This is a run to celebrate my 1000 finds. A really big
thanks goes out to Butterdish, my Father-in-Law who got me hooked
on this great game. Not all caches will be alike so think. Below is
a little bit about the area the locals know as Bone Valley.
About Bone
Valley
Millions of years ago, river and streams flowing to the sea
carried material washed from the land, including the remains of
land animals and marine creatures inhabiting the coastal waters.
Florida's phosphate rock reserves likely formed when dissolved
phosphorous solidified and combined with sea life remains.
Geologists have dubbed the ancient fossil bed that now resides
20 to 40 feet below Central Florida as Bone Valley. It sits atop
the Hawthorn Formation, a layer of clay and sandy limestone
deposited long ago when the sea covered the state and the coastline
curved around the modern-day Lake Wales Ridge as much as 60 miles
inland. The Hawthorn Formation extends up the Atlantic Coast to
North Carolina.
Bone Valley is a window to Florida's prehistoric past, when
massive sharks and whales plied the waters, sharing the stage with
land animals like the three-toed horse and giant sloth that are
believed to have made the trek to North America from Asia across
the Bering Strait land bridge when sea levels were lower.
Download a
map which includes lands mined for phosphate since 1975,
subject to mandatory reclamation. Reclamation of lands mined prior
to 1975 (not included here) is voluntary. Although several
companies are referenced in the legend, only three phosphate mining
companies remain in Florida: Mosaic, CF Industries, and PCS
Phosphates, located in northern Hamilton County. Only a few
potential future mines are identified. In almost all cases,
wherever a gypsum stack is noted, there is a fertilizer processing
plant.
2/17/2011
All the Bone Valley Series Caches have had logs or
the cache itself replaced. PLEASE DO NOT ADJUST THE LOCATION OF THE
CACHE. I saw some serious cache migration today. Also, For those
that need gas or a bathroom there is 1 and only 1 bathroom with
sandwiches and odds and ends. This is located in Bradley Junction
between Cache 19 and 20. There is absolutely nothing else along Rt
37. If you have an emergency, you can turn on RT 674 and head 7
miles to Fort Lonesome but keep in mind you have to head 7 miles
back. I am going to add the waypoint to Bone Valley #1. Enjoy and
happy Hunting.