It's the pits! Multi-Cache
Hidden : 1/21/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Short walk around the site of the former Shireoaks colliery

Cache is not located at the above co-ords but are a good place to park!

Situated in Nottinghamshire Shireoaks colliery was administered by NCB South Yorkshire area. The colliery was sunk in 1856 and in 1954 it became the first in Yorkshire to use a Trepanner cutting machine for use in the Clowne seam. In 1964 the colliery occupied first place in the productivity league. Annual output was 450,000 tonnes per year. The colliery employed 600 men and worked 3 fully mechanised faces.

This is a short multi and should take less than 1 hour. The cache container is only suitable for small swaps.



S1 STAGE1 N 53° 19.338 W 001° 09.753

Monument for the capping of shaft #1 of Shireoaks colliery.

A = reverse of the first year on plaque
B = shaft depth (whole metres) - 45
C = month capped + 1
D = day abandoned + (2 X depth to cap)

Stage 2 is at N53.A.B W001.C.7D


S2 STAGE2 N53.A.B W001.C.7D

2 Monuments capping the Old Iron Stone shafts of the Shireoaks colliery.

E = Depth to cap (cm) - (Day capped + 2) from South shaft
F = 839 - North shaft ref #

Cache is at N53.19.E W001.09.F

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Obyr bs zhygv gehaxrq gerr nobhg 20 zrgerf sebz cngu. Ghea njnl sebz gur envyjnl vagb gur gerrf arne gur ynetr zhygvgehaxrq gerr ng gur fvqr bs gur envyjnl.

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)


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