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OWL CANYON CULTURAL RF_SOUkCE~ENVIRONMENTAL RECONNAISSANCE <br />Colorful adventurers like the Spanish Conquistador General Juan de <br />Ulibarra, the Mexican bandito Juan Mace, Civil War military columns, <br />Stage Stop operators, and many other historic settlers all have realized the <br />importance of the proposed mining area. Its geographic location on a <br />major trail system, good water supply, timber, wildlife, grasslands, and a <br />sheltered canyon werejust as inviting to the first waves of European <br />immigrants as it obviously was to the American Indians who first settled <br />this land. <br />