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17 <br />~e article described the mine as one hundred percent mechanized, producing out- <br />standing semi-bituminous coal in six sizes, with sales in areas as distant as <br />Washington and Oregon. At this time, the mine and tipple capacity was six hundred <br />tons per shift. The town was the home of nine families, with the rest of the <br />ecployecs commuting from nearby towns. <br />This ends Mrs. OLiver's period of familiarity with the Oliver Mine, aril <br />so the history contained in this report. The duration of Calumet Feel operation <br />of the mine is unknown, and the dates of destruction of the houses, railroad and <br />tipple also remain unknown at the present. It is estimated that the major period <br />of activity in the area was contained within the years from 1924 to 1960. (Major <br />power plant activity must have ceased shortly after the last inspection of the <br />boiler in 1954•) <br />Clearly, the Oliver area is historically interesting as an example of early <br />coal exploitation in the North Fork Valley. Unfortunately, only the remains of <br />most of the structures still exist in this section of the canyon, and much of this <br />story, still incomplete, Trill require assemblage frog oral reports and family <br />~iistories such as that provided by Mrs. Oliver. The Oliver Power Plant is the <br />only intact architectural Seature in the area, and as such may comprise the only <br />historic evidence for activity in the Oliver area that will not rely on oral <br />verification. Proposed impact to the Oliver Power Plant will be adverse, since <br />Western Slope Calton proposes to destroy the structure. t•`.ost of the other remains <br />mentioned above will not be impacted due to their location beyond project area <br />boundaries. <br />Conclusions and Reco^vnerdations <br />Since notlung of cultural significance, and therefore nothing eligible for <br />nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, was located during pedes- <br />trian survey or literature search of the proposed drill hole sites, it is recommended <br />that cultural resource clearance be granted 47estem Slope Carbon to proceed with <br />exploration in these areas as proposed. <br />The cultural resources of the mining waste disposal area are limited and of <br />little value to tlrrther determination of tY,e prehistoric or h9.storlc cultural <br />sequences of the area. As mentioned earlier, proposed impact to the prehistoric <br />