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14 <br />deposits, consisting of destruction of context and content, will be extremely <br />~dverse. Although this possibility must be recognized, it is not considered <br />likely due to the absence of prehistoric items in disturbed and~or eroded areas <br />as mentioned above. <br />Historic Remains <br />The bottle fragment (IF ,~2) mentioned on page ten of this report indicates <br />a pre-{~1kfI date of manufacture by its foreshortened mold seams which curve at the <br />begin*iing of the neck terminus (Hunt 1954: 9). These are the attributes of a <br />molded bottle to which the neck and terminus have been applied by hand. Its <br />color, showing a rainbow effect similar to oil oa water, is indicative of a c. <br />1920 date of manufacture and prolonged contact with moist earth (Kendrick 1967: 24). <br />Given the co-occurrence of the bottle fragment with itrJns of much later <br />manufacture and its attributes suggesting prolonged contact with moist earth, it <br />is hypothesized that the bottle was originally Sound in a different area and was <br />retained for an unspecified length of time prior to disposal with modem domestic <br />trash. <br />Destruction of the bottle fragment will result from use of the mining waste <br />.disposal area, but no further action is recommended. The infomation available <br />from the isolated Sind has been recorded in this report, and the item is of little <br />llirther value. <br />The possibility cf subsurface trash components of an historic nature must <br />also be recognized for this area, but is deemed unlikely. A limited probe of one <br />of the recent trash piles revealed no further deposits. The lack of ar~Y indications <br />of structural remains also indicates that the prrobability of large, buried historic <br />middens in the area is low. <br />The chiseled survey marker is of unknown age and origin. It is possible that <br />the slab was placed during one of the surveys of the area (1880's). Since the <br />artifact is outside the Nestern Slope Carbon project boundaries, no impact is ex- <br />petted. <br />There exists little in the form of printed information Sor the Oliver Mine, <br />tipple, power plant or townsite. However, with the help of Mrs. Shirley Lund of the <br />Paonia Public Library, the investigator was able to locate Margaret (Mrs. Fdwin) <br />Oliver, whose husband, brother~in-law, aria father~in-law owned and operated the mine <br />for maiLy years, and after whom the area was named. Mrs. Oliver, though she retains <br />