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i..:...... ~, ~ Ot THC I I;1 Er;10~ <br />FLI'~i,U Or LAt;D 'i.4!;AGEIi:NT <br />(~~: i~l:!,(~~ <br />• ~:: ~' ~::i 0~ i!:~+':J'~'.f 10^! FOF' CULiU?AL <br />2 b. Case File r~gOQyi_17i03 <br />Oil 6 Gas Lease <br />X Coal: _ E>:plor. ___ I.r,~Se <br />Otl~zr - _ <br />1. Abstract: Cultural Clearance of two alternative areas proposed fdr portal <br />sites, Western Slope Carbon, inc. <br />2. Resource Area: Uncompahgre Planning Unit: North Fork <br />Location: T 135 P.90W Sec. 12 SE!:NW; USGS Quad: Somerset <br />3. Project description: Size: 35 acres <br />To construct ventilation shafts: surface disturbance would be approximately <br />1.6 acres if an access road is cleared. Each ventilation shaft would involve <br />Topography: Narrow steep sided canyon, south-south- (Continued on following p~;,y <br />east facing slope. Slope ranges from about 30% - 90%(are~S of sheer sand- <br />1'egetation: Mountain brush vegetation, predominatly oakbrush. Riparan Cont.- <br />vegetation types-willow, cottonwood, chokecherry, wild rose. Cont.- <br />4. Cx,unir,,tion P,-o~edure: Due to extreme slope and heavy brush cover the area was <br />not 1004 surveyed. The floodplain area had been previously inventoried <br />( Steel, 1979). Two meandering east-west transects were walked both <br />north and south of Highway 135. One possible rockshelter was investigated. <br />5. Findings:NONE <br />• 6. P.ecoi:i~endatior.s: Cultural clearance is recommended <br />Pcr;ait t <br />(6Ltd: work-job code) 4110 1033 <br />I certify Thai this examination complies with EO 11593. <br />f=:-e(s) o. cxaioinatiori Arch~eoio9i-st <br />This report meets dots not meet applicable standards of acceptability. <br />A 106 staicc:=nt ___ is ~~! ~is nit, required for this project. / <br />Date B rt Review-r Archaeologist <br />A clear copy of (or an original of) the USGS Topographic (•:ap of the <br />project and the area surveyed must be attached. <br />• <br />CSO 810-1 (rSay 1979) <br />