In the late 1800 and early 1900s miners searched the mountains in southwest Oklahoma for precious metals. All that’s left to show for the efforts are several abandoned mines and remnants of old mining machines.
This virtual cache is one of those abandoned mines located between Lincoln and Elk mountains in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge.
You will likely see a few deer, longhorn, turkey and/or buffalo on the hike to this abandoned mine depending on which trailhead you start from. The deer and turkey will run from you. The longhorn and buffalo can be dangerous so give them plenty of space and wait for them to move off the trail or hike around them.
Look on the ledge above the mine to the east (left as you are facing the mine) to find the number and type of fasteners embedded. To claim this cache email BootsWalker with the correct answers.