2010-11-16_PERMIT FILE - C1996083 (6)

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pot lid, scraps of rusted sheet metal and friction can lid. Leather fragments include 2 boot heels and a portion of a riveted leather harness. Feature 2, a trash dump, measures roughly 15 by 20 feet and contains logs or fence posts nailed with milled lumber fragments, sanitary cans, crockery, leather, wire and sheet metal fragments, probably dating to around the 1940's to 1950's. Evaluation and Management Recommendations Site 5DT93 consists of fragmented artifactual materials only. Any structure that formerly existed is presently non - extant. Thus, due to the limited nature of this resource, its deteriorated condition and lack of integrity, it is field recommended as not eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. No further work is recommended. Site 5DT94, an historic artifact scatter and possible foundation to the Davis Homestead, was previously recorded by Centuries Research, Inc. in 1977 (Baker 1977). It was found about 500m south of the original locational data. It is situated in the open grassy valley bottom of Stevens Gulch at an elevation of 7820 feet. Vegetation is dense on the surrounding slopes, consisting mainly of Gambel oak, serviceberry, snowberry, mountain mahogany and perennial forbs. Aspen and fir groves are common in the area, interspersed 40 with open grassy meadows. Soils are primarily dark brown sandy loam. The site measures 82 feet by 328 feet and consists of an artifact scatter and the possible foundation of a habitation within, which may represent an early homestead likely settled by Josephine Davis who patented same tract of land, as Lot 7, on June 10, 1922 (157.43 acres, Accession/Serial Nr. 867312). The density of artifactual material in the scatter is relatively light, mostly represented by highly weathered fragments of lumber, tangled ornate bed frames, the remains of a wood stove and scraps of rusted sheet metal. An old fence line, running northeast to southwest, is represented only by posts cut off at ground level. The possible habitation footprint is described as Feature 1. Feature 1 is an apparent alignment of 10 or more small basalt and sandstone boulders, roughly rectangular in outline, measuring approximately 8 feet north- northeast /south- southwest by 10 feet east - southeast /west - northwest. Another row of at least 5 boulders, oriented east - southeast /west- northwest, is located about 5' /2 feet to the west. The density of lumber is slightly greater at the stone alignments than elsewhere. A slight depression or leveled area is located immediately adjacent the stone alignment to the west - northwest. It measures approximately 13 feet north - northeast /south- southwest by 9 feet east - southeast /west - northwest. Evaluation and Management Recommendations Site 5DT94 consists of fragmented artifactual materials and the sparse remains of a possible habitation foundation only. Thus, due to the limited nature of this resource, its m