Clark County Centennial Techatticup Mine Cache Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 3/18/2009
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The geocache is near the Museum and check in place for touring the mine. Please do this one during daylight hours. Please respect all the antique things. It is a great tour. Here is the web site with more info. http://www.eldoradocanyonminetours.com/

Clark County, Nevada is celebrating their centennial birthday this year. As part of the celebration some Geocaches (ten all together) were placed at historic places in Clark County. We hope you appreciate learning about the great history of our great county. Please visit the special website for more information about yearlong events plus a list of all ten caches. (visit link)

TECHATTICUP MINE, ELDORADO CANYON
Perhaps the oldest mine in Eldorado Canyon, the Techatticup has been worked on and off since the early 1860s. Its name is a corruption of the Paiute words for food and hungry. It is a hard rock mine, and was the largest employer and producer of gold for many years during the 1860s to the 1880s.

Worked again during the twentieth century, the Techatticup was closed during World War II when any non-strategic mines, including gold mines, were closed by the US government. It is the oldest patented mine in the state of Nevada, and is operated today as a historic tourist site by the Werly family, the current owners, who reopened the mine in the 1990s.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

oruvaq 6 sg uvtu obhyqre

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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