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JM West Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 5/15/2013
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

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Hoping to promote  Spring Valley tourism and the geocaching fun!

A historical marker to John Mitchell.  Born in Birdwood IL on 2/4/1870.  He was orphaned at age 6 and brought up by a strict Pennsylvania stepmother.  The family was poor and at the age of 15 Mitchell was working as a coal miner in Colorado.  He became the president of United Mine Workers and is credited with improving wages and working conditions in the mines.  He was author of 2 books; died on 9/9/1919.

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