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Traditional CacheMt Carmel - Shafts

A cache by Gps Storm     Hidden: 7/22/2006

Size: Size: Micro (Micro)     Difficulty: 1 out of 5     Terrain: 1.5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)


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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.??? 
In Mpumalanga, South Africa

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This is one of a series of caches hidden in the Mt Carmel Conservancy.
Take the Rosehaugh turnoff in the vicinity of the Crocodile Country Inn - Nelspruit. The dirt road will lead you to the Mt Carmel Conservancy. The co-ords are taken from the road next to where the cache is hidden.

If you look alongside the road as you drive along, you will see a series of mine shafts from days gone by.

The cache is hidden at the biggest of all these mine shafts - we have not explored inside the mine shaft as it seems old and fragile inside (dangerous)- therefor the cache is hidden right at the entrance to the shaft. What is really interesting is seeing the supports they used to prevent the walls from collapsing.

Have a look at the listing for Mt Carmel - Broken but not Beaten for the interesting story leading up to this cache hide.

 


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

Uvqqra oruvaq n ebbg tebjvat nybat gur jnyy bs gur funsg.(Decrypted Hints)

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 October 20, 2009 by rodnjoan (846 found)
Our # 735, found @ 14h15. Wow! We had no idea about the conservancy and definitely did not know about the mining that appears to have taken place in the past. A nice easy find once we found our way to the access point. We saw no sign of the bats mentioned in previous logs.
TNLNSL
TFTC
Regards
rodnjoan

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Photo View of the shaft from close to the cache

 August 8, 2009 by slowveld (60 found)
We had SUCH a laugh here. Were searching meters away and never saw the mine shaft. I've never been at a mine shaft before - so funny when we actually found the right spot.
Thanks for the cache. It was fun.

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 February 14, 2009 by Abazingeli (80 found)
Sorry about the delayed log entry....

Found the cache just before sunset, so had to drag some hunters into the dark shaft :-) Lots of bats around, even caught one in a photo!!
TNLNSL - thanks, very interesting!

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 November 22, 2008 by MRM1 (45 found)
Almost Had a bat drag me away. But missed me by Inches

SL
TFTC

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 November 22, 2008 by series land rover (393 found)
Got fright when a bat had flown over MRM1 head at close range.
Yes defenatly an adit wither gold or not i'm not sure.
will how ever consult with a geologist colleage to find out the geological structure of the area.

SN TFTC

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Last Updated: 10/27/2009 2:11:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time (9:11 PM GMT)
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