Abstract
During the last several years, intensified mining of low grade ore deposits in the American West has created an explosion of CRM-related archaeological research. The evaluation of historic mining sites, however, has been plagued with a number of problems. Perhaps the most important is the lack of a coherent research design for assessing significance under National Register criterion (d). Other problem areas are related to scale, inventory, integrity, the lack of a comparative data base, and mining landscapes.
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Hardesty, D.L. Evaluating site significance in historical mining districts. Hist Arch 24, 42–51 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03374128
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