2012-06-01_PERMIT FILE - M2012023

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HISTORY May 30, 2012 Tom Kaldenbach Environmental Projection Specialist Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Re: Notice of 112 Construction Material Reclamation Permit Application Consideration Tamrock Gravel, Shot Rock Pit, File No. M- 2012 -023 (CHS #62115) Dear Mr. Kaldenbach: Thank you for your correspondence dated May 22, 2012 (received by our office on May 24, 2012) regarding the subject project. A search of the Colorado Cultural Resource Inventory database indicates that no cultural resource inventory has taken place within the proposed permit area nor have historic properties been recorded therein. However, a survey was completed nearly 35 -years ago immediately north of the proposed gravel pit by the University of Northern Colorado. This 160 -acre survey of the northeast - quarter of Section 3, Township 33S, Range 65W documented ten archaeological sites (corresponding to 5LA1622, 5LA1629, 5LA1641, and 5LA1643 through 5LA1649). Identified resources represent sparse lithic concentrations, lithic procurement sites, and open campsites and all are currently on file as requiring additional information ( "need data ") prior to making a final eligibility determination to the National Register of Historic Places. Also located in close - proximity to the proposed gravel pit is a multi- roomed habitation structure (site 5LA1480) known as the Running Pit House Site. An extensive cultural assemblage was identified during site excavation by Trinidad State Junior College in the mid- 1950s. Taken together, these resources provide important data regarding Native American land use practices and suggest (based on similarities in landform and resource availability) that the project area may contain comparable resource types. An additional cultural resources survey would be necessary to adequately identify, record, and assess additional properties that may be located within the proposed project area to determine National Register of Historic Places eligibility. Please remember that our files contain incomplete information for this area, as most of Colorado has not yet been inventoried for cultural resources. As a result, there is the possibility that as yet unidentified cultural resources exist within the proposed permit area. Should human remains be discovered during mining activities, the requirements under State law CRS 24 -80 part 13 apply and must be followed. Thank you for the opportunity to comment. If we may be of further assistance, please contact Mark Tobias, Section 106 Compliance Manager, at (303) 866 -4674 or i-nark.tobiasQstate.co.us. Si cerely, ----ate dward C. Nichols State Historic Preservation Officer ECN /MAT RECEIVED JUN 012012 Division of RQclamatiom Mining & Sa"_ HISTORY COLORADO CENTER 1200 BROADWAY DENVER COLORADO 80203