This cache is part of the Jackson County Library Services Centennial Celebration. For more information and a link to print out your passport, check out www.jcls.org/geocaching
The cache container is NOT located at the posted coordinates, but is within a short walking distance.
About the Jackson County Library Services
With more than 200 days of sunshine each year, Jackson County, Oregon is located midway between Portland and San Francisco. The region boasts beautiful valleys and mountain lakes, wineries, wild rivers, easy access to the Redwoods and coast, and cultural entertainment to rival big cities.
Jackson County Library Services (JCLS) serves the 212,000 residents of Jackson County with 15 branch libraries. The mission of the Jackson County Library District is to connect everyone to information, ideas, and each other. We provide a wide range of children’s, teen, and adult physical and electronic resources and collections as well as outreach services, including booktalks for elementary and middle school students, services for homebound patrons, and outreach to childcare centers. Our ever-changing calendar of programs and events is diverse, including musical performances, lectures, art exhibits, classes, book groups, storytimes, and more.
For more information, check out https://jcls.org/about
Hours of Operation
Sunday CLOSED
Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday CLOSED
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 12pm - 6pm
Friday CLOSED
Saturday 10am - 2pm
Instructions
This Multi-cache will see you visiting 4 different locations around the library in order to come up with the coordinates for the final container location. You will be looking for information to plug into the following final coordinates: N 42 AA.BBB W 122 CC.DDD
Posted Location
Jacksonville Gold Miners
Your first stop will be a sculpture by Alan Collins. At this location you will need to seek out the plaque that details information about the piece. You will find a year on this plaque that will be used in your final location. Take the year that is on the plaque and subtract 1032 from it. The resulting number will reflect BBB.
Stage 1
Undermining the Great Depression
At this stage you will find an information panel that describes what things were like in Southern Oregon during the gold rush and the Great Depression. While reading through the history, you will learn that old mining maps show at least ___ tunnel mines were once active in the immediate area surrounding the present day library. Take that number and add 1 to it. The resulting number will reflect AA.
You should now have both components needed to solve for the North coordinates.
Stage 2
History Right Here
Can you imagine a city-wide chair shortage? What a conundrum! This information board details periods in the life of David Linn. As it turns out, even gold obsessed miners had to sit down once in a while. While reading over this information, you'll find a map at the bottom. A 3 digit number can be found underneath it. Take this number and subtract 180. The resulting number will reflect CC.
Stage 3
Freedom Tree
In order to find the final piece of information to solve for this Multi, you will need to pay a visit to the Freedom Tree. This tree was dedicated to the victims and heroes of September 11, 2001. The plaque below the tree holds another date on it as well. Take the year on the bottom of the plaque and subtract 1853. The resulting number will reflect DDD.
You should now have both components to solve for the West coordinates.
Input the numbers you solved for into this coordinate set: N 42 AA.BBB W 122 CC.DDD
You should find that the final coordinates are only a short walk away.
Please make sure that you replace the container once you're finished and that everything is back in place.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.