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t j <br /> 2.What cultural resources exist which can provide new information about mining related <br /> Business activities and technology of mining communities. <br /> 3. Can Cultural resources provide new information about ethnic and class spatial <br /> arrangements and social structure in mining communities? <br /> 4. What resources, if any, remain the can provide information on the technology of mining <br /> in the Plateau Country? <br /> Within the Modern Mining(1890-1945)theme research questions include: <br /> 1. Can cultural resources provide new evidence as to commercial and social links between <br /> regional mining communities? <br /> 2. Can cultural resources provide information about mining operations as self contained <br /> isolated communities? <br /> 3. Can cultural resources provide new clues as to the impact of corporate control on the <br /> social and economic lives of miners, their families, and then.communities? <br /> 4. What physical evidence exits to document the change in general living conditions <br /> And styles which occurred during this period? <br /> 5. What. If any, unique mining and/or processing techniques were developed in <br /> Western Colorado ? <br /> 6. What were the environmental impacts of modern mining to 1945 on the basis of <br /> material evidence? <br /> Additional research issues may be addressed at this site that relate to research issues in <br /> historical archaeology at the national and state levels. The Colorado Historical Society's Colorado <br /> Plateau Country Regional Research design provides one avenue for investigating Historic sites, but <br /> these contexts are twelve years old and some what dated Steven Baker of Centuries Research, <br /> Inc. of Montrose, Colorado has been working for several years on defining the"Victorian Cultural <br /> Horizon"in mining camps in Colorado and the Western Mining Frontier(Baker 1978, 1983). This <br /> research is essentially focused on defining the material correlates of the Victorian Period in <br /> America,and how the materials found in mining camps on the Western Mining Frontier define <br /> larger social and economic patterns and connections associated with the Victorian Era. Such <br /> sturdier require intact artifact deposits from which data can be gathered on economy and social <br /> interaction in mining communities. <br /> 10 <br />