DSP&H Leavick Traditional Cache
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The cache is a decon container. It is not winter friendly.
This is one of the caches in a series of caches dedicated to Fallen Flag railroads. Fallen Flags are those railroads that no longer exist either through abandonment or corporate takeover. With each cache will come a short history lesson explaining a little something about the railroad.
DSP&H are the initials of the Denver, South Park, and Hilltop railroad. It was a narrow gauge line (3’ between the rails) that ran between Hilltop Junction (about 3/4 mile south of Fairplay) and the town of Leavick, a distance of about 11 miles.
Leavick was the end of the line for the railroad. To get here, grades as high as 5.85% (5.85' of rise per 100' of horizontal distance) had to be negotiated and that was just about the practical limit for rod locomotives. To get to the silver mines, grades as high as 12% would be required. Leavick was the shipping point for the ores from the Peerless, Dauntless, and Hilltop mines, to name a few. This branch operated 42 years from 1896-1938.
Additional Hints
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