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Red Town Baseball Field Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/1/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

You are looking for a small camouflaged film canister at an historic baseball field used by local miners in the 1920s.


The cache is placed next to a restored meadow clearing in the middle of the Newcastle-Coal Creek Red Town coal-mining district. The clearing was used as a baseball field by the Newcastle baseball team when playing teams from surrounding coal-mining areas. When the mining activities diminished, the meadow was farmed or used for pasture until the 1960s, when it was abandoned. During the 1990s, volunteers began clearing the site of 150 types of weeds and have since planted thousands of native plants, which attract birds, butterflies and a variety of other animals. Interpretive signs tell about the value of the meadow and stream habitats, the meadow restoration efforts and the history of the site.

Make sure you spend some time looking around after searching for the cache. BYOP.

Congratulations to bolosky with the FTF.

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)