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a <br /> midden. In the center of the midden there appears to be a concentration of more sanitary fruit or <br /> vegetable cans and hole-m-top evaporated milk cans. This contrasts to the remainder of the scatter <br /> that is dominated by hole-in-cap fruit or vegetable cans and hole-in-cap condensed milk cans <br /> These distributions suggest possible temporal distinctions in the artifact distribution of the midden. <br /> The center of the midden appears to represent activities related to the later part of the history of <br /> the site, while artifacts to the north and south appear to define the earlier period <br /> T�ili�Piles <br /> There are ten tailings piles or areas on the site. These piles were not assigned individual <br /> feature numbers because it was not clear if they were associated with the early mining or with later <br /> 1950's mining. Several of the piles appear to be disturbed, and may represent Wings moved from <br /> other locations. Since it was not clear if the tailings wee in their original location,they were not <br /> assigned individual numbers. All of the tailings piles are noted on the site plan(Figure 3), and <br /> differences between them are discussed here. <br /> Most of the tailings that will need to be cleaned up are concentrated at the south edge of <br /> the site(from the tailings pond south), with a few tailings piles located adjacent to features in the <br /> center of the site. The main tailings area is located adjacent to and around the remains of the aerial <br /> tram load out (Feature 2), to the north of the mine portal(Feature 1). This large pile is 420 ft <br /> long by 100 ft wide, and 10-20 ft high. To the west of this large pile arc two smaller piles 50 long <br /> by 30 ft wide and 130 ft long by 70 ft wide. Four smaller low piles are located to the north of this <br /> area and are 30-40 ft long and 10 ft wide. A low irregular shaped concentration of tailings <br /> surrounds Feature 15,the remains of a mill or other structure. This concentration is approximately <br /> 220 ft long by 160 ft wide. <br /> To the north of the tailings pond(Feature 14)two areas of tailings were noted adjacent to <br /> and southeast of the remains of the Hanson Mill(Feature 6). One of these piles is located directly <br /> south of the mill remnants and consists of a 100 ft long by 50 ft wide by 2-3 ft high pile. Several <br /> historic metal artifacts, and broken bottle fragments are located on the tailings pile. A small <br /> tributary drainage of Placer Creek appears to have been diverted to bring water to and through the <br /> mill location. This small creek is presently running through the north edge of the tailings and then <br /> into Placer Creek It is anticipated that this tailings pile might need to be cleaned up in the <br /> reclamation process. <br /> The second tailings pile is a low concentration of yellow-to-white colored material located <br /> on either side of Placer Creek. This material appears to represent a unique byproduct of the <br /> milling process that was diverted from the mill to the creek. Other tailings at the site consists of <br /> small granite pieces up to a few inches in diameter, while these tailings are a powder consistency <br /> and are from a completely different part of the milling process. There arc no cultural features <br /> directly adjacent to this tailings concentration. It is anticipated that this tailings area may need to be <br /> cleaned up in the reclamation process. <br /> 24 <br />