Ellis Mine Shaft Traditional Cache
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Somewhere near the cache site the Union Coal Company Mine sank a
shaft of 168 feet deep in the early 1900s. It was a good mine with
a five foot seam of coal, and there were as many as 75 men on the
payroll at times. The mine was leased to the Ellises in 1916 - to
be known as the Ellis Coal Mine. When the shaft was first sunk
Henry Schneider was the first man in and when it finally closed he
was the last man out! (Information taken from "As the years go
by...", page 348-350)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Va gur zvar funsg bs pbhefr!