IL River Byway Toluca Coal Mine Park Traditional Cache
Illinois River Road: Too difficult to keep around.
IL River Byway Toluca Coal Mine Park
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The Toluca Coal Mine opened in 1893. Peak production occurred in
1905, with well over 700 workers extracting 379,000 tons of coal.
The mine closed in 1924, leaving behind two massive residual slag
heaps. Nicknamed "The Jumbos" by the locals. Take a walk by the
pond to the far end of the park and enter the woods by the
wildflower signage. Make sure to record the 4 digit code found
inside the cache into your Illinois River Road geocaching log book
and guide.
The Illinois
River Road National Scenic Byway stretches 291 miles along the east
and west sides of the Illinois River from Ottawa to Havana, and is
notable for its natural and historic qualities. The route was
designated a National Scenic Byway in 2005 – one in 150 of
America’s Byways® throughout the U.S. Its six gateway
communities include Ottawa, Princeton, Peoria, Pekin, Canton, and
Havana with several other portal communities along the byway.
This cache is one of 15 placed in the Pekin Gateway for the
Illinois River Road series. The series has a total of 90 geocaches.
Collect 10 of the 15 four-digit cache codes from each gateway to be
eligible for a specially designed Illinois River Road coin (one
unique coin for each gateway community). Please visit
www.illinoisriverroad.org/geocaching for more details on this
series of caches.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
nobhg sbhe srrg nobir tebhaq
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