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within the boundary of the two-million-acre Forest; in addition, fifteen <br /> other sites were listed for the record under a "Miscellaneous" category. <br /> The Dillon Ranger District that includes Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, <br /> Breckenridge and Copper Mountain was added to the White River in 1973 <br /> for administration. <br /> One of the abstracted sites covered the southeast one-third of Coal <br /> Basin plus the west or upper portion of the Hayes Creek drainage and the <br /> south-facing slope toward McClure Pass. The site was called "Mid-Continent <br /> -- Redstone" for inventory purposes and in my official report of November, <br /> 1969, I rated the site as "good" in a four-way rating system that included <br /> "unacceptable", "marginal" and "outstanding". See Appendix for a complete <br /> copy. The following "concept" paragraph is quoted from the first page of <br /> the 1969 report: <br /> At present the area is of secondary importance and it is only being <br /> abstracted for a far-in-the-future development possibility when the <br /> coking coal is completely mined out and the local economy needs a <br /> shot-in-the-arm, plus utilizing some of the existing facilities, <br /> power lines, roads, etc. For example, the coal washing plant site <br /> and waste pile could be rehabilitated into a landscaped and attrac- <br /> tive base facility in conjunction with the town of Redstone and the <br /> Placita Reservoir (West Divide Project) that will no doubt be <br /> completed within the next ten years. The entire concept - aerial <br /> tram access and scenic ride, skiing, etc. - has some interesting <br /> possibilities that are only evident from aerial reconnaissance. <br /> The idea was suggested by the writer to Mid-Continent officers in <br /> 1969 even though the skiing possibilities have been obvious ever <br /> since the Dutch Creek mine was opened in the late 1950's, and since <br /> the skiing potential in the immediate Redstone area is quite <br /> limited and marginal from all standpoints except highway access. <br /> Since that time I've made additional aerial and ground reconnaissances <br /> as follows: the former in 1970, '71 and '73; and the latter in '70, '72; <br /> a ski tour of the Bear Creek Spring Creek segment in January 1973; two in <br /> mid-November, 1979 to look over the expansion of the plant and waste area <br /> site and the segmented potential in the #5 mine area adjacent to Coal <br /> Creek; and one in February, 1980 for photographs of the #4 mine road <br /> corridor southwest of the Coal Basin adit portal-yard area. <br /> -6- <br />