LEITH Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 5/10/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A 2" BLACK PLASTIC CONTAINER

THE POWER HOUSE AND TIPPLE C.1880




THIS MINE AND COKE WORKS WERE OWNED BY (ca.1880-1889), CHICAGO & CONNELLSVILLE COKE COMPANY, (ca.1889-1942), H.C. FRICK COKE COMPANY, IN 1928 THEY HAD OVER 300 OVENS IN OPERATION AND PRODUCE 750 TONS OF COKE A DAY. THE MINE ITSELF WAS 280 FEET DEEP AND WAS A 7.4 FOOT SEAM OF COAL. THE OUTPUT OF THE MINE WAS AROUND 2000 TONS A DAY, ALL OF WHICH WAS USED TO PRODUCE COKE FOR THE JOLIET STEEL COMPANY IN ILLINOIS AND PRODUCTION PEAKED IN 1903 AT 120,000 TONS A YEAR. THE TOWN ITSELF IS NAMED FOR ALEXANDER FORBES-LEITH THE SON OF A SCOTISH ADMIRAL WHO WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO MARRY MARIE LOUISE JANUARY THE DAUGHTER OF THE DIRECTOR OF AN ILLINOIS STEEL MILL. HE WORKED HIS WAY UP TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF JOLIET STEEL WHICH LATER BECAME ILLINOIS STEEL, EVENTUALLY BECOMING UNITED STATES STEEL!! IN THE "PATCH" THERE ARE TWO LARGE BUILDINGS AT THE REFERENCED WAYPOINTS THAT WERE THE ORIGINAL STORE, N 39º 53.358 W 79º 43.270 AND SCHOOL HOUSE, N39º 53.232 W 079º 43.214 THE SCHOOL IS NOW USED AS A DANCE STUDIO. AT THE STORE IS AN INTERESTING DEVICE STILL MOSTLY INTACT.. TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS FOR. MANY OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSES REMAIN IN USE TODAY AS THE MINE FINALLY CEASED PRODUCTION IN 1930'S.MORE INFO ABOUT THIS AND OTHER MINES IN THE AREA CAN BE HAD AT THE COAL AND COKE CENTER AT THE EBERLY CAMPUS OF PENN STATE AND AT THIER WEBSITE: http://www2.fe.psu.edu/coalandcoke/ ALSO SOME INFO CAN BE FOUND AT HERE: http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.ancestry.com/fayleith.html

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre onq oblf kznf cerfrag

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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