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of sandstone slabs aligned in a rectangle measuring approximately 15 x 30 ft. Only one layer of <br />stones remains. More slabs are scattered near the foundation. The well (Feature 3) is about 3 ft. <br />across and 8-10 ft. deep. The walls are lined with the same type of sandstone slabs as are found in <br />the foundation. A burned area located to the southwest of the well is probably related to trash <br />burning. A pile of wire and fence posts is pushed into the drainage west of the features. A light <br />scattering of milled lumber, metal sheeting, stove parts and clear glass is found across the site. <br />Eligibility and Management Recommendations. Site 5RT25 was originally recommended <br />as not eligible. MAC found nothing during the current revisit to contradict that assessment. No <br />further work is recommended. <br />5RT139 <br />Site Description. This site was originally recorded on 9/25-27/1979 by Western Cultural <br />Resource Management, Inc. for a Seneca II Coal Mine project. The original documentation <br />described a sparse scattering of lithic artifacts, including a Paleoindian Scottsbluff projectile point, <br />spread across an area measuring 550 m x 450 m. In 1981, excavations were conducted at the site <br />and yielded at least 21 hearths. According to dates handwritten on the site form, the hearths yielded <br />radiocarbon ages of AD 850 +/-220 (Hearth 1); 4800 BC +/- 220 (Hearth 8); 5300 BC (Hearth 21); <br />however, six modern dates (LaPoint 1987:164) indicated the possibility of some contamination. <br />The site is still listed in the OAHP database as needs data. The site lies about five miles south of <br />the Yampa River and about one mile east of Grassy Creek. It is situated in an area that slopes <br />primarily to the south/southeast. A small stock pond is in the middle of the site area. Deposition <br />is alluvial and colluvial. Vegetation includes low and tall sagebrush, wheatgrasses, mountain <br />mahogany and oakbrush. <br />The site is located on the southeastern edge of the project area. As originally recorded, just <br />a small portion of the southwestern site boundary would have extended into the current project area. <br />During this revisit, no evidence of this site was located within the current project area. <br />Eligibility and Management Recommendations. Site 5RT139 is listed in the OAHP <br />database as needs data. The site was not relocated within the current project boundary. No further <br />work is recommended for the current project. <br />5RT385 <br />Site Description. Site 5RT385 was originally recorded on 7/29/1983 by High Plains <br />Consultants, Inc. as part of an inventory for drill sites and access roads. The site was described as <br />a lithic scatter that included a projectile point fragment, a scraper, flakes and a metate fragment. <br />Based on the projectile point fragment, it was dated to the Late Archaic. The site is situated on top <br />of a steep-sided hill at the southern end of the high ridgeline that makes up the eastern valley wall. <br />A deep drainage flows off of the west slope and goes north paralleling Grassy Creek, located to the <br />west of the high ridge. The site is in an open area of outcropping bedrock interspersed with areas <br />of aeolian sand. The area slopes gently to the southwest but drops off steeply to the north and east. <br />A two track bisects the site from north to south. A stock pond is located just north of the site. <br />Aeolian sand is found mainly at the edges of the bedrock along the treeline of dense oakbrush and <br />mountain mahogany that surrounds the site on the northern, western and eastern boundaries and in <br />22