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HOSMER COKE OVENS Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 9/13/2008
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The ovens are right along the road and very easy to walk into.

There is alot of history in this area which many people have forgotten about. These old Beehive coke ovens are some of that missing history.As a person who had a chance to work at the old coke ovens in Michel I can appreciate what those old miners went through to fill and level the slack coal in those old beehive ovens in Hosmer and then have to clean the coked coal out after.
The first shipment of coke rolled from Hosmer on December 19,1908 aand operations ceased on July 3rd 1914 due to sever cost overruns and bad coal.
The slack coal or powdered coal from the mine was dumped into a seven ton lorry which a dinky loco would push out on tracks laid on top of 240,12 foot diameter,7 feet high
"Beehive"coking ovens that were built in two batteries flanking a subsiding. While in full production the ovens would cook 470 tons of coal to produce 300 tons of coke each day. These old ovens are in remarkably good shape and are a definate must see before they are gone forever.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vg'f abg va nal bs gur biraf

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)