This cache has been placed along the rear entrance road to the Brass Mill within sight of an abandoned guard house. Access to the Brass Mill property is not required to retrieve this cache.
In May 1892, Franklin W. Olin founded Olin Brass, which was then called the Equitable Powder Manufacturing Company. It was a supplier of blasting powder to coal fields in the Midwest. In 1898, it expanded its business into the supply of ammunition for small guns, thus forming the Western Cartridge Company.
During World War I, Western Cartridge Company was awarded a contract to supply ammunition to the French military resulting in the construction of the Brass Mill in East Alton. In May 1916 the first bar of metal was made at the mill.
Olin purchased Winchester Repeating Arms Company on December 22, 1931. This enabled the company to manufacture firearms and also to expand its brass and ammunition production.
In December 1940 a contract between the United States Government and Olin was completed and the United States Cartridge Company formed. The new company created, built and operated the St. Louis Ordnance Plant, which manufactured small arms for the U.S. involvement in WWII. The first ammunition batch was completed at the United States Cartridge Company on December 8, 1941 the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. More than 995 million pounds of metal was shipped from the East Alton brass mill to the United States Cartridge Company during World War II.
Olin Brass has been through many historical events and survived. It was a huge asset to the area communities and has been a unique business in that the legacy and morals of its founder have always been evident throughout its history.
You are searching for a Magnetic Keybox. Numerous containers placed for this cache have disappeared. Should you be unable to find the container just log it as a find and email the number of steps going up to the guard shack as verification you were there.
Bring a writing instrument to sign the log – this is a small log sheet so sign with date and name only.
Poisonous Plants, Bugs, Insects, Critters or Snakes could be present. Search accordingly.
Access to this cache is by a gravel road. Use some discretion when leaving the main roadway if the ground is wet.
Congrats To bigskykevin on being First To Find!