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Powers Elevation InC. OIL WELL ELEVATIONS-LOCATIONS <br />EN VIRONMENTALARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES <br />P.O Bo. 2812 <br />Denver, Cobreoo 802012812 <br />• Phone 303/3212217 <br />TM Free 1~800~B2d~2550 <br />1.0 MANAGEMENT SUMMARY <br />Peabody Coal Company (Peabody), on June 5, 1987, issued <br />Purchase Order 16180-0260 to Powers Elevation, Inc. (Powers) <br />to conduct a cultural resources inventory of the proposed <br />extension of the Seneca II coal mine, near Hayden, Colorado. <br />The project area included about 180 acres in the N1/2SW1/4 <br />and SW1J95W1/4 of Section 6 and the W1/2NW1/9 of Section <br />7, T.SN., R.86W., Routt County, Colorado. It is located <br />in the Colorado Plateau physiographic region, on the west <br />edge of Twentymile Park, just south of the Yampa River, <br />and east of the Axial Basin. <br />The project is on land owned by the State of Colorado <br />_ and leased to Cyprus Minerals. The purpose of the survey <br />was to identify any significant cultural properties and <br />assess possible impacts to them, as part of Peabody's <br />permit application to the Colorado Mine Land Reclamation <br />Division (CMLRD). Powers' goal was to inventory the tract <br />and record and evaluate all cultural resources in a manner <br />acceptable to the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) <br />of Colorado. <br />• Mr. James M. Brechtel, M.A., Powers District Archaeologist, <br />performed the survey on June 8-10, 1987. The project <br />area was examined, for the most part, by walking transects <br />spaced about 30 m apart. Some areas of steep cliffs could <br />not be walked, and other areas of thick brush were covered <br />by wider spaced transects. All cultural resources found <br />were properly recorded on Colorado Historical Society <br />site forms, and evaluated against the criteria for nomination <br />to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as <br />spelled out in 36 CFR Part 60.4. <br />One isolated find was recorded during the survey. It <br />is a chert flake, resulting from some prehistoric lithic <br />tool making activity. The isolate is not eligible for <br />the NRHP and no further archaeological work at this location <br />should be necessary. <br />Because of the rugged terrain of the area surveyed, the <br />potential for unrecorded cultural resources is very low. <br />The proposed project should not adversely effect any signif- <br />icant cultural sites, and it is therefore recommended <br />that it be allowed to proceed as planned. <br />• 2.0 INTRODUCTION <br />On June 3, 1987 Powers Elevation, Inc. (Powers) was verbally <br />notified of a contract award by the Peabody Coal Company <br />(Peabody) to perform an archaeological survey of the Cyprus <br />A Subsidiary of Petroleum Inlormatlon Corporation <br />