2012-08-17_REVISION - C1982056 (2)

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mountains, contact between indigenous peoples and the Euro- Americans was soinewhat limited until later in the 18th century. Table 1. Previous cultural resource projects Year CAHP III# Project Consultant 1991 MC.CM.R1 Caul Mining Surrey in Routt County Western Historical Studies 2003 RT.CM.R4 Twentymile Coal 2004 Exploration Metcalf Archaeology 2019 1 RT.LM.NR151 I Twentymile Coal Two Fish Ck Drill Locations Metcalf Archaeology The Historic era began in earrtest for the general area around the late 19` and early 20 t1 ' centuries. Outside oflimited use by early explorers and trappers, logging, farming; and ranchiilg activities were what really assisted with the development of Routt County, The Oak Creek coal fields produced coal for local consumption, but did not start producing large quatatities until rail lines were built iu 1906 to transport coal to the Denver area (Mehls 1994_II -45). Historic Euro- American sites in the vicinity include homesteads, ranches, mines, trails, and roads. For additional information for this era can be found in Ivlehls (1944) and Church et a1. (2007), Early Government Land Office (GLO) survey base amps were checked for any historic features or structures which may still exist within the project boundaries. The 1915 GLO for T5N R87W Sec. 34 depicts a historic road and historic ditch in the southeast corner of the block. Statement of Objectives General prehistoric research objectives for this area include the continuing effort to refine the regional chronology, develop a clearer understanding of settlement patterns, determining the cultural processes responsible for the patterns of prehistoric change and continuity, and deterininin prehistoric demographics (Reed and Metcalf 1999). Historic research objectives are also aimed at adding and refining data concerning the events, peoples, and places of the Iast 120 gears (Mehls 1984). Church et al. (2007: 290) stress the iinportance of archival sources as a way of addressing the gaps and overlaps within the current historic data base. Following state and federal policies and regulations iznptementing the National Historic Preservation Act (Public Law 89 -665) as amended, this project area was inventoried to identify any cultural resources within the area of potential effects of the proposed. project. Any discovered cultural resources are evaluated for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) gender the Criteria for Eligibility (36 CFR §60.4). Register eligibility is evaluated in terms of the integrity of the resource, and its association with significant persons, events, or patterns in history or prehistory, its criginecriang, artistic, or architectural values, or its information potential for important research questions in history or prehistory. 4