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David klintmeibach Ianuary 25, 2009 <br /> 2970 LaBore Road <br /> Little Canada, Minnesota <br /> 55117 <br /> Re: Granite Boulder <br /> Dear Mr. Hintmelbach: <br /> Thank ycu for allowing me to inspect the boulder on your property located at <br /> 2970 LaBore Road, Little Canada. As a member of the Lipper Midwest Rock Art <br /> Research Association, I appreciate the opportunity to evaluate possible sites that could <br /> either have rock art still existing on the surfaoe of a boulder, or that may have had <br /> historical significance. <br /> I am writing this report to descrt`be my observations. The boulder appears to be a <br /> weathered red granite glacial erratic with an east and west oriented quartz vein, There <br /> appears to be a reddish dot on the top surface of the boulder, possibly iron or rust. The <br /> boulder is approximately 32 inches long; north to south; about 26 inches wide, east to <br /> west; and about 25 inches at its highest point. It is quite flat on its west side, perhaps the <br /> result of Erosion while being moved or dragged by a glacial ice sheet. Titers was some <br /> question if it had been pounded by a stone on its north side at some time in the past, but <br /> this could also have been a resnlt of natural processes. There appeared to be an area of <br /> feldspar in the boulder. <br /> No lichen remauts in the shape of residual rock ari were observed, and I saw no <br /> obvious rock art or carvings on the boulder. As I mentioned, at the Herschell site in <br /> Canada, artifacts and pahtt had been preserved below the level of the soil on the surface of <br /> a boulder with carvings. There was no history of prior excavations, and no excavation was <br /> performed during my ttvo visits to your property in December, 2008, at a time when snow <br /> was covering the ground. <br /> The boulder did not appear to have any obvious signs of having been moved by a <br /> bobcat or other heavy equipment. You indicated that, to your knowledge, it had never <br /> been moved from. its present location south of your house, below a ridge, in an area of <br /> water seepage, and near two old willows. Your personal krnowledge of the boulder's <br /> location extends bank to 1951. As you indicated, the many boulders at the entrance area <br /> of your former neighbor's driveway were moved there by him with his bobcat and he <br /> pushed debris ofL'the ridge onto your property. <br /> It seems possible that at some paint in the distant past the boulder conrld have been <br /> up on the ridge of your former neighbor's land. At present it is in an area you described as <br /> one with a spring water seep, and clay and sandstone bedrock. The area you believed was <br /> geologically part of the I~iingsley-Hayden Complex. <br /> The boulder is oae that could be sat' upon but probably could not be slept upon. It <br /> is below a ridge that has a view of L'iervais and Kolrimau Lake. It is on the west side of a <br /> <br /> pondrrt a natural water seepage. There are deer, pheasant, wild turkey, and other small. <br /> animals all over the area, and this boulder could have been near a wildlife trail in the past <br /> ?getween the ridge and pond. <br /> s <br /> <br />