2010-12-17_REVISION - C1981019 (113)

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Class IIIInventory, Colowyo's Collom Mine Project 357 and exploration areas project. The site was described in 1995 as a historic homestead located at the mouth of an intermittent drainage on the lower slopes along the east bank of the East Fork of Collom Gulch at 7,625 ft (2,324 m). Sediment was characterized as residual and colluvial medium to dark brown silty loam. Vegetation at the site consisted of dense grasses, chokecherry, and snowberry. The site consisted of three standing buildings, a log structure around a spring, and scattered debris. The three buildings included two log cabins (Features 1 and 2) with low vault roofs that had protruding ridge beams and a brand painted or carved into the door of both structures, and a two -seat outhouse (Feature 3). The cabins were built of horizontal (Feature 1) and vertical (Feature 2) aspen logs with saddle- notched ends, and they rested on log foundations with dirt floors. Feature 1 was 15 x 16 ft and Feature 2 was 10 x 12 ft. The outhouse was made of vertical milled lumber boards. Domestic artifacts were sparse and consisted of a few sanitary cans, one sardine can, and one coffee can. The remaining artifacts consisted of utilitarian and building items. The current inventory found the site to be further deteriorated than it was during the original recording in 1995, and the roof of Feature 1 is largely gone (Figure 6.218). A review of the MTP and Historical Indices for T3N, R94W, and BLM website shows that the site lies within a 320 -acre parcel that received a Homestead Entry Patent (HE No. 1047105) on June 16, 1931. William Edward Ramey received the patent, which was filed (035214) at the General Land Office in Denver and was not cancelled or relinquished. This would place the initial time frame of occupation during the Depression era. NRHP Eligibility Recommendation and Project Effect Site 5MF4001 was recommended in 1995 as not eligible for inclusion on the NRHP, the Colorado OAHP officially agreed with that eligibility assessment, and the current inventory evaluation concurs with that assessment as well. The cabin construction is not distinctive or representative of a significant type, period, or method of construction nor embodies significant architectural or engineering attributes of design, materials, or workmanship. The site has poor physical integrity and lacks a density and diversity of artifacts, and 47599 TRC Mariah Associates Inc.