When in Carlisle? The Copper Mine 1840 - 1850 Mystery Cache
When in Carlisle? The Copper Mine 1840 - 1850
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The Carlisle copper mine was located in the southerly part of the
town, about one mile from the center. Henry N. Hooper & Company
of Boston, church bell founders, was in charge of the work which
was carried on intermittently for a period of ten years from 1840.
A shaft was sunk to the depth of about XXX feet, being the
same depth as the height of Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown.
The ore was hauled to Boston for smelting by ox teams which proved
so expensive that Hooper & Company who were the leading church
bell founders and casters in the country at the time, decided to
erect a smelter of their own on the property, but as the fumes from
the smelter would injure vegetation it became necessary for the
company to purchase the adjoining farms in order to relieve them
from liability of paying damages. This they were unable to do
because of the excessive price charged by the owners of the land
and the idea was abandoned.
Quite a little village sprang up in connection with the mining
operations. There were four miners’ dwellings, a shaft house,
blacksmith shop, cookhouse, barn and other buildings. The result of
working the mine was fairly satisfactory, and probably furnished
the company with the copper used in connection with the bell
founding and possibly more but the industry was abandoned in 1849
upon the discovery of the Lake Superior copper mines in
Michigan.
The above coordinates will lead you to the parking area.
42 32.579 - [XXX Depth of mine] = 42 32. ____
71 20.146 + [XXX Depth of copper mine] = 71 20. ____
A little googling and math will be
required to derive the final coordinates of this mystery
cache. ;-)
Coordinates and street address to the actual Copper
Mine are written on the underside of the container lid. You’ll find
it to be the home of the Carlisle Historical Society.
Container is a small lock-&-lock container wrapped in camo
tape. Good Luck!
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