Sometimes Older Is Better Traditional Geocache

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240 Jordy: Well it would appear that someone has moved into the main house and has even had electrical power installed. I've been told that Young-life still owns or leases the property, and there have never been "Private Property" signs set up.

Unfortunately due to this person occupying the building and blocking trail access to other caches, I will need to Archive this cache and one other.

A few more caches that could be access from this location are still accessible via the "Donkey Trail" I will leave those active.

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Hidden : 6/14/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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You will either need to hike up from Hedley through the Power Lines or Donkey Trail route, or hike from the Hedley Nickleplate mine road, or have a vehicle capable of getting you in here.

(Paterson, 1981, pp. 44-55)In 1939 the nickel Plate returned to full production and Hedley was visited by tragedy when a thaw loosened slab of Stemwinder Mountain plunged 1,000 feet to the outskirts of Hedley Mascot Town site and struck two blocks of houses. Two persons were killed, and 23 persons escaped injury in the slide which destroyed or damaged nine homes. “I’ve lived here since 1907” said Scottish born resident Neil McLeod, “and I’ve seen mony a bit of rock come down; but no the like o’this” “I was sleeping lightly. It was a roar like thunder, louder and louder. I got up. “I saw it hit like a bullet and whizz past me. There was a flash and spray of splinters from Strand’s house (Where Peter Strand 52 and his housekeeper Mrs. Johanna Green, 53, were crushed in their beds)

A policeman upon viewing the carnage caused by boulders ranging up to 200 tons apiece, declared that it was a miracle that the death toll had not been higher. R.H. Stewart, managing director of the Hedley Mascot Company, announced that surviving houses in the danger zone would be moved, and the provincial government offered free building lots to the 15 families affected. The mines continued in operation (despite a devastating fire in the upper works of the mill in 1940 and a serious threat of flooding to Hedley in 1948) until 1954, when it became apparent that the maverick Mascot Fraction was giving out. In 1955 history came full circle and the Mascot, which for so long had been overshadowed by its famous neighbor, ceased to be after withdrawing $13 million from its eight-acre property. Thirty years ago, Harry D. Barnes marvelled at the Mascot’s wealth: Seldom in the history of lode mining in British Columbia has so small an area produced so much wealth in gold as the small mascot fraction.

The GNR, quick to retreat, discontinued its Hedley Keremeos line Then the fabulous Nickle Plate, once the leading gold camp of Canada, was shut down. At the time of closing its owners claimed to be awaiting new technology which would enable them to extract the remaining gold ore more efficiently.

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