S 294 Multi-Cache
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First cache in my NGS Benchmark series.
I wanted to make a series to show geocachers more of our nation's benchmarks. Though they can be found in every county in the continental U.S. benchmarks are are just another little known survey tool to the public. But when you look on the NGS site or Geocaching.com you can see every detail about them. There is also description for each that tells exactly where they are. These descriptions interest me the most, at times you have to wonder where in the world did the railroad track go that was 50 feet from a certain benchmark years ago. I hope that this series gives a historical insight to geocachers of what our country looked like in the years past.
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KK0272
Location: El Paso county, CO
Designation: S 294
Marker Type: bench mark disc
Setting: set into the top of a round concrete monument
Stability: May hold, but of type commonly subject to surface motion.
Documented History (by the NGS)
01/01/1952 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 2 MI SE FROM MONUMENT. 1.0 MILE SOUTH ALONG U.S. HIGHWAYS 85 AND 87 FROM THEIR JUNCTION WITH STATE HIGHWAY 50 AT MONUMENT, THENCE 1.0 MILE EAST ALONG A GRAVELED ROAD, 30 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD, 10 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER OF A WIRE GATE, 1 FOOT NORTH OF A FENCE, 3 FEET WEST OF A WITNESS POST, SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS 0.8 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND.
01/01/1983 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1983 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
03/26/1998 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1998 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
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To find the cache look for my other cache near the benchmark (GC25ET1). On the back of the log I have written coordinates to the final which is nearby.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Vs lbh frr gur ahzore 14 gura lbh ner pybfr.