2010-11-16_PERMIT FILE - C1996083 ‎(7)‎

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 11/16/2010
• Doc Name: Section 16
• Section_Exhibit Name: Volume VI Cultural Resources
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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machinery, equipment, and trash scatter are no longer in evidence. The mine entrance is no
longer visible. New UTM locations (NAD 1983) of the concrete structure were recorded and
the site was photographed.
Evaluation and Management Recommendation
There is no change from the previous evaluation of not eligible for listing on the
National Register of Historic Places.
Site 5DT1537 consists of a newly recorded historic animal containment pen
constructed among the trunks of several living Gambel oak trees. The site is at an elevation
of 7440 feet. The vegetation consists of Gambel oak, serviceberry, rabbitbrush, bullweed,
sparse grasses, and low ground cover. Soil on the site is brown clay loam of undetermined
depth.
The roughly rectangular, four -sided enclosure, which most likely served as an
expeditious protective pen for a ewe and newborn lamb, one or two lambs, or another single
animal the size of a sheep, calf, or a young colt, and is constructed of four sections of fence
(one collapsed or dismantled). The walls are each nine to ten rails or "courses" high and are
made from a total of approximately 40 Gambel oak branches that have been leaned upon the
trunks of eight living Gamble oaks that range in diameter from approximately three to six
inches. The walls of the pen are interlaced at the three remaining corners, forming walls up
to 25 inches in height. The individual poles measure from two feet long and two inches in
diameter, to ten feet long and nine inches in diameter.
The interior of the pen measures approximately six feet in length, north - south, by four
feet east -west. The eastern wall has either collapsed outwards, or, most likely, was
disassembled by the creators when the time came to release the captive animal(s).
No saw or axe marks were found on the containment poles, no wire or nails were
utilized in the construction, and no portable artifacts were found in the immediate vicinity of
the structure, however, remnants of a barbed wire fence lie approximately 80 yards to the
northwest and an historic cabin, site 5DT124, is 250 yards to the west - northwest.
Evaluation and Management Recommendation
Due to the apparent lack of additional cultural materials, the site is considered
unlikely to yield additional significant information concerning the history of the region.
Accordingly, it is field evaluated as not eligible for listing on the National Register of
Historic Places. No further work is recommended.
Site 5DT1538 consists of a newly recorded historic or protohistoric brush lean -to with
a conical pole structure, or wickiup, incorporated into one end. A site boundary surrounding
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