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• PROJECT DESCRIP IZON <br />Name: Section 31 Parcel <br />Legal Location: portions of the N'/z SWl/, and SE'/, NW'/a Section 31 Township 35 North, Range 11 <br />West, NMPM, La Plata County, Colorado (Figure 2). <br />Map Reference: Kline, Colorado 7.5 minute USGS, 1968 <br />Hesperus, Colorado 7.5 minute USGS, 1963 <br />Operator: National King Coal <br />Area Surveyed: Approximately 60 acres <br />Ownership: Ute Mountain Ute Tribe <br />Elevation: 7560-7660 feet <br />Description: The survey parcel consists of a relatively level mesa top and the upper slopes of the <br />canyon overlooking Hay Gulch to north. The project area is bounded to west, east, <br />and south by fence lines. The majority of the survey parcel is on the mesa top which <br />has been chained. Originally apinyon-juniper woodland, regrowth is mainly <br />sagebrush with scattered clumps of oak brush (Figure 3). Piles of dead wood are <br />scattered over the mesa top. Only two large pinyons, remnants of the original <br />• growth, remain. A porcupine is happily munching away in the top of one of these <br />(Figure 4). There is very little evidence of recent use, a few cartridges and a single <br />40 gallon drum, formerly containing some indecipherable pesticide. A track road <br />drops off the mesa top into Hay Gulch does not appear to be driveable. The ground <br />has been disturbed by the chaining with tabular yellow sandstone scattered over the <br />` surface as a result. The northern slopes of the mesa are covered with a thick growth <br />of oakbrush and pinyon. Juniper, while present, is scarce. There will be no surface <br />disturbance as all mining activity will take place 300 feet below the surface. <br />.~:. <br />Cultural Resources: None <br />Recommendations: Cultural resource clearance is recommended for survey parcel at the location <br />described in this report. <br />• <br />7 <br />June 1995 <br />