Giant Powder Company Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 9/13/2009
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Pt. Pinole is the last site of the Giant Powder Company, the first company in America to produce dynamite. Following devestating explosions at their San Francisco and Berkeley sites, the business moved to this location in the late 1800s. Incorporating the established Croation community of Sobrento, the company town of Giant quickly grew into one of the North Bay's industrial centers. Explosives were produced here until the mid twentieth century and were essential to mining, dam building, and other construction projects throughout the Western Hemishpere.

The cache is not at the posted coordinates.


However, there is a historical information sign at those coords. You will need the information from this sign to figure out the location of the final teeny micro hidden away in the debris of the Giant Powder Company.

The cache is located at:


N38 00.ABC W122 22.DEF


Where:

A = Giant Powder's Land: 227 A05.45

B = The map year: 19B8

C = Their other piece of land: 40C.84

D = The manufacturing ceased: 196D

E = The mother load years: 187E-189E

F = The factory operated for nearly 8Fyears

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

purpxfhz bs fvk qvtvgf vf gjryir, pnpur ybpngvba: gbc bs evqtr

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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