The Lost Shults Mine Traditional Cache
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This is a microcache with a Great Smoky Mountain historical tale entwined. This hidden cache location is relative to the name of the mine. The actual mine is believed to be somewhere in the Great Smoky Mountains southwest of this spot.
The Lost Shults Mine
In the mid 1800s, near the headwaters of Porters Creek above, Perry Shults is said to have had a hidden mine
"A lot of people back then would see him coming out of the mountains with silver and gold," said Nadine Oakley, Shults's great-granddaughter. "He always had silver dollars in his pocket." "It's where the squirrels can't find it" his great-nephew Don E. Schultz had heard.
In 1867, Sevier County issued Perry Shults a 99-year lease on mineral rights around the headwaters of Porter Creek. Every year, Perry Shults and his wife traveled from their home near Pittman Center up Porters Creek, taking a different route each time to keep his mine location hidden. Just below the mine he made his wife sit on a rock and wait for him.
Some say Shults found a cache of coins from the Civil War. Whatever his source of silver, Shults made counterfeit half-dollars with a higher silver content than the real thing. The Secret Service set out to investigate, but when he heard they were coming, Shults headed west and disappeared. He died without leaving a map to his mine.
While plowing their garden, later owners of his Pittman Center property purported to uncover a cache of coins worth $75,000. To this day, the Shults mine and the source of Shults's silver are still a mystery.
You will not be looking for any silver coins, but A cammo pill bottle is your quest. This cache contains only a strip of paper log book to sign, therefore bring your own pen or pencil to log your name and date. Please be careful when retrieving this cach and put it back where and how you found it.
The coordinates should be accurate within 7 feet on a clear day. NOTE: Rely on your GPSr as mapping systems do not jive with coordinates..
**This cache, in part, is a tribute to my late Cousin, Don E. Schultz-May 24, 1950 to Aug 2, 2004-RIP**
A “spoiler” hint is provided if you so choose to use.
Have fun and enjoy the hunt!
Additional Hints
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Jnf vg bapr n gerr?
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