Beltline Traditional Cache
Krypton: As there's been no response to my previous note, I assume that the cache is not going to be repaired or replaced, so I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us, and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it
Thanks for your cooperation!
Krypton
Northern California Volunteer Cache Reviewer
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One of several local cache sites celebrating "History Happened Here." There is a number at each of the sites that will reveal the coordinates of the final, historical site.
To learn which sites have the numbers, and their proper order, see "History Lives-Stick 'em up or Tell it to the Judge"
The original cache, muggled twice, at the first coordinates was a short walk along Redding's popular river trail. It is at the river-crossing site of one of the longest conveyor belt systems ever constructed, the Beltline.
To reach the new cache location, cross the Sundial Bridge and then the smaller pedestrian bridge you see on the right. This will put you on a second set of paths that you may travel to the cache. No bushwhacking necessary but the terrain the last 50 feet is not wheel chair friendly.
Between 1938 and 1945, during the time World War II was being fought, Shasta Dam was built. At the time, it was the world's second highest and second longest concrete dam. Concrete requires aggregate. This rock was collected at Kutras lake, transported to the Monolith, across the river where it was sorted and crushed to cobbles of 6-9 inches diameter. The cobbles were then transported on a 10 mile long rubberized fabric beltline to Shasta Dam. At the head tower of the Dam, the cobbles were crushed and concrete was manufactured by mixing cement brought from a plant in San Francisco. The concrete was then carried through a system of cables and buckets to the Dam being constructed.
At the spot where the Beltline originally crossed the river, looking at the water, you see the remnants of the pilings that carried the belt. The cobbles at the rivers edge never made it to the Dam. North of here is remnants of asphalt that marked the path of the Beltline. THE CACHE IS LOCATED NEAR THIS ASPHALT PATH. DO NOT JUMP THE FENCE. Go back to the pedestrian bridge to find the cache.
This third attempt at the cache hide is smaller than a bread box but larger than a film canister, thanks dzdiver for your help. Think "Cal Trans" the first time I saw this container.
It contains:
FTF Bandana - The third representing the third cache hide
Marble
Costa Rica coin
Mini biner
GPS food
Pencil and log book
Number clue (on log book) for History Lives. . .
The number to be used in the series listed in alphabetical order:
Beltline
Buena Ventura
Falke’s Lake
Iron Mountain Mined
Precious One
Reading’s Rainbow
Ruggles’ Frontier Justice?
See "History Lives-Stick 'em up or Tell it to the Judge for their proper order, which is necessary to finish this series.
Information on this and other historical sites can be found in Dottie Smith's book, Registered Historic Places in Shasta County. Contact the Shasta Historical Society. Some of this log came from stories told me by my grandfather Chet who worked on the construction of Shasta Dam and from the book Remembering Judge Eaton, by Dottie Smith and Trudy Vaughan.
Carpe Diem, Carpe Geocachiem. . .MtnMike
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Qrpba pbagnvagre. Gbhpurf fznyy gerr.
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