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Class III Inventory, Colowyo's Collom Mine Project 371 NRHP Eligibility Recommendation and Project Effect Site 5MF4007 was recommended as not eligible for the NRHP during the 1995 field evaluation and assessment, and the Colorado OAHP officially accepted that recommendation. The current inventory evaluation concurs with that assessment as well The site currently lies along and outside of the proposed project boundary and will not be affected by the undertaking. Cultural resource clearance is recommended, with no further work. 6.2.35 Site MF4008 (Deno Aygares Ranch) Site Tyne Historic homestead/prehistoric lithic scatter Legal Location Section 14, T3N, R94W Landowner Private Site Dimensio 1,476 x 361 ft (450 x 110 m) Site Description Site 5MF4008 lies within the southern portion of the Colowyo Collom Mine project area. The site was originally recorded in June of 1995 by MAC for the Colowyo Coal Company 1995 lease and exploration areas: Class III cultural resource inventory. It was described as a multicomponent site located in a narrow intermittent drainage valley crosscut by spring -fed streams at 7,640 ft (2,329 m). The soil was characterized as alluvial and colluvial dark gray to brown sandy loam. On -site vegetation consisted of grasses, nettle, and forbs, with aspen and chokecherry in the general vicinity of the site. The principal component consisted of a historic homestead, with a prehistoric lithic scatter of two flakes spaced 150 in apart. The historic component of the site consisted of three standing buildings (Features 1, 2, and 4) and two ruins (Features 3 and 5). At least two of the buildings (Features 1 and 2) were thought to be associated with the George W. Wright homestead (May 1920). Feature 1 was a milled lumber outhouse, and Feature 2 was a log cabin used as a storage shed (Figure 6.226). The logs were saddle- notched, the gable ends had board and batten sheathing with corrugated metal 47599 TRC Mariah Associates Inc.