McIntyre Cemetery Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 8/26/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Look for the big wooden cross along the road. Parking is available here and the short trail to the cemetery can be accessed here. Cache is a Small camo'd tuppeware container. Small trade items and log. Bring your own pen/cil. It's hard to imagine while standing on the road before heading up the trail to the cemetery, that this whole area was once a thriving mining community of nearly 2000. Just east of the cemetery ran north/south streets- Langdon,Bark,Centre and Bush. There were 2 East/West streets- Carbon and Redfield. At it's peak between 1870-1876 there were 300 houses, a store, church school,office, boot and shoe shop,public hall and a saw mill. A spring fed water pipes and hydrants. In 1873, the mining operations biggest year, nearly 213,000 tons of coal was extracted. I will be posting some maps of the area that shows the town layout and another rough drawing of the mining operation. I also have a map of the cemetery with a listing of the people buried there. This was compiled in 1978 as a Y.C.C project. There are many tidbits of information about this area that I will post. I am extremely interested in any information that cachers may have on the area. Post any memories that you may have of the area.

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