Star St(r)uck - Rosedale Mystery Cache
van der Decken: It's had a good run, but every run eventually ends. And it's time for this one to go.
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The cache is not located at the posted coordinates however a visit to it might give you an ‘arty’fact clue as to how to solve the puzzle. An automobile is probably a good way to go but the road(s) are dusty when dry and very slick when wet. Welcome to the Badlands of Alberta.
Many moons ago, in an attempt to rejuvenate the coal industry in “The Valley”, there was some geological surveying undertaken to determine the extent of the coal deposits around Rosedale. A consortium of Star Mines, Atlas Mine and Murray Collieries agreed to fund the operation. Star Mines was to fund 8 test holes and the Atlas and Murray one each.
The surveyors were assigned the task of drilling ten holes (no more and no less) to get core samples of the underlying ground. Their mandate was to have five (no more and no less) straight rows of holes with four (no more and no less) test holes in each row. Unfortunately, some of paperwork was misplace and the locations of some of the test holes went missing but it is known that they drilled some high, they drilled some low, and they drilled some in between. (Story is fictional) Now here’s where it gets interesting. It is rumored that one of the far sighted drill crews left a cache behind. How could they have known about this phenomenon called geocaching? Could this be? You bet your sweet bippy in could!
Your task is to figure out where those missing test holes were probably drilled and which ONE might have the cache.
The coordinates for the test holes they managed to complete were located at:
A. N51º 25.176 W112º 36.936
B. N51º 25.176 W112º 36.043
C. N51º 24.803 W112º 37.192
D. N51º 24.833 W112º 35.872
E. N51º 24.141 W112º 37.646
F. N51º 24.551 W112º 36.595
G. Missing
H. Atlas Test Hole - missing but may be found soon
I. Murray Test Hole (the micro coordinates) - As per Atlas
JJJ. Test hole #10 Woohoo! The final cache is here!
There is no need to visit the waypoints to solve this puzzle!
One other piece of evidence showed up in an old file folder. See the photo below. It may or may not help you locate the final cache.
You will likely come up with 4 sets of “good” looking coordinates BUT to set you on the right road, er, track, that same rumor has it that the one with the highest elevation/altitude will be the correct one. Another part of the rumor about this cache, is that it has some incomplete directions in it to yet another cache that was placed at an unsanctioned and unfunded test hole. Could this be the “Finale! Finally!” cache?
Bring your camera. A laptop with mapping programs or topographic sheets of the area would be a great asset to have as you will have to make some projections to derive the final coordinates. Be aware that there will likely be a certain degree of inaccuracy in your final coordinates, so expanding your search area is probably a must. I hope you will be "Star Struck" and not "Star Stuck".
The cache is a small LnL containing logbook, pencils, and sharpener. Please re-hide the cache carefully so that it is not visible to non-geocaching folks.
So how does that go again? - 10 test holes, five straight rows of holes, 4 holes in each row.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Svany pnpur: jvguva n zrger bs benatr synttvat