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Marble House 2 Traditional Cache

Hidden : 9/8/2024
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Marble House 2 replaced the Marble House cache that had fallen in disrepair be on help.

Samuel Dyke, an American newspaper owner in Akron, Ohio, started a business to mass-produce clay marbles in 1884, which made the price for these toys plunge. For probably the first time in history, a child could purchase a toy for themselves: a small bag of clay marbles for a penny. Because they were so common, clay marbles were nicknamed “commies” and were played with by kids in the 19th and early 20th century.

Both sides are equal. 

Glass marbles began to be mass produced in the United States in 1903: 

Martin Frederick Christensen
In 1903, Christensen, a Danish immigrant who settled in Akron, Ohio, patented a machine that could mass-produce glass marbles. His company, M. F. Christensen & Son Co., produced millions of marbles until they stopped operating in 1917. 
 
American Marble & Toy Manufacturing Company
Samuel C. Dyke owned one of the first US toy companies to mass-produce marbles.
 Before glass marbles were mass produced, marbles were made of polished stone. It is believed that glass marbles were first created by glassmakers who shaped leftover glass at the end of the day to give to their children
 
Before glass marbles were mass produced, marbles were made of polished stone. It is believed that glass marbles were first created by glassmakers who shaped leftover glass at the end of the day to give to their children.

To get the code to  count the marbles on each side. Subtract one side from the other.

There is about 300 feet of grass mowed like a lawn to cross then about  20 feet of  minor bushwhacking.

No night caching.

BYOP

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ba gur pnpur cntr

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)