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In 1974 Dr. Breternitz conducted a survey along a 160 mile transmission line, which starts at the Hayden substation and terminates at the Ault sub- station. The Hayden substation is approximately 10 miles north of the Grassy Creek Coal Mine area. During this investigation three sites were recorded. Two of the sites were found in Wyoming and one site was found in Colorado. No site was recorded near the Hayden substation. Dr. Morris (1975) conducted an archaeological survey for the Hinmam Park Reservoir area. Ten sites were recorded at that time. The artifacts recovered in the azea were generally not diagnosed to be of cultural affili- ation. However, none of the ten sites was recommended for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Besides these two major surveys, other regional azchaeological surveys have been conducted; the D.S. Department of Transportation, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 1979, Sommer 1977, • Osborn 1978, and the coal lease application of Johnny Mine. These investi- gations indicate that a few minor sites are present in the area. They also reveal that this area may have been occupied on and off for as long as 20,000 years. However, none of these surveys were conducted in the proposed Grassy Creek area. More specifii: literature surveys revealed that data for Grassy Creek is scant. Also, it is possible that no significant sites exist in the area. 4.3 Data from Field Survey The field survey was conducted from August 5 to August 7, 1980. The principal investigator was Dr. Asha Kalia and the assistant principal inves- tigator was Mr. David Ford. The alignment supplimented by U.S.G.S. 7~i minute quadrange maps was used to locate sites and follow the land contours (See Figure 2). Additionally, The Rockcastle Company had properly mazked the area to be surveyed. The area was heavily forested and because of this fact a zig-zag pattern of survey was required. The heavy vegetation made it diffi- cult to maintain a standard 10 meter grid pattern. Nevertheless, approximately . 30 percent of the ground was clearly visible. The vegetation consisted of • heavy concentrations of scrub oak, aspen, sagebrush, heavy wild grasses, and wild flowers. Intensive survey was done on the exposed azeas, including all the sagebrush and other areas, whenever possible. II.B-11