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11 <br />#1 and #2, and many pieces of more recent trash were only partially exposed <br />the sandy soil. This may indicate that aeolian deposition is ongoing in the <br />area. <br />Tom Hurst of Western Slope Carbon pointed out an interesting section <br />comer marker in this area. The marker consists of a sandstone slab with a slash <br />chiseled in two perpendicular faces. Hurst explained that the number of markings <br />on each face indicate the position of the corder in miles fran the nearest town- <br />ship and range lines <br />Oliver Power Plant rea <br />The Oliver Power Plant is a larger brick structure located betxeen the <br />North Forlc and Highway 133• The building and interior remain intact except for <br />broken window panes, and the original contents have been altered only by the ad- <br />dition of modern electricity gauges. Plate Ia shows the Oliver Power Plant struc- <br />tune. The entire Oliver activity area has been recorded as site 5 GN254• <br />An examination of the equipment in the power plant revealed indications of <br />.ts crate of construction and period of use. Two "Stirling Boilers" (manufactured <br />~q the Babcock and l•Jilcox Company) carry plaques bearing the contract number S~579 <br />ctrl the date 1930 (Plate Ib). The plant bulletin board carries a certificate in- <br />dicatino these boilers were last inspected in 1454• Other equipment recorded in <br />the power plant includes two Taylor Stokers, and General Electric Turbines. Ap- <br />pendix Bcontains data available Srom Oliver Power Plant machinery. <br />Two structures exist dust west of the power plant. George Norris, the <br />original parer plant operator, lives in the larger house. <br />Structural remains exist in the North Fork floodplain in the vicinity of <br />the Oliver Power Plant. Remains consist of mille3 lumber and log fragrments~ round <br />nails concrete foundation bloclcs~ aluminum beer cans, asphalt shingles and screw <br />top bars and dugs (Plate Ic). One vitreous china fragment bearing the inscrip- <br />tion "Edwin M. Knowles China Co. 30-2-11" was recorded. <br />Additional Survey real <br />The area immediately south of the North Fork of the Gunnison at the Oliver <br />Power Plant was imrestigated for t~rther potentially historic remains. The old <br />' entrance to the Oliver Mine, the remains of the coal mill, and additional structural <br />• renains xere discovered. <br />