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Hills mills Multi-Cache

Hidden : 2/19/2016
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


In 1863, Mr. William Strangman Hill bought the iron mill and set up a textile mill in its place. This factory continued making tweeds and other fabrics until 1988, when the factory was closed down. It is now an industrial estate with many small businesses. At one time there were over 170 people working in the factory weaving, spinning, dyeing, pressing and rolling to produce high quality cloth.

 

 

Today the original chimney stack remains as a reminder of the areas industrial heritage.

 

 The posted coordinates have brought you to the actual chimney itself. Adjacent to this point there are many objects which contain different numbers. Find the following objects and note the required digits.

 

Industrial unit N 53° 21.640 W 006° 26.688

There is a two digit unit number on a circular disc, call this A B

 

 

Traffic pole N 53° 21.641 W 006° 26.710

 

This directional sign references 2 different roads one is a R road and the other is a L road.

C is the repeated digit in the L road 

D is the middle digit of the R road multiplied by the last digit of the L road 

E is the first digit of the R road

F is add the two repeated digits in the R road to the first digit of the L road 

 

Electricity pole N 53° 21.646 W 006° 26.719

 

This pole has a silver plate bearing a barcoded reference number. Refer to the three digits as **G

 

Electricity Sub Station Cabinet N 53° 21.648 W 006° 26.714

 

This substation cabinet has a six digit reference number. Call this *****H

 

 "*" are digits already used

 

 

By now you have eight different digits.

 

The cache can be found at

 

N 53 (H-G) (E+C).(F+E) ((D-B)+2E) (AxB)

 

W 006 (G-F) ((H-B)+E).(F-A) (B+E) (B-E)

 

 

According to Google Maps the cache is a 10/11 minute walk or 3 minute drive from the chimney. 

 

BYOP

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)