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GCC Rio Grande, Inc., Cultural The Donnelly Floodwater Ditch, 5PE1915.2, crosses the proposed borrow area and rail spur. These segments are included in the previous recording of this resource by URS. The resource is considered not eligible for the Register and no further work is required. ' Newly Recorded Isolated Finds ' 5PE4232: This is a single projectile point located on the gently sloping plains east of Edson Arroyo. The artifact is a white chert, corner-notched projectile point, measuring 26 mm in length, 28 mm in width, and 4 mm in thickness. The projectile point is nearly complete and similar to types associated with Late Prehistoric in southeast Colorado. Isolated finds are considered not eligible for the Register.. 5PE4233: This isolated artifact is a mano located near the terrace edge in an area of Pleistocene gravels overlooking the St. Charles River. The mano is a one-handed type made of yellow ' sandstone with one surface ground and battering on the edges. The mano measures 10 cm in length, 7.4 cm in width, and 3 cm thick. Isolated finds are considered not eligible for the Register. Newly Recorded Sites 5PE4231.1: This site .is a circa 1920s telephone line that served the Blake Ranch east of the project area. The line comes from the northwest and crosses into the project area east of the railroad tracks. The line follows the route of the proposed railroad spur line for a short distance ' and then turns to the southeast to go to the Blake Ranch. The line then crosses the access road and then goes through the plant site area. The two-strand, overhead telephone line has some original poles of spiral-grained pine approximately 5-6 inches in diameter. Newer poles are ' straight-grained, some are treated (creosote soaked), and have a diameter of 10-12 inches. One new pole had a 1988 date. The poles all have clear glass insulators. These are attached with drilled and spiral-threaded dowels in some cases and with cross bars with spiral-threaded dowels t in others (some also have metal straps to help keep the dowels and cross bars in place). Every other section of line has metal spacers/separators on the lines to keep them from touching. Pole height varies, but averages about 15 feet. These excerpts are from History of the Telephone in Colorado, a narrative by Howard T. Vaille (1916). In 1880, the Pueblo exchange was established with Bell Telephone Company. Four years ' later, a toll line was built from Denver to Pueblo. To be able to talk 120 miles distance was considered a truly wonderful advance in telephone development. Phone service was relatively easy to obtain in town and Bell Co. felt compelled to provide service to farmers and ranchers as well. Cattlemen were the first to see the value to the service. Ditch and reservoir companies found the telephone absolutely indispensable to control the flow of water and to reach the farmers, and the farmers badly needed constant reliable connection with them. Two motives were important to the push of the Bell Co. to provide service to farmers and ranchers. One is that of a public servant as a public utility corporation and the second is that of business consideration. Bell Co. realized that to have a substantial and successful system required ranch subscribers, because ranch telephones make the service valuable to the merchants 1180-Red Rock Class III CR Inventory(Apr.17.02) 9