An Amazing Mercur "Quiet" place Multi-Cache
An Amazing Mercur "Quiet" place
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2 part cache...
First stage is by the large rock...at posted cords
Second and final stage is a decon container...just outside the cemetery...
FINAL CONTAINER IS NOT ACTUALLY IN THE CEMETERY ... IT IS IN AN OUTSIDE TREE.
*****CONGRATULATIONS TO FAMILY CIRCUS FOR FTF*****
This is an amazing place...I was so taken with this "quiet" place I wanted to share...
A bit of History about Mercur
Mercur, formerly called Lewiston, was a town that refused to die. During the 1860s, a few hardy prospectors eked out an existence by mining in Lewiston Canyon. Results were meager. The thought was if there were a few good nuggets here and there, there must more and better deposits somewhere in the canyon. Persistence paid off as good deposits were found. Gradually, as the word spread, miners came to town to work the silver mines and soon a real boom developed. When the boom died in 1880, Lewiston died with it. Now came a rebirth. A lone prospector came to the deserted town looking for a deposit of gold. What he discovered was evidence of quicksilver, a vein of cinnabar. He named his claim by his word for mercury, Mercur. Assayed, the ore showed a good content of gold worth more than the mercury. Efforts to get the gold out of the rock proved to too expensive. The town, now named Mercur, died once again. Next came a group of men with financial resources dedicated to finding a way to extract the gold from the rock. They succeeded and Mercur rose again to be a boomtown. During the early part of 1896, a fire nearly destroyed the entire town. Mercur was soon rebuilt and was again destroyed by fire in 1902. Again rebuilt, the current boom lasted until 1913 when deposits seemed to be failing. By 1925, Mercur was once again a ghost town. However, in 1934 a side canyon called Horse Thief Gulch was found to be rich in gold and in two years Mercur had risen again to become the second gold producing town in Utah. The end finally came in 1951 when the cost of mining exceeded the value of gold. Could it happen again?
In 1983 the Getty Oil Company reopened the Mercur area. The Amercian Barrick Resources Corp the current owner expected to mine 25-30 years. Newera process made it profitable to go through the old tailings and recover even more metal. A few years ago the last truckload of ore left the valley. Although the mining has stopped they are working the area to "reclaim" the land and replant with natural vegitation. There is no access to any of the settlement today.
On the road to Mercur there is a wonderful "Quiet" place...well worth the short trek to get there.
On a hill far away, stood an old wooden cross. Among this small resting place you can feel the life that was once in this valley. It is a place to ponder.
The first stage of this cache is near the road. If you are unable to venture to the actual cemetery, or can not find the first leg...you are able to log this cache if you send an e-mail and tell me what is on the bottom right had corner of the sign, near the road... 1st stage is near that sign, if you are not able to make it up the trail, send me an e-mail with the info on the sign.
The cords to the final cache is written on the log in the container.
The final cache container is a decon hanging in a tree just OUTSIDE the edge of the cemetery.
Please be respectful of those who have gone before.
*****There is a FTF unactivated Remember Our Fallen coin, prize in the final cache container. If you are the lucky cacher to find it first!*****
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Gur svany pbeqf ner jevggra va gur pbagnvare ng gur bevtvany cbfgrq pbeqf...(ba gur tebhaq)
Svany pbagnvare qrpba UNATVAT.