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COLORADO ARCHAEOLOGICAL <br />SUR7EY <br />Office of the State Archaeologist <br />Colorado State Museum <br />200 14th Avenue <br />Deaver. CO 80203 <br />• SITE INVENTORY RECORD <br />1) Site No. 5 GN254 (2) Temp./Field No. <br />3) Count Gunnison Oliver Mine, Milli Power <br />y (4) Site Name ,~~_ <br />1.75 miles east of Somerset, Colorado. Remains of mill and several strictures <br />Section 10 ; (6) Principal Meridian bth <br />7) USGS quad.: name Somerset aeries 7'S ' date 1964 <br />8) Other Mape Western Slope Carbon, Inc. Hawk's Nest Mines <br />Power Plant: <br />9) DTM: :one ~ i; 2 a~ o s o mE., ~t ~ 1 i 2~ o mN. <br />10) LOCATION Oliver Power Plant is located dust south of Highway 133 approximately <br />S) Township 13S Range W 1; of SW ~ of SW ~ of sSE k of <br />erd east of Power Plant on both sides of the river for approximately one eighth <br />Old Oliver mine entrance, powder houses and deb ris occur on the south side <br />lof the river dust east of extensive debris pile and concrete foundation that repre- <br />• sent the remains of the Oliver mill. North side oS the river has less debris. most <br />11) Maj Or DraiaB$e Tlnr+.h Fo roc fiinni ern RivP~ <br />12) Mean Site Elevation (above MSL) 6100 feet; [x .3048] 1859.28 meters <br />13) SITE DESCRIPTION Sites consists of the remains of the buildings of the Town <br />of Oliver the second openir;g of the OliverT4ine~ and vazious :wined mine buildings. <br />The one intact structure is the Oliver Power Plant. Building debris consists of <br />logs and milled lumber with round nails and several piles of domestic trash. The <br />ronains of the railroad track used to convey coal fxcm the portal to the tipple <br />are visz eon a sou n si e e i r, eas .e power p an . <br />14) Type of Behavior(s)/Activity (a) Represented Coal mining, power plant operation <br />and habitation. <br />• <br />15) Site Dimensions: <br />10 ac. (660) x (660) feet ;measured _ estimate % <br />16) Estimated Surface Area of Site 10 ac. <br /> <br />17) Features Oliver Power Plants second Oliver mine portals ruins of numerous <br />buildings one intact powder house, railroad debris. <br />18) ARTIFGCig Various pieces of domestic trash and railroad related hardware <br />are scattered through the area. <br />..~. <br />