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Phil The Miner Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 7/9/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Small 6 inch host that is a ceramic garden worm, brightly colored but difficult to find.

This is now a difficult Small cache to find. So difficult, we will tell you where it is and what to look for! It is a Ceramic brightly colored worm with a miners hat. It is along the ridge on the side of the road. Look for his big white eyes looking right at you! He is not buried or hidden in the brush.

If you look to the left and about 10ft above Phil, you will see where Anna was put to rest.

A micro cache in a larger host.  The host is fragile , PLEASE HANDLE WITH CARE.

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Byline: Kathryn Holzka For the Journal
TAOS -- If Taos Police thought they had a mystery on their hands when a cleaning crew found part of a human leg bone in a pant leg concealed in brush at the Sierra Vista Cemetery in El Prado last Friday, a possible explanation of the whodunit is giving them a real headache.
The reason? The prime suspects in the investigation are prairie dogs, and they aren't talking.
Holfelder said he found the graves Wednesday, but nothing seemed to be disturbed. However, in the vicinity of the grave site, he found at least a half-dozen prairie dog holes, one close by the grave with what appeared to be a vertebra lying on the ground.
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Phil is a miner.  He doesn’t drink and he doesn’t cavort around town.  He digs. He finds stuff and he brings it out of his mine to see it in better detail.  As of late, he has been making a lot of enemies in the Taos area for digging up parts of relatives that have been laid to rest in the area. Just a few days ago he dug up a few ribs, vertebrae and a silver naja.  People think it was the skeleton of Senora Anna Lucia of Llano Quemado and her beloved naja.
 
 
Grolock went to investigate. He asked Phil if he could see the naja.  Phil, who has very poor eyesight replied, “I know I put it here somewhere.  Well, if you find it, it is yours.”
 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nybat gur gur evqtr naq srapr yvar nybat fvqr bs gur ebnq. Vg vf abg va gur ohfurf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)