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Limited-Results Cultural Resource Survey Form (page 3 of 8) <br />Current Land Use: Livestock grazing, mining and hunting. <br />19. Flora: To the east the vegetation is a mix of sagebrush meadows with pockets of scrub oak, mountai <br />mahogany, serviceberry and chokecherry bushes. Grasses and forbs fill in between the shrubs. The westei <br />locations are in open rolling grassland dominated by revegetated (CRP) wheat grasses. <br />20. Soils/Geology: Medium brown silty clay overlying Cretaceous age sedimentary rocks. Two formation <br />exist here: the Williams Formation consisting of sandstone, shale and major coal, and to a lesser extent th <br />Iles Formation which is sandstone and shale with coal beds in the upper half of the formation (Tweto 1979 <br />21. Ground Visibility: Visibility was limited and varied from 10% to 40% due to thick vegetation cover. Then <br />were areas which afforded views of the ground surface via game/livestock trails, rodent backdirt piles, an <br />two-track roads. <br />22. Comments: <br />V. LITERATURE REVIEW <br />23. Location of Files Search: BLM Little Snake Field Office, and OAHP Compass Database <br />Date: 10/30/07 & 10/25/07 <br />24. Previous Survey Activity <br />In the project area: The file searches revealed numerous cultural studies having been conducted withil <br />the sections that the core holes are located. These include: High Plains Consultants, Cow Camp U G Dril <br />Sites and Access Roads (1983); Western Historical Studies (1991) for a large coal mining survey in Rout <br />and Moffat Counties; Metcalf Archaeological Consultants: Five Surface Water Monitoring Flumes (1990) <br />Yoast Mine Expansion Area - Peabody Coal (1994); Powers Elevation: Peabody Coal Co. 4 Alluvial Wel <br />Locations at Seneca II Mine (1987); Seneca Mine Project 3 Alluvial Well Locations for Peabody Coal Co <br />(1988); Grand River Institute: A Class III Cultural Resources Inventory of the Hayden Gore Pass 345 KN <br />Transmission Line Routt and Grand Counties, Colorado (1985); Foothill Engineering Consultants, Cultura. <br />Resources Survey of the Hayden-Gore Tap 13 8KV Transmission Line, Routt and Grand Counties, Colorado <br />Volume I & Volume II (1995); Peabody Coal CPY Cow Camp Drill Sites (Evans 1985); & A Coal Lease <br />Reconnaissance Survey by LOPA (1977). <br />In the general region: Numerous other inventories, most relating to coal mining, seismic exploration anc <br />power line construction, have been conducted in nearby sections. Most are either linear or small block <br />surveys. <br />V. LITERATURE REVIEW (continued) <br />25. Known Cultural Resources <br />In the project area: No cultural resources were found within the APE. <br />In the general region: Numerous sites have been recorded within the sections the current study areas fall, <br />but the closest is over a quarter mile away. <br />26. Expected Results: Both historic and prehistoric sites, and isolated finds were considered a possibility. Ii <br />was felt historic sites/IFs would be the more common. Prehistoric usage would have been limited due to <br />the and environment and somewhat isolated nature of the area. If sites existed, they most likely would have <br />been destroyed by historic activities within the area. <br />VI. STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES <br />27. Identify and assess any cultural resources within potential area of effect: