Buena Vista Furnace was once a grand structure, its hand-cut stone walls reaching thirty feet in the air, producing over 400 tons of raw ("pig") iron each year. Today, parts of the furnace have crumbled and while the Historical Society and Indiana County Parks and Trails are hoping to improve the site, it is a bit rough around the edges.
To see more information about this place and its role in history, check out <a href="http://www.indianacountyparks.org/parks/bvf/bvf.html">this website</a> and for even more detailed info, follow the links you find there.
The cache is not hidden in or around the furnace. Please do not dig through the rocks, climb on or otherwise damage the structure. Please re-hide the cache very well. Take a moment to check out the trees in this area that have been gnawed down by beavers.
Please park at one of the access areas for the Ghost Town Trail. DO NOT attempt to reach this cache from route 56! There is no trail access at Buena Vista Bridge/Route 56. I have included parking coordinates from the Heshbon trail access parking, which is three miles from the cache, or you can access the cache from the Dilltown parking area in the opposite direction, around 3.5 miles from the cache. If coming from Dilltown, please note that there is a nice path almost the whole way to the cache and you do NOT have to bushwhack from the Ghost Town Trail. Just keep pedaling and you'll see what I mean!