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UULUt(_f"J)U ULLIUrUtL ALDUUKC.0 JUMVtl ..viWlaUV rzc5r1 Vk361Ui1 Vi=1Ce <br /> 1300 Broadway, *Denver, CO 80203 <br /> ', ARCHAEOLOGICAL C0*SPONE`T. FORM <br /> 'ORTANT: USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GREEN INVENTORY RECORD <br /> FORM FOR RECORDING PREHISTORIC OR HISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES <br /> 1 Resource No. 5PT112 2) Temp. No. 3) Name Coal Basin Townsite <br /> I. ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA: 4) Site Type <br /> S) Description/Features The site- is composed of the stone foundations-'and <br /> portions of the superstructure of 67-*family- residences ,- outhouses <br /> company store , school, hotel, stable , - and the Coal Basin Men ' s <br /> Club, as well as the old narrow guage railroad grade , -bridge <br /> abutment walls, and the depression from the round house . The area <br /> to the south of the old railroad grade contained 13 residences, ._ <br /> the store room, depot, powder house , tipple and shop:--• These all-= <br /> have been destroyed. <br /> 6) Cultural Material ThP artifacts include broken pieces of crockerv, cobalt <br /> __ __ ___ - - _ _...:v. :.. � .. �_....�•.:.�.ii��SS�.=�i►�_!3�si2f�f.'s..r.�.JS11.i �;s1.�c:�:'ler.•,t •.. <br /> blue chinaware , glass bottle fragments, spring-loaded window frames , <br /> `doors , shoes ar_d boots , bed-frames , cast iron stoves , locks , hinges , <br /> railroad spikes and ties milled, rough-cut and hand-hewn lumber', . <br /> whole bottles , cups , saucers, shovels , etc. _See attached;- <br /> 7) Cultural. Affiliation- Euro-American/Historical -��'- .Date- from 1893 to BC <br /> Jan. 12 , 19 uv,_� _ <br /> 8) Dating Criteria Historical Documents j <br /> 9) Site Depth 8 ft,max.based on cut/bank auger shovel other depressions <br /> 10) Activities inferred from site features Coal mine , town, and support facilities . <br /> 11) Research potential/significance The site played an important role in the <br /> history of the Crystal Valley and Redstone . <br /> 2) Known Collections/Excavations/Publications "The Crystal River Railroad, " "The <br /> Roaring Fork Valley, " "Camp & Plant" county newspaper plus passing <br /> reference in historical works on Redstone, Vlazule , k-a-Mar,02rtte and <br /> 13) Informants: Name/Address Continued on ba4 <br />