Scotia Mines Multi-Cache
TheGeoSleuth: I am archiving this cache to make room for my "Visit Center County" Geo Tour cache.
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This is a 4 part multi-cache. The final container is a film canister that only has room for the log. So bring
your own pencil. It is on State Game Land so remember to wear fluorescent orange during hunting season.
Aside from its exceptional natural components, the Scotia Barrens offers a link to the region's iron-mining history. As early as 1790, area settlers realized that the Barrens was a rich source of raw material for the iron furnaces that soon dotted the central Pennsylvania landscape. In 1881, Pittsburg industrialist Andrew Carnegie bought 400 acres from Centre Furnace ironmaster Moses Thompson and named his new company town Scotia, after his homeland of Scotland. A bustling company town sprang up, along with large open-pit mines, ore processing facilities, railroad service, and all the necessities of village life. Today the few remnants of the town of Scotia and its ore-mining past are preserved within the Barrens. This cache is located near some of these remnants.
Scotia Mines ore pit:
Scotia Mines remnant covered with graffiti:
The given coordinates will take you to an historical sign. You will need information from the sign to get the next set of coordinates.
A = 276 + the number of letters and numbers in the first sentence.
B = 720 + the number of letters in the second sentence.
Stage 2 coordinates: N 40° 48.A W 077° 56.B.
Please help clean up the trash scattered about this area!
Note: Some of you may have to be creative to retrieve the cache container.
I listed the terrain as a 2.5, but if you find the right trails you can get to the cache without any climbing!
***congratulations to the carels for their FTF***
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Fgntr 2: Lryybj ba lbhe yrsg nsgre lbh ragre gur genvy.
Treasures
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