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I I 29 line abreast and in parallel, the members of the team maintaining an interval of 30 meters in order to obtain systematic general coverage of this portion of the proposed project area. The team inspected the surface of the ground to the extent permitted by vegetation and agricultural conditions. The team inspected exposed earth along service roads and between the rows of trees. The entire area was subjected to general inspection, with entirely negative results (Figures 5-10) . The southeast segment (in S-7) was accessed from Bird Road at the point where the road passes into 5-12 , near the S 1/16 S- 12/7. At this point Bird Road is barred by a locked gate. The survey team conducted a series of parallel transects from the Bird Road gate east to Interstate 5, thence back and forth using an intensive survey pattern (5-15 meter person-intervals) across the Hospital Creek floodplain to the elevated secondary terrace . that forms the south side of the project segment. Survey was extended to include the immediate edge of the upper, tabular surface of the secondary terrace; in view of the fact that comparable locations frequently exhibit archaeological remains. However, nothing was found on. the secondary terrace. The only cultural remains of interest discovered anywhere on the proposed project area occur in the southwest segment, . on the I� floodplain of Hospital Creek. These are the remains of a gravel extraction plant. Gravel removal and processing is evidenced by concrete platforms or pads, interpreted as the footings or base- mounts of gravel processing machinery, long since removed. The structural remains and associated debris was recorded by the ! survey team. 5; REPORT OF FINDINGS Results of the Cultural Resources Investigations The relevant background literature, including the files of the Office of Historic Preservation California Historical Resources Information System, Central California Information Center, the National Register of Historic Places (1990 and updates) , the California Historical Landmarks (1990) , the California Inventory of Historic Resources (1976) , and other pertinent cultural resource files were consulted prior to and during the course of direct field inspection of the proposed ! project area. Examination of these files and the archaeological literature, including Schenck and Dawson (1929) and other