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to the sloping nature of the terrain. Based on this evidence, MAC recommends that this site be <br />reevaluated as not eligible for NRHP inclusion. No further work is recommended. <br />5RT991.1 <br />Site Description. Site 5RT991.1 was originally recorded in 1992 by Foothills Engineering <br />as part of a transmission line project. The site was a small trash dump located about 150 m north <br />of a standing farmstead. At the time of this original inventory, entry onto the private land where the <br />structures are located was denied so the farmstead was not recorded with the trash dump. 5RT991.2, <br />an historic ditch, was also recorded during the original documentation. The farmstead and trash <br />dump sit on the west bank of an unnamed, intermittent drainage that flows north out of Nofstger <br />Zeigler Reservoir. The drainage is flanked to the east and west by long, low hills. The drainage <br />joins Scotchmans Gulch about 1/2 mile to the north. Nofstger Zeigler Reservoir is located about one <br />mile to the south. A recently plowed field is just west of the site. To the north, east and south, the <br />site is surrounded by previously plowed fields that have been revegetated with wheatgrasses. <br />Modern, overhead transmission lines pass through the site. <br />During the current revisit, access to the unrecorded structures was granted. Because the trash <br />dump shows obvious association with the remaining buildings, it was included within a new site <br />boundary for the historic habitation site, 5RT2746. For further discussion, see the site description <br />and the eligibility and management recommendations for Site 5RT2746. <br />Eligibility and Management Recommendations. Site 5RT991.1 is a small trash dump that <br />was previously recommended as not eligible for NRHP inclusion. MAC recommends that the <br />previously recorded site 5RT991.1 be included within site 5RT2746 and that the Smithsonian <br />number 5RT991.1 be retired. <br />5RT991.2 <br />Site Description. Site 5RT991.2 was originally recorded in 1992 by Foothills Engineering <br />as part of a transmission line project. The site is an historic ditch segment that appears on a 1915 <br />General Land Office plat. It is located about 200 m northeast of a standing farmstead. At the time <br />of this original inventory, entry onto the private land where the farmstead structures are located was <br />denied so the farmstead was not recorded with the ditch. 5RT991.1, an historic trash dump, was also <br />recorded during the original documentation. The ditch flows out of a natural drainage from the east <br />toward the farmstead. The ditch parallels a natural drainage then appears to erode into it at the <br />northern end of the recorded segment. The natural drainage is flanked to the east and west by long, <br />low hills. The drainage joins Scotchmans Gulch about %2 mile to the north. Nofstger Zeigler <br />Reservoir is located about one mile to the south. A recently plowed field is just west of the site. To <br />the north, east and south, the site is surrounded by previously plowed fields that have been <br />revegetated with wheatgrasses. <br />Although the ditch has continued to erode into the natural drainage; MAC found the site <br />much as it was originally described. <br />26