Copper Mine Hoist House Traditional Cache
Hidden : 11/14/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Lock N Lock Container
Geocaching sticker visible on the lid.
Since TM202 lives 500 miles away I, Angie_9393, have adopted his caches nearby to keep them going.

History of the Hoist House
An underground copper mine consisting of several shafts near the town of Victoria, MI.

The mine first opened in 1849 as the Cushin Mine and was organized as part of the Forest Mining Co. in 1850. In 1852, the Glenn Mining Co. was set off from Forest, then reorganized in 1858 as the Victoria Mining Co.

The mine worked sporadically until 1899, when the company was reorganized as the Victoria Copper Mining Co. This new company included the old Victoria, Glenn, Shirley, Sylvan, Oneida, and Arctic Mining Co's. Operations ran from 1904 to 1921, when the company closed for good.

Between 1850 and 1921, the Victoria Mines produced approx. 20 million lbs. of refined copper. The mine piles have produced copper and silver crystals, and a few datolite nodules.

The building you will see is the lift (Hoist) house where the rail cars full of rock would be pulled up from underground so they could be processed for copper deposits.

Information added by "yooperbrasilian"
A large engine was in this hoist house, often run on compressed air created using the Taylor Hydraulic Air Compressor, which is worth looking into!

This cache is also on the North Country Trail.
Link for the Trail: (visit link)
Link to the Air Compressor that run the hoist engine: (visit link)
Thank you to yooperbrasilian for this information

FTF prize: Green Back or Pathtag
2ndTF prize: What FTF left.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pbapergr "G"

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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