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Class III Inventory, Colowyo's Collom Mine Project 25 <br />5.0 METHODS <br />5.1 FIELD METHODS <br />The Class III cultural resource inventory was completed between July 27 and August 26, 2005. The <br />field crew consisted of supervisors Mark Karpinski, James Petersen, Nathan Fleming, Russell <br />Richard, and Dave Byers. Assisting technicians included Beth Karpinski, Darryl Newton, <br />Bob Shinkle, Aron Wagner, Dave Simms, Allen Denoyer, Jodi Metzer, and Garry Louma. <br />The Class III inventory was completed with pedestrian transects spaced at 65 -ft (20 -m) intervals. <br />The inventoried area was inspected for evidence of artifacts and /or features. In addition, rock <br />outcrops, cut banks, erosional areas, animal burrows, road cuts, and other areas of disturbance were <br />examined for evidence of buried cultural materials. Since much of the inventoried area had slopes <br />of 15° or greater, particular attention was given to more level ridge tops, benches, and alluvial <br />bottoms. These areas were often inspected with numerous 65 -ft (20 -m) spaced transects. <br />Orientation in the field was maintained by Brunton compass, and handheld recreational Garmin <br />global positioning system (GPS) units were used to locate cultural resources using the 1983 North <br />American Datum as a reference. The GPS units were also used to locate corners of the project area <br />in conjunction with USGS (1:24,000 scale) topographic maps. <br />Portions of the project area not inventoried using 65 -ft (20 -m) intervals included areas with a slope <br />of 30° or greater and areas with 100% surface cover by duff /vegetation. The areas where vegetation <br />cover was 100% were discontinuous throughout the project area and interspersed with areas of less <br />than 100% cover. These areas were not easily defined or documented, so they were surveyed in <br />order to reach areas of less than 100% cover. <br />For this undertaking, an archaeological site was defined as a "locus of patterned human behavior." <br />This definition is based on the presence of culturally produced artifacts and features in excess of <br />50 years of age. Archaeological sites were defined as five or more artifacts within a 130 x 130 -ft <br />47599 TRC Mariah Associates Inc. <br />