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Berhan Keffelew <br />August 15, 2008 <br />Page 2 <br />Finally, we offer additional comments with respect to Attachment 7 of the applicant's submission <br />to Teller County entitled, "Historical Resources of the Cresson Project - Mine Life Extension <br />Area." The application states that Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company [CCV] <br />contracted with a consultant firm, Cuartelejo HP Associates, Inc., to review documentation <br />regarding known sites and conduct a field reconnaissance. We understand as a result of an <br />August 13, 2008 telephone conversation between Jeff Campbell of Cripple Creek and Victor <br />Gold Mining Company and Dan Corson that there is not a written report with more detail than <br />Appendix 7, and none is planned to be written. <br />Of the eight structural sites listed in Attachment 7, five do not have site forms on file with our <br />office. Those five sites are the May B. Incline Ore Chute, International Mine, the <br />abovementioned Ore Sorting House adjacent to the Simms Mine, Forest Queen Ore Bin or <br />Sorting House [5TL.2602], and Cameron Mine and Pinnacle Park Of those sites documented on <br />forms, one site, the Anchoria-Leland Mine Complex [5TL.344] was determined as officially not <br />eligible by our office on April 5, 1992. The Grace-Greenwood Mine [5TL.2073] is listed in our <br />database as field eligible, entered on June 1, 1996. This means that the person completing the <br />inventory form recommended that the site is eligible for listing on the National Register of <br />Historic Places and State Register of Historic Properties. Finally, the Deadwood Headframe <br />[5TL.283] was considered on June 13, 1990 to need additional information to determine whether <br />the site was individually eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or State <br />Register of Historic Properties, but it appears to have been subsequently moved into the Cripple <br />Creek National Historic Landmark District. As stated previously, it appears that the Deadwood <br />Headframe and the Ore Sorting House adjacent to the Simms Mine are within the boundaries of <br />the National Historic Landmark District. <br />It would be difficult for us to comment on the individual significance of these eight sites without <br />new site forms for the five sites not so recorded, or re-evaluation forms for the sites that were <br />recorded over ten years ago. Additionally and ideally, these sites should be evaluated along with <br />sites surrounding the affected area of mining to determine whether they contribute to the larger <br />undesignated Cripple Creek historic mining district [5TL.19861. <br />Please let us know if you have any questions. You may contact Dan Corson, our <br />Intergovernmental Services Director, at [303] 866-2673. <br />Sincerely, <br />Susan M. Collins <br />State Archaeologist and Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer <br />Cc: Jeff M. Fugate, Assistant Attorney General <br />Paul Clarkson, Director, Teller County Development Services