SRP Railroads

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. James Trott. Gale McPherson.

At the request of the Salt River Project, the Museum of Northern Arizona has conducted an intensive survey of the proposed Coronado Generating Station Coal Haul Railroad right-of-way. A total of 55 sites was recorded by the survey, 47 of them located at least partly within the right-of-way. Recommendations concerning each of these sites have been prepared. A cost estimate for additional archaeological investigations, which are recommended in the event of direct impact from the proposed railroad...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gale McPherson.

At the request of Dames & Moore, consultants to Salt River Project, the Museum of Northern Arizona, has conducted an archaeological impact study of a proposed railroad in eastern Arizona. The study is designed to characterize the archaeological resources in the project area, providing Dames & Moore with information to evaluate potential impact of the project on the resources. The alignment, designated "D-2", is one of two proposed routes for a coal haul railroad from Coronado Station near St....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexander J. Lindsay, Jr..

This appendix contains cost estimates for mitigation of 47 archaeological sites within the Coronado Generating Station plant site coal haul railroad right-of-way. It consists primarily of tables of costs, broken down by category, personnel, equipment, and other variables. Major sections include a cost schedule for archaeological investigations; project development costs; time, labor, and equipment estimates for archaeological excavations; cost estimate sums for excavation; project analysis and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. James Trott.

At the request of Salt River Project, the Museum of Northern Arizona has prepared a proposal and cost estimate for Phase III investigations along the proposed Salt River Project Coronado Generating Station Coal Haul Railroad. These Phase III investigations will consist of an impact mitigation program designed to recover that portion of the archaeological manifestations located within the right-of-way of the proposed Coal Haul Railroad. A total of 47 archaeological sites are recorded within the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. James Trott. Gale M. McPherson.

During the months of April and May, 1976, Salt River Project requested that the Museum of Northern Arizona inspect a number of test pit and bore hole locations along the proposed Coronado Generating Station Coal Haul Railroad. Proposed test locations were examined along three alternative alignments, Realignment 1, Realignment 2, and the Western Alignment. A total of 19 archaeological sites were found during these investigations. Based on the data collected during this time, numerical evaluations...

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. James Trott.

At the request of Salt River Project, an evaluation of Realignments 1 and 2 of the proposed D-2 alignment of the Coronado Generating Station Coal Haul Railroad has been prepared. Archaeological investigations of both realignments were conducted on two occasions. On April 13, 1976, an aerial reconnaissance of the realignments was conducted and on May 3-7, 1976, the proposed locations of 24 bore holes and 19 test pits, located along the realignment were surveyed. Based on information collected...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark B. Sant.

In September 1977, at the request of Salt River Project (SRP), an archaeological clearance investigation of three sub-ballast borrow areas along the SRP-Coronado Railroad Line, was conducted by the Museum of Northern Arizona. During the course of investigations 12 archaeological sites were recorded. A brief description of the investigations, the project area, and archaeological sitaution encountered is given. In addition, as a consequence of the preliminary results of the survey, archaeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text A. Stanley Granger.

Between July 10 and July 15, 1977, 3.88 miles of right-of-way expansion was surveyed along the Coronado Generating Station Coal Haul Railroad approximately 18 miles north of St. Johns, Arizona. One prehistoric site was found, a large sherd and lithic scatter of the Cibola Anasazi culture. It is recommended that the portion of the site within the expanded right-of-way be mapped and recorded.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Neal Lopinot. Hugh C. Cutler.

A large collection of plant materials from various sites excavated along the Navajo Power Project Coal Haul Railroad was studied over a period of two years by Neal Lopinot. Most of the collections were examined before he left the St. Louis region to continue his graduate studies. Summaries of his data and comparisons with materials from other sites have been prepared by Hugh Cutler. The file includes related correspondence.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bill J. Gossett.

On December 17-18, 1976, at the request of the Salt River Project, the Museum of Northern Arizona conducted an archaeological survey of the proposed Coal Haul Railroad Wye and an area selected as a Repair and Welding Workshop, both areas on private land. The area was surveyed from west to east beginning at surveyors stake No. 1, to a point 150 meters east and parallel to the railroad right-of-way base line. The area chosen as a repair and welding workshop includes an 800 ft. x 3000 ft. tract of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David H. Greenwald.

Early settlement of the Cottonwood Seep Site consisted of small, informal pit structures and large jacal surface structures that were used on a seasonal basis for a period from approximately A.D. 500 until about A.D. 800. This paper examines the structure and organization of the Basketmaker III settlement, focusing on group organization, site function, resource availability, and environmental considerations. Unlike many of the surrounding Basketmaker III field house sites, the Cottonwood Seep...