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Standish Mines - Gidlow Pit Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 2/23/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A walk around the sites of some of the many pits that operated in
the Standish area.

This cache is placed near the site of Gidlow Pit. Gidlow consisted of 2 shafts sunk by Kirkless Hall Coal and Iron Company in the 1850's. The shafts were around 330yds and 400yds deep . A new mineral railway was constucted to support the mine.

This is one of a series of caches placed in an area that in the late 1800's was covered with mine workings, pit shafts and railways.
Some of the paths follow the line of the railways serving the old pits.

As you walk to the cache and around the series look out for the many remnants of the mine workings.

Please take care around the old buildings and workings.

Please replace carefully as found.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va gur tnc orgjrra gjb ynetr fynof bs pbapergr. Qvt qrrc haqre bar bs gurz. Oruvaq Zbff pbirerq oevpx.

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)