Indian Grinding Stone Multi-Cache

This cache has been archived.

MadMin: I attempted to contact the owner of Indian Grinding Stone to find out about the status of this cache on July 4, 2008. I have received no response from the owner on the cache page or via email. Because of that I'm afraid I have to archive this cache.

I will be more than happy to review this cache again and (hopefully) reinstate it once you have corrected any issues with the cache. please contact me via ma.reviewer@gmail.com to do so.

Please note that unarchiving a cache page places it through the same review process as a newly proposed cache, using the cache placement guidelines currently in effect.

MadMin
Massachusetts Volunteer Reviewer

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Hidden : 1/1/2004
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


First you have to find the Benchmark on top of the hill. N42.35.695 W071.25.341 Using the Altitude stamped on the disk only. The one listed under the Benchmark listed on the Internet is not the same as the actual number stamped on the Altitude disk. Using the (tenths) middle digit Only add this digit to the Hundreds digit of 670 to find the missing digits of XXX in N42.35.XXX Add the same (tenths) middle digit to the Hundreds digit of 138 to find the missing digits to W071.25.XXX.

This will bring you to part two, A tree that has initials carved inside of a Heart. Using a simple Alphabet to Number Code being A=1 B=2 C=3 etc. Take each letter carved into the tree and add each Letter/Number together to find the total. Add this total to 621 to find the missing digits to N42.35.XXX
Use the (ones) digits from the letter to number code total to find X for W071.24.X94
This will bring you to the Final Cache.

Indian Grinding Stone is in the midst of 39 acres of conservation land, uphill from the old mill is a striking deep hole in the bedrock at N42.35.707 W071.25.186 .The Indian Grinding Stone by many, thought that it was used by the native people in this area, who probably camped regularly on the flat ground downstream where Tadmuck Brook reaches Stony Brook. Others have speculated that this hole was created by flowing water at the time when the glaciers melted. Ice was about a mile deep over Westford, and that when it melted, it tended to form concentrated streams of water containing sand and gravel.
The cider mill building was destroyed by fire in 1905, but the stone foundation of well fitted large granite blocks still exists. The cider mill was powered by water, and therefore a dam was constructed in Tadmuck Brook, forming the mill pond. Most of the granite structure of the dam can still be seen, but the dam itself was damaged about 10 years ago. Currently the Conservation Commission is taking steps to restore the dam.
The most direct trail access is from the parking area on Lowell Road. Another trail leads in from Stony Brook Road, and other woodland trails connect into this area.

History behind this Cache.

This was a Multi Cache is for a GeoCacher with Under 50 finds and who has Never Been The First One To Find A Cache.

So there will be No Usual Suspects racing around in the middle of the night trying to be FTF. The Usual Suspects will have to wait until after the first (6) Finds are logged.

You can read first logs posted 1/1/2004

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh qba'g unir gb trg lbh srrg jrg pebffvat gur oebbx.gurer vf n oevqtr.

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)


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