ADOPT ME! Black sand (Glenbrook, Auckland) Traditional Cache
Hidden : 9/8/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A cache near the local steel mill look out.

We need your help!
If you are local to the Glenbrook or Waiuku areas, we would love it if you could adopt this cache. This means you'll take full responsibility for it as if it is your own.
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The steel mill is the country’s sole producer of flat rolled steel products for the building, construction, manufacturing and agricultural industries. They use locally sourced ironsand to produce around 650,000 tonnes of steel a year. About 60% of the steel output is exported. The story of steel mill is as much the story of the 'black sands' of the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. First noted by Captain James Cook in 1769, these ironsand deposits were long recognised as a rich reserve of metal ore. The ironsand (titanomagnetite) was formed through the breakdown of rocks originating from volcanic activity in Taranaki 2.5 million years ago. Over time, the heavy, dark sands were transported by ocean currents and deposited on beaches, forming dunes of up to 90 metres. Early European settlers to the west coast were intrigued by the sands' magnetic qualities. But experiments to smelt the iron from the ironsand met with little success. It wasn’t until the 1950s, with both the local economy and steel demand growing, that serious consideration was given to utilising this valuable resource in a home grown steel industry. At about the same time, new technologies were evolving overseas that made possible the use of ironsand in steelmaking. The cache is a pill container and contains a log sheet. Please bring your one pen (black if you have one). There is a Geocoin and a travelbug for the FTF. Pictures are welcome.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Orgjrra gerr oenapurf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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