Mt Carmel - Shafts

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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.

Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

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)

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

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October 20 by rodnjoan (779 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 [view this log] View of the shaft from close to the cache

August 8 by slowveld (53 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. [view this log]

February 14 by Abazingeli (72 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! [view this log]

November 22, 2008 by MRM1 (45 found) Almost Had a bat drag me away. But missed me by Inches SL TFTC [view this log]

November 22, 2008 by series land rover (388 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 [view this log]

Current time: 11/22/2009 4:06:27 AM
Last Updated: 10/27/2009 9:11:12 PM
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