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General Land Office Records survey plats were reviewed. The original survey, <br />(conducted in 1881), shows a stage road bisecting the northwest quarter of Section 2, from <br />the northeast to the southwest, however no cultural manifestations appear within the <br />northeast quarter, where the mining project is proposed. The dependent resurvey though, <br />conducted in 1906, shows a wagon road in the southeast corner of the present 40 -acre survey <br />block. Additionally, a wagon road shown on the same map and just east of the study area and <br />which travels south, toward Craig, is referenced as "Wagon Road to Old Placer Mine." <br />Land patents filed in the vicinity date back to 3/13/1916 when Mamie Clasbey filed <br />under the Mineral Patent - Placer Authority of 1866, on 80 acres north and northwest of the <br />present study. That filing refers to the Four Mile or Timber Lake Mining District <br />(Accession/Serial Nr.: 522316). Other documents regarding mining in the area are on file at <br />Colorado School of Mines: "Preliminary report: The Timberlake or Fourmile placer district, <br />Moffat County, Colorado, 1915" and Report for Burton Cohn on the Timberlake placers, <br />Moffat County, Colorado, 1936." No definitive information could be found regarding the <br />dates of mining for the previously recorded mine within the project boundary. <br />Study Objectives <br />The purposes of the inventory were to conduct an intensive cultural resource survey of <br />areas subject to direct impact from surface disturbing mining activities; to identify and <br />accurately locate cultural resources and/or districts and isolated finds; to evaluate these <br />surface finds for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); to determine <br />the potential effect of the project on all NRHP - eligible resources; and to make <br />recommendations for the mitigation of the adverse effects on those cultural resources. The <br />presence of cultural resources was considered likely based on previously recorded sites and <br />isolated finds in the vicinity. <br />Site Significance <br />The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA) directs federal agencies to <br />ensure that federally- initiated or authorized actions do not inadvertently disturb or destroy <br />significant cultural resource values. Significance is a quality of cultural resource properties <br />that qualifies them for inclusion in the NRHP. The statements of significance included in <br />this report are field assessments to support recommendations to the BLM and State Historic <br />Preservation Officer (SHPO). The final determination of site significance is made by the <br />controlling agencies in consultation with the SHPO and the Keeper of the Register. <br />The Code of Federal Regulations was used as a guide for the in -field site evaluations. <br />Titles 36 CFR 60, 36 CFR 800, and 36 CFR 64 are concerned with the concepts of <br />significance and (possible) historic value of cultural resources. Titles 36 CFR 65 and 36 CFR <br />66 provide standards for the conduct of scientific data recovery activities. Finally, Title 36 <br />12 <br />