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7.0 SUh1MARY • Consolidation Coal Company proposes to mine coal in the Danforth Hills north of Meeker, Colorado. Potentially affected areas include the coal mine area and a rail spur linking the mine to existing rail facil- ities; of the latter, two alternatives are proposed. Cultural resources investigations in these three areas resulted in the discovery of 49 cultural resources: 25 sites and 24 isolated finds. In the proposed coal mine area, eight sites and 16 IFs have been recorded. Two sites, the Uehlein and James Homesteads, are considered to be significant and eligible for nomination to the NRHP. Avoidance is the preferred treatment for these two sites. If avoidance is impossible, a mitigation plan involving extensive photodocumentation, archival research, informant interviews, and archaeological testing is recorrmen- ded. Along the proposed Rail Spur #1, eight sites and three IFs 4rere recorded by this and previous surveys. four of these sites are considered to be significant and potentially eligible for nomination to the NRHP. Avoidance is the preferred treatment for these significant sites. However, if avoidance is unfeasible, a mitigation plan involving limited test excavations and, if warranted by testing results, extensive excavations to gather chronometric and subsistence data, are recorr.2nded. Proposed Rail Spur #2 was not surveyed intensively. However, a • literature and file search of the corridor determined that at least 14 previously recorded sites are kno~vn to be located within a one-mile wide corridor, centered on the proposed right-of-way. Three of the sites have been judged by the original recorders to be significant and pet2n- tially eligible for nomination to the NRHP. These results suggest that the density of cultural resources in this area is high. If this corri- dor is selected, intensive cultural resources investigations will be required. 38