About SideTracked Caches
This cache belongs to the SideTracked series. It is not designed to take you to a magical place with a breath taking view. It's a distraction for the weary traveller, but anyone else can go and find it too. More Information can be found on the SideTracked Series website at Sidetracked Series
Box Vale Tramway
The Mittagong Coal-mining Company (Limited) opened a new seam of coal in 1883. The seam was said to be twenty-nine feet thick. It was well known that the quality of the coal was of very high standard, nearly if not equal to the best Newcastle coal.
The Boxvale Track crosses Nattai Creek then follows the embankment of the Boxvale Railway. The line, of standard gauge, was built in 1888 to carry coal mined in Nattai Gorge the seven kms to the main southern Line at Mittagong. The line passes through several cuttings and a tunnel 84 metres in length. It ends at the "incline", by which coal was brought up from the gorge. The Colliery probably had its heyday in 1888, when 100 tons of coal per week were shipped to Melbourne during a coal strike. The Colliery was closed in 1896 and the railway abandoned. The last part of the line was opened as a walking track in 1996.
This cache was placed by a group when we walked the Tramway Track. The members of the group will log their Find after the FTF has been claimed.
The cache will be co-maintained by HappyUke and myself