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Nories 10 - Nories Hill Traditional Cache

Hidden : 12/31/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is a micro container with only a logsheetbook, please BYOP.  Please be careful when retrieving and replacing the cache so that it is placed in exactly the way you found it.


This is the tenth cache in the area. You do not need to solve the other Nories caches before tackling this one.

Krugersdorp (Afrikaans for Kruger's town) is a mining city on the West Rand of the Gauteng province of South Africa. Krugersdorp was founded in 1887 by Marthinus Pretorius and named after Paul Kruger.

Apart from gold, manganese, iron, asbestos and lime are also mined in the area. Krugersdorp is the site of the December 1880 gathering at which more than 6,000 men vowed to fight for the Transvaal's independence. When gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand, a need arose for a major town in the west of the reef. The government bought part of the farm Paardekraal and named the new town after the Transvaal President Paul Kruger. The British built a concentration camp here during the Second Boer War to house Boer women and children.

In 1952 the West Rand Consolidated Mine was the first in the world to extract uranium as a byproduct of the gold refining process.
Krugersdorp no longer has a separate municipal government, and the municipality has become part of and is the seat of the Mogale City municipality, along with surrounding towns. Despite a proposal to change the name of the town to Mogale City, this has not been confirmed and the town is currently still called Krugersdorp.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh jvyy jnag gb ybt guvf bar!

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)