The Federal Mine No. 3 Memorial
On Saturday April 30, 1927, mechanization of the mine, in conjunction with mistakes by the miners on duty, the negligence of the mine operators, and natural causes, created the series of events that ended in the death of approximately 111 miners. About 4000 feet of methane gas and air mixture was ignited by an electric locomotive causing a fire ball that killed 86 men instantly. The coal dust in the mine increased the power of the explosion hurling chunks of coal, pumps and coal cars through the mine. Several small pockets of miners found momentary barricades but eventually succumbed to the loss of air in the mine. Only a handful escaped.
Some of the trapped miners left messages written to their loved ones on whatever they could get their hands on, including a lunch pail and scraps of cement-bag paper. A folk song written by Diana Jones is the title of this mystery geocache. The words written by Henry Russell on those scraps of paper were sent to her by Carol Thorn, President of the Everettville Historic Association during the creation of the Federal No. 3 Mine Memorial. With those words in hand Diana was able to finish the song in 15 minutes. The results and a brief background were captured in the following video: Henry Russel's Last Words
To find the final container view the memorial at the above coordinates and solve the puzzle below.
Use the number of letters in the name for the answer to each letter.
A= column 7, name 13, Last name only
B= column 3, name 4, First name only
C= column 9, name 9, Last name only
X= column 8, name 12, Last name only
Y= column 4, name 9, Last name only
Z= column 5, name 6, First OR last name
N 39° 33.ABC W 080° 03.XYZ
NOTE: Please visit the Memorial and seek the final container during daylight hours only.
Also, although it is very close, you CAN NOT walk directly from the Memorial site to the final GZ. A swag filled ammo can is waiting to be found. Choice of swag to the FTF!
Congrats to Troopbiz for the FTF!