Juni er coal core hole location and status <br />Core hole # Legal location Previous survey? <br />(Name/BLM number) 2005 survey type Figure <br />reference <br />BLM06A TSN R89W Section 27 No 100 fi radius Figure 2 <br />BLM06AA TSN R89W Section 24 Hayden Gulch West Coa] <br />Mine Area/BLM #17-82 not surveyed Figure 3 <br />BL1N06AB TSN R89W Section 24 Hayden Gulch West Coal <br />Mine AreaBLM #17-82 not surveyed Figure 3 <br />BLMO6AC TSN R89W Section 23 Hayden Gulch West Coal <br />Mine Area/BLM #17-82 not surveyed Figure 3 <br />BLMO~ TSN R89W Section 27 No ] 00 fi radius Figure 2 <br />BLM06C TSN R89W Section 22 No 100 fi radius Figure 2 <br />BLM06D TSN R89W Section 22 Hayden Gulch West Coal <br />Mine AreaBLM #] 7-82 not surveyed Figures 1, 2 <br />BLMO6E TSN R89W Section 22 Hayden Gulch West Coal <br />Mine AreaBLM #17-82 not surveyed Figures 1, 2 <br />BLM06F TSN R89W Section 2] No ] 00 fr radius Figure 2 <br />