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The Blind Miner Rides Again! Multi-Cache

Hidden : 5/14/2006
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This an EASY 2-step multicache trip to a traditional ammo box. The theme is Big Cottonwood geology and mining history. You will get 2 numbers at the Blind Miner’s stop that will let you go on to the cache itself. Reminder: Dogs are not allowed in the Big Cottonwood watershed.

Note: The mine property at the first stop is gated and posted. Trespassing is forbidden (otherwise I would have put a magnetic micro there!). The mine adit ( N 40 38.532, W 111 40.588) can be seen and photographed from the public parking area.

The coordinates of the cache (second stop) are:

N 40 3X.026 where X is the second number of the year the miner died,

and;

W 111 3Y.Y93 where Y is the second number of his birth year.

The cache is a short hike up from the parking area. Please re-hide the ammo box well.

(Optional) While you are in the canyon you may want to visit these other markers to learn more about the geology there:

  • N 40 37.327 W 111. 45.043;
  • N 40 37.490 W 111. 44.573;
  • N 40 38.614 W 111. 40.504;
  • N 40 38.585 W 111. 40.549;
  • N 40 38.983 W 111. 38.884

To learn more about the Wasatch Fault you may also want to look at : http://www.wiley.com/college/geocases/cases/case1/images/tour_1/tour_1.html

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gurer'f n qvegl ybjqbja gevpx whfg 297 srrg abegu bs "Jurer gur Tynpvref Zrrg". ;-)

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)