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• The survey of the railroad rights of way, which in- <br />cluded an area 500 feet on either side of the railroad center <br />line, was conducted by spacing the crew members in a straight <br />line at right angles to the right of way and walking along the <br />right of way. The principal investigator stayed in the center <br />of this line to ensure that the area being covered was in fact <br />on the right of way. This was accomplished by continually com- <br />paring the plan and profile sheets included in the fdorrison- <br />Knudsen feasibility study with topographic features, since the <br />7~' quad sheets were too small scale for the purpose. The right <br />of way survey would have been further facilitated if the railway <br />centerlines had been staked at intervals of less than a <br />• quarter mile. <br />~ Most of the railroad right of way was readily accessi- <br />ble from existing roads. One portion of Route A, however, from <br />the confluence of the Yampa and Williams Fork to Milk Creek is <br />relatively inaccessible. Also, the topography of that section <br />of Route A consists of narrow benches and terraces along the left <br />bank of the Yampa separated by stretches of cliff so steep that <br />the possibility of prehistoric or historic sites existing on <br />them was virtually nil. Consequently, a four man rubber raft <br />(which, incidentally, will hold only two persons in comparative <br />safety) was used to survey that section of Route a. The proce- <br />dure used was to drop off the principal investigator and another <br />crew member on the Yampa near the tdilliar.G Fork while the other <br />• two members proceeded by vehicle to Be11 RocY. Gulch ar,d Round <br /> <br />