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SVHT #1 - Above the end Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

OReviewer: As there's been no cache to find for a long time or has had no owner response for at least 30 days, I'm archiving it to keep it from showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.

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Hidden : 3/24/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The Schuylkill Valley Heritage Trail is a nice place to take the hound for a nice walk, or go for a run or jog. We've learned that having some caches along the way just adds to the interest and enjoyment of a nice walk.

Parking is available at the trailhead, and at various patches along 209. Do not drive or park on the trail, and please maintain control of - and pick up after your animals.

The caches in this series are located slightly off the trail, opposite the northbound side of the highway - and are roughly 2 tenths of a mile apart.

This cache is located over a rise, off a trail spur to the north of the trailhead parking lot.  The container is a camo painted pill bottle, containing a log only - BYOP.

From the trailhead parking lot to the south, you can see Newkirk Tunnel, an extinct coal mine that opened in 1868 and by the 1940s had penetrated 2,211 feet into the mountainside. Now gated and leaching water from internal springs, the tunnel is part a state effort to clean water flowing from mines using a passive limestone filter that removes acid, iron and aluminum contamination. The trailhead area has signs about the mine's history and water treatment. Congrats to AR061407WZ for the FTF !! Nice !!

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