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14 <br />~eposits, consisting of destruction of context and content, will be extremely <br />adverse. Although this possibility must be recognized, it is not considered <br />Likely due to the absence of prehistoric items in disturbed ardor eroded areas <br />as mentioned above. <br />Historic Remains <br />The bottle fragment (IF ~2) mentioned on page ten of this report indicates <br />a pre-l1Wi date of manufacture by its foreshortened mold seams which curve at the <br />begin*iing of the neck terminus (Hunt 1959: 9). These are the attributes of a <br />molded bottle to which the neck and terminus have been applied by hand. Its <br />color, showing a rainbow effect similar to oil on water, is indicative of a c. <br />19~ date of manufacture and prolonged contact with moist earth (Kendrick 1967: 2L~). <br />Given the co--occurrence of the bottle fragment with items of much later <br />manufacture and its attributes suggesting prolonged contact with moist earth, it <br />is hypothesized that the bottle was originally found in a different area and was <br />retained for an unspecified length of time prior to disposal with modern domestic <br />• trash. <br />Destruction of the bottle fragment will result from use of the mining waste <br />disposal area, but no further action is recommended. The info matron available <br />from the isolated Sind has been recorded in this report, and the item is of little <br />further value. <br />The possibility cf subsurface trash components of an historic nature must <br />also be recognized for this area, but is deemed unlikely. A limited probe of one <br />of the recent trash piles revealed no further deposits. The lack of ar{y indications <br />of structural remains also indicates that the probability of large, buried historic <br />middens in the area is low. <br />The chiseled survey maricer is of unknown age and origin. It is possible that <br />the slab was placed during one of the surreys of the area (1680's). Since the <br />artifact is outside the Western Slope Carbon project boundaries, no impact is ex- <br />pected. <br />There exists little in the form of printed information for the Oliver Mine, <br />tipple, power plant or townsite. However, with the help of Mrs. Shirley Lund of the <br />Paonia Public Library, the investigator was able to locate Margaret (Mrs. Edwin) <br />• Oliver, whose husband, brother~in-law, and father-in-law otimed and operated the mine <br />for many years, and after whom the area wss named, t9rs. Oliver, though she reta`_ns <br />