BlackHills Mines #2 (Ingersoll Mine) Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 4/27/2004
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Ingersoll Mine is located a few miles outside of Keystone just off of Old Hill City Rd. There's a place to park at N 43*54.121' W 103*27.034', and it's all uphill from here.

Ingersoll Mine started in the late 1800's again looking for gold... they found some, but more tin, lithium, and mica. Inside the mine can also be found verdelite (a species of green tourmaline), and autunite (a slighty radio-active phosphate of uranium... this stuff is neat, it glows BRIGHT green under uv light). There is also lots of garnets all over out here. I'm not sure when the mine closed, but it did (obviously).

**CAUTION** This is an ABANDON mine. As such, it has not been maintained in the last 20-30 years. If you do decide to go inside, please be careful. Keep an eye on the floor, there's a couple spots where it disappears. These holes are filled with water, and are probably quite deep.

This hillside is like swiss cheese, there are four mine shafts here that I've been in, and there are probably more if you look for them.

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