This is the 4th installment of the Rockhound series and it
is
thoroughly enjoyable for all ages. This cache takes you to a
really
cool strip mine with many quartz veins. There is quartz
everywhere!
Even the road near the cache is white, due to the abundance
of
milky quartz in the area. There are a lot of neat specimens to
be
found, mostly of the milky and rose quartz variety. There was
once
some serious mining going on in this area. Where you typically
find
large quartz veins is where you will find gold.
The hardest part of this cache is actually getting there, as
the
roads are not the best. That is why I gave this cache a 3.5
terrain
rating. So do not attempt to drive the Griswold family wagon to
the
cache (a reference from National Lampoons Vacation).
Take highway 244 and turn onto FS 425 road. It is approximately
a
1.45 mile drive to the parking area. From the parking area it is
a
.22 mile hike up the road to the cache. You can probably
drive
closer if you have a jeep as there really is no place to turn
around up ahead.
Be sure to re-hide the cache well as it seems like this
place
does get a few visitors. Have fun exploring the area.
Cache Contents:
FTF- non-trackable micro geocoin
2-forgeign coins
2-fossilized shark teeth
2-snowflake obsidian
2-lace agates
2-bags of mixed polished stones
2-amethyst crystals
3-trackables