Magmanomous! Traditional Cache
RoadRunner: This cache has been disabled for quite some time without any updates on when it would be enabled. I am going to archive it to clear the area. If you are able to address the issues for this cache, please contact me and I will check it to be sure it meets the guidelines and unarchive it.
Thanks
RoadRunner
Reviewer Arizona/Nevada
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My second cache....Its an easy find once you get here. Trick is to find the right road as there are 6 ROADS that lead to the cache area. Magma Jct was an important rail junction during the Copper Mining Heydays of years ago. Now just a few trains pass this way daily to and from Phx. The junction is 1/4 mile away and with luck you might spot a train. I made the cache smaller (think altoids) but theres room for small trade items. Please Hide it well or it may dissappear again.
This cache is located near Magma Jct. Where the Main line of the UP intersects with the now defunct Magma AZ RR where it slpits with one line going NE to the mines of Superior and the other line serving the mines of Kelvin, Hayden and San Manuel. Along the southern limits of the Superstition Wilderness Area lies the tracks of the Magma Arizona Railroad. These tracks have hauled copper and cattle to market.Between 1920-1943, this short line hauled cattle for ranchers who grazed cattle in the Superstition area and other surrounding regions. One large cattle loading chute was located near Hewitt Station on the line. This loading chute was used until 1943, after that date it became more profitable for the cattlemen to ship their stock by truck. Trucks were more economical and required less time.The primary purpose of this short line was to haul copper concentrates to the smelter at Hayden, not the hauling of cattle. The development and construction of the Magma Arizona Railroad was an interesting and great economic boom for Pinal County and Arizona. This little railroad (now dormant) was well known for running some of the last Baldwin engines in the country
Update: Cache is back in action effective 8-16-07
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