GC1WV0C Hickleton Main Colliery (Traditional Cache) in Yorkshire, United Kingdom created by scott.skirrow

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A cache by scott.skirrow Message this owner

Hidden : 8/4/2009

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Easy terrain, mostly on tarmac, except last 10 meters. Small grassed bank to descend. Cache is a small tuppaware container covered in black ducktape.

I am new to Geocaching and this is the first cache i have hid. I wanted to do a series of caches with some connected local interest and something to celebrate South Yorkshires heritage. There was only one thing i had in mind..

The Pits.

The local mines in the area are something that has been a part of most peoples lives who live around the area and all my family are from a mining background.

So i am going to do a series of caches at pit sites around South Yorkshire to celebrate the people who worked and died in these mines.

The Plan is to hide the caches as close as possible to the site of the original mine shaft.

So this is my first and keep an eye out for others i will be posting over the forthcoming months.

This one is hid close to the shaft of Hickleton Main.

Despite its name, this pit is actually located in Thurnscoe.
Thurnscoe is one of the many former mining villages in the Yorkshire coalfield and like so many others, was stricken by poverty when the British coal mining industry collapsed in the late '80s. The mining began in the early 18th century from small surface mines but exploded when Hickleton Main Colliery found the Barnsley seam in 1894. Almost the entire of the village east of the railway was built to accomodate the coal miners, including the Church of St. Hilda in 1935. The colliery was merged with Goldthorpe in 1986 before that too was closed in 1994.

The site now has been landscaped in to Phoenix Park and in 1996 a memorial was placed on the junction of The Windings to remember all the miners and their families who suffered hardship and grief in their pursuit of coal from this mine.

View the web page link for pictures of how this colliery used to look before it was demolished.

Legal notice: When looking for this cache, do not go into the fenced off area which contains the original mine shaft. It is a private colliery site and you will be trespassing, It is also dangerous, there is warning signs up.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs unjgubear ohfu

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)