Blue Hawk Mine Cache Traditional Cache
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This cache is located a short distance down hill from the entrance to Blue Hawk Mine.
Blue Hawk mine is located on the East slope of Blue Grouse Mountain on the West side of Okanagan Lake. The mine shaft is approximately 90 metres long. It's now inactive, but at one time 5 metric tonnes of ore was mined yielding 560 grams of silver and 156 grams of gold.
If you want to check out the mine make sure you bring a good flashlight. You may also need some good waterproof shoes or boots. There's normally quite a bit of water pooled at the entrance. The rest of the mine is relatively dry. The mine contains many undisturbed geological formations.
In addition to the mine, the cache location has a pretty good view of Okanagan Lake and the surrounding mountains. Muggles shouldn't be too big a problem way out here, but please hide the cache well after you find it.
Some of the roads in the area are well maintained. Some sections of the road are rough, and washed out, but with careful driving you should be able to drive almost all the way to the cache.
Additional Hints
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Haqre ebpxf, abegu bs n ovt gerr.