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f.• concerned. Two archaeological investigations of the disturbed area were <br />canpleted in 1980 and 1984. Figure 2, Regional Map Showing Locations of <br />Project Area, has been prepared to show the relative proximity of the area <br />surveyed with the area of surface facilities. Literature searches 'have <br />been conducted by the Colorado Historical Society to determine if any <br />cultural or historic resources listed on the National Register of Historic <br />Places are located within the permit area of the New Elk Mine. FSchibit 7, <br />Archaeologic Information, contains the report on the archaeological <br />investigations and the letters fxan the Colorado Historical Society. <br />The New Elk Mine has been in operation since 1952. The <br />archaeological investigation of the area surveyed in 1980 was somewhat <br />hindered by this disturbance. Therefore, only 148 of the area which is <br />currently disturbed and as shown on Figure 2, Regional Map Showing <br />Locations of Project Area, could be examined. Additional details of the <br />methodology and findings made by Dr. Campbell are included in Exhibit 7, <br />Archaeologic Information. No known historic places are within the area to <br />• be affected by the New Elk mining operation. <br />The on-site archaeological investigation conducted by Campbell for <br />CFSI Steep Corporation was on 22 acres in the Stonewall Valley, just west <br />of the New Elk Mine headquarters (see Figure 2, Regional Map Showing <br />incations of Project Area). No sites were recorded but the following <br />archaeological materials were observed: <br />1. three isolated nondiagnostic quartzite flakes, <br />2. six ungulate (possibly Bison) long bone fragments, eroding <br />from an arroyo bank, and <br />3. a rectangular depression containing varicus items of histori <br />age (ca. A.D. 1900-1930) and assumed to be a "cellar hole". <br />Further archaeological investigations were recartnended for the <br />long bone fragment and "cellar hole" localities, however, as this area is <br />not planned for disturbance, no further investigations have been conducted <br />on these resources. The location of these two sites relative to the surface <br />,. <br />2.04-5 <br />~v~l <br />~/9~ <br />