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• <br />INTRODUCTION <br />This cultural resource inventory report is submitted in compliance with the requirements <br />of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Environmental Policy <br />1ct of 19fi9, Executive Order 11593 of 1971, the Archaeological and Historic <br />Preservation Act of 197 and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979. It <br />vas prepared by [VCR\1 at the request of Seneca Coals Limited to locate and identify <br />prehistoric and historic cultural resources within land proposed for strip mining <br />activities. The surface land of this project is private; however, the minerals are <br />federally owned. <br />PROJECT OBJECTIVES <br />The objective of this project .vas to identify and evaluate all cultural resources within <br />the proposed lease area (hereafter referred to as the project area). In order to carry out <br />this goal, n literature review and files search were first conducted to identify previously <br />recorded sites in and near the project area. Once the files search was completed, a 100°6 <br />intensive survey was conducted to locate and record all cultural resources within the <br />• project urea. <br />PROJECT LOCATION <br />• <br />The project is located in Routt County, Colorado, approximately six miles south of the <br />Ilayden Power Generating Station, between Steamboat Springs and Craig, Colorado (flap <br />l). The project area is located in Township 5N, Range 87[V, in a small southern portion <br />of section 8, the majority of section l7, the southeastern corner of section 18, the <br />eastern two-thirds of section 19, the western quarter of section 20, the northwest <br />quarter of the northwest quarter of section 29, and most of the northeast quarter of <br />section 30. These areas are mapped on two USGS quadrangles: the a7ount Harris 7.5 <br />minute series (sections 8, 17, 18, and 19) and Dunckley 7.5 minute series (sections 19, 20. <br />29, and 30). The precise boundaries are illustrated on Map 2. The area surveyed totaled <br />1,J13 acres. <br />1 <br />