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In Reply Refer To: <br />8100 (COF020)(MMW) <br />Mr. Edward Nichols <br />State Historic Preservation Officer <br />Colorado Historical Society <br />1300 Broadway <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />Royal Gorge Field Office <br />3028 East Main Street <br />Cation Citty,�oor 1 81212 <br />INFORMATIONAL LETTER <br />County: Park <br />Cultural Resources Project Number: CR -RG -10-33 (P) <br />NEPA Number: DOI- BLM- CO200- 2009 -0099 EA <br />SHPO Report Number: PA.LM.R56 <br />In January, 2010, we asked for your concurrence with our determination that Site 5PA4410 is <br />eligible for the NRHP, and that the proposed undertaking (the Fairplay Destiny Placer Mine) <br />would directly affect this historic property. In a letter dated February 3, 2010, the SHPO <br />concurred with our determinations. We subsequently revisited the site with Jon Horn of Alpine <br />Archaeological Consultants, an expert in historic archaeology. Based on Mr. Horn's <br />observations, we felt that additional testing to confirm our determination of eligibility was <br />warranted. <br />Alpine Archaeological Consultants conducted limited testing at Site 5PA4410 on May 31 and <br />June 1, 2010. They also re- assessed the features previously recorded by the BLM archaeologist, <br />examined the adjacent private land, and after thorough analysis of the extensive surface <br />component, concluded that the site is not the remains of the historic Chinese occupation of <br />Fairplay. Artifacts that appeared to be of Chinese origin were actually Japanese, and most of the <br />dumping on the site appears to have occurred during the 1920s and 1930s, with very few remains <br />of earlier periods. Therefore, BLM agrees with Alpine's recommendation that Site 5PA4410 <br />should not be considered to be eligible for the NRHP. <br />As a result, we believe that the proposed undertaking does not exceed any of the review <br />thresholds listed in Part VIII (C) (2) of the Protocol, and there will be no historic properties <br />affected. We enclose Alpine's testing report, reevaluation forms for 5PA4410, and a revised <br />62 <br />