Dance Hall Hill Mystery Cache
Mooch and Earl: Archived, Although eight brand new caches will be placed in Oil Creek State Park soon!
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This cache was placed with permission from Oil Creek State Park!
The above cords are for parking. Once you read the description and answer the questions you will have the cords that take you to Dance Hall Hill and the cache.
This cache is located in Oil Creek State Park. From the parking area - Hog Back Hill stands to your right. Behind Hog back Hill lies Wildcat Hollow, one of the many productive fields in the early oil era.
According to tradition, a speculator risked his luck by drilling in this narrow valley shot a wildcat, had it stuffed and set it atop his derrick. The mounted cat gave its name to the hollow. Because the area was largely untested and somewhat away from the Oil Creek flats, the term Wildcatter was coined, describing a person who risked drilling in unproven territory. Many Wildcat Hollow wells had imaginative names. The Yankee Well flowed on a cycle of 7 minutes ON and 20 minutes OFF. The Sunday well refused to flow on weekdays. Titusville millionaire George K. Anderson named 4 of his wells the Swamp Angel Wells, nickname of a large piece of military hardware used before the civil war. Along with the wells were refineries, boarding houses, and a few homes. A fine Dance Hall located on the top of Hogback Hill survived until after WWII. Today Wildcat Hollow serves as an environmental and historical study area with trails and teaching stations for public and school use.
1- The amount of minutes the Yankee Well flowed ON plus 1=F
2- The amount of minutes the Yankee Well flowed OFF minus 4= D & E
3- How many wells did the Titusville millionaire name the Swamp Angel? That number + 5 = B
4- The number of cats that were set upon a derrick = C
5- The number of stray dogs that were shot to originally put on top a derrick = A
41 31 ABC 79 41 DEF
First finder prize is a clothe bag from Drake Well Museum and other oil related items have been added to the cache.
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