2007-08-17_PERMIT FILE - C1981035 ‎(38)‎

• Permit No: C1981035
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 8/17/2007
• Doc Name: Cultural and Historic Resource Survey
• Section_Exhibit Name: KI Appendix 03
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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COMPLETE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICE ASSOCIATES
12400 Highway 666 ~ Cortez, Colorado 81321 • [phone]
Kristie Arrington, Archaeologist July 14, 1997
Bureau of Land Management
San Juan Resource Area
701 Camino del Rio
Durango, Colorado 81301
RE: Cultural resource inventory of 200 acres for National King Coal, CASA 97-45
Dear Kristie,
Enclosed are three copies of the report for the above-referenced survey on private lands with
federal subsurface minerals. Two isolated finds were located during this inventory and cultural
resource clearance is recommended for the project.
It is our recommendation that no further inventories be required for National King Coal's
subsurface mining operations in this area. First, only two IFs have been located in the 260 acres
of block surveys done to date in the area, and no other sites or IFs have been recorded in the
general vicinity, even in the recent Bureau of Reclamations Class II inventory by SWCA
immediately to the south. The terrain and vegetation and lack of nearby water make significant
prehistoric sites unlikely. Secondly, due to the nature of the project, there is no surface
disturbance other than possible minor subsidence, which is monitored monthly by the Office of
Surface Mining.
Please do not hesitate to call me if you have any questions concerning this report.
Sincerely,
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Nancy S. Hammack
CASA
Enclosures: 3 copies report
3 copies of 2 IF forms
cc: National King Coal
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