Sun Ray Traditional Cache
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Welcome to the Mines of Old Mine Road of New York. This is a series of caches that I have spent about 2 years researching and searching for to give you a historical tour of 17th and 18th centery mining by the Dutch. Not many of these mines have much written history about them and the ones that do I have included in the posting on the cache page. If you have any knowledge of any history of a particular mine, please post it or email me and i will include it on the page.
As early as 1723, a tunnel was reported to exist in the area according to a deed. The tunnel was driven into the hillside likely for the purpose of tapping a mineral vein but apparently no ore was ever extracted nor found. The tunnel having been re-”discovered” in 1905 evidently contained nearly 100% pure water flowing from a natural spring at its end. Seeing commercial potential, the Sun Ray Spring Water Company was born and in 1907, began constructing a bottling plant in the vicinity to sell what became known at the time as “the purest water in the world.”
Sun Ray Water also produced a line of sodas but eventually was shut down by the government after furnishing it with bootleg sugar. No further attempts were made for mineral exploitation.(ironminers.com)
*** All cache seekers assume all risks involved in seeking this cache. Use cuation when navigating the area. Watch where you step and where you go. Though most of the mines in this series have either colapsed, were filled in and/or sealed. Some are not. Please do not attempt to enter them. These mine's are more then a centry old and who knows what condition they are in on the inside. Be Safe! Use your head! ***
If you plan to find this cache, Please, DO NOT log it with just a "TFTC". Write a real log. Just as how much "YOU" enjoy finding a cache, "WE" the hiders enjoy just as much reading how a cachers adventure went in finding a cache. Thank You!
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